The Needle Exchange Program The needle exchange program is very vital‚ and throughout this paper I will discuss the pros and cons about the program and I will discuss the reasons surrounding why the program was started. AIDS has been a growing epidemic through the 1990’s and it was estimated by the World Health Organization that the number of people infected with HIV or AIDS would reach thirty to forty million individuals by the year 2000 if nothing was done (Health and Disease). In Africa and
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Principles Related To the Needle Exchange Program Jaimi Kilcrease Community Health Nursing‚ N141 Department of Nursing California State University‚ Fresno September 29‚ 2013 When I first heard about the Needle Exchange Program (NEP) several years ago‚ my thoughts were about how it was wrong to help people use drugs by providing a means for them to obtain clean needles. I struggled with morality and ethical principles that were at play in this program. Helping individuals who
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Persuasive Write - Needle Exchange Programs Needle Exchange programs have been put in states across the Untied States to help promote safe and clean needle use. The needle exchange programs also are in place to help curb the spread of blood born diseases. Some argue that they are in place to help the community and stop these diseases’ but that they are only promoting Drug use. Although this is a factor to the Needle Exchange Program‚ the programs have been put in place to help the people in
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The needle exchange program provides sterile needles in exchange for used dirty needles. Research has stated that with a program in place will reduce HIV and hepatitis C. The program will provide counseling and help educate the drug users. I am against the needle exchange program. The needle exchange program supports drug users in giving sterile needles. Needle exchange program’s are telling our children it is acceptable to use drugs because the government will supply clean needles. The legislation
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of the policies we looked at in class‚ the topic of needle exchange programs influence my thinking the most. According to the CDC‚ one quarter of America’s estimated 2 million IV drug users have HIV/AIDS (PBS‚ 2006). By establishing needle exchange programs‚ it can reduce this number greatly. The drug user is the the only affected by HIV/AIDS‚ as their children could be affected due to their mothers using used needles. Needle exchange programs has been seen to be effective in reducing the number
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does this effect public health‚ and where do people who use fit into these as it relates to gender? How do these converge into a public health option? One such treatment option to mitigate public health risks is a Needle Exchange Program‚ also referred to as a Needle Syringe ¬¬¬¬¬Program (NSP). What is the current medical approach to this health option? It is not a uniform practice in the US‚ this being‚ a directly federally funded and nationally implemented option‚ and is
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Clean Needle Programs In the article “A Case for Clean Needle Programs”‚ Breat Whitteker and Dawn Day argue that a clean needle program in the S.D. County could save hundreds of lives. One of the many benefits of establishing a clean needle program would be that it allows not only the S.D. County to save hundreds of millions of health care dollars but it allows other counties to do so as well. Some who obstruct against this program believe that when sterile needles are given out‚ there is
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The pros of the columbian exchange do outweigh the cons for me. Without the columbian exchange‚ I probably wouldn’t be here. My dad’s part of the family is from Italy and Ireland and my mom’s side is from Ireland and Sweden mostly. The Columbian exchange made a big impact on my life and basically made my life. Society has seen equal sides of the Columbian exchange. The society back then saw many things like disease‚ conflict‚ and starvation. They had new food and more animals to add to the land
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Pros: People may now be eligible for other welfare programs and that will then change their allotment for Cal-Fresh. Cons: People may not report their changes because they are intimidated due to the fact that they may be taken off the program completely. 6) It is required the county receives directly from the employer hours worked and earned income. Pros: No fraudulent claims. Cons: Laps response time from employer with in required deadline from the county. 7) Social workers need to be more
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Institution Name Student Name Roll No Topic: What are the main arguments for and against needle exchanges? The needle exchange program is a social service program which is aimed at allowing the drug syringe users to have free or cheap access to hypodermic needles. The idea underlying the program is to realize the concept of harm reduction i.e. to reduce the harm and to reduce the risk associated with the use of syringes. It is because the syringe users who use syringes for drug
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