Me Noyo C, Zulaica D, Suarez M, Bravo MJ, Recio C; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 2000 Jul 9-14; 13: abstract no. ThPeD5719.
C. Me Noyo, Osakiderza-svs.plan de prevencion y control, Avenida Navarra 4, 20013 San Sebastian, Spain, Tel.: +34 43 20 2711, Fax: +34 43 02 2761, E-mail: coorsida_san@ej_gv.es
Issues: The pharmacists reach an important number of Injecting Drugs Users (IDU) and can provide their health services. In 1998, the National Plan on Aids and the National Plan on Drugs established a collaboration agreement with the General Council of Pharmacists. The objective is to implementing programmes, in the pharmacies, for reducing the risks associated with the use of injected drugs. Description: During the year 1999 have been accomplished training courses on Aids prevention and risk reduction in IDU in 23 Colleges of Pharmacist. The pharmacists that attended to the course had 1.094. The 52.8% (578) answered a questionnaire and for the 89.1% of pharmacists the global valuation of the course had very or quite satisfactory. The 80.2% would distribute anti-aids kit, the 67.6% would exchange syringes and the 72.3% would dispense methadone to the IDUs. Conclusion: The obtained results confirm the relevancy and viability of the project in the pharmacies. The implementation of the programmes proposed in the pharmacies predicts an important impact in the risk reduction of the IDUs.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Hispanic Americans
- Methadone
- Pharmacies
- Pharmacists
- Prescriptions, Drug
- Questionnaires
- Substance Abuse, Intravenous
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Syringes
- drug therapy
- therapy
Other ID:
UI: 102242343
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