ShareSpot: substance use
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Addressing the HIV Outbreak among People with HIV and the American Indian Community: MATEC Minnesota's HIV Practice Transformation Project Successes
The Native American Community Clinic (NACC) in Minneapolis has been highly successful in integrating HIV care into their Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Minnesota has eleven sovereign American Indian (AI) nations1, and the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis (where NACC is...
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Giving New Life to New Jersey Syringe Access Programs
I had the honor to help develop the first legal syringe access program (SAP) in Atlantic City, NJ, almost 10 years ago. In 2006, the New Jersey legislature passed the Blood-Borne Disease Harm Reduction Act. This allowed for the establishment of up to six pilot SAPs in NJ. However, approval from...