Major Studies of Syringe Exchange

2000 Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science.  No Time to Lose:  Getting More from HIV Prevention.  http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2000/No-Time-to-Lose-Getting-More-From-HIV-Prevention.aspx

Satcher, Surgeon General, Evidence-based findings on the efficacy of syringe exchange programs: an analysis of the scientific research completed since April 1998 www.dogwoodcenter.org/references/Satcher00.html

1997  National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel.  Interventions to Prevent HIV Transmission: The Role of Sterile Needles and Bleach.  www.thebody.com/nih/behavior/interventions1.html

1995  Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress.  The effectiveness of AIDS Prevention Efforts www.fas.org/ota/reports/9556.pdf

1993  University of California, The Public Health Impact of Needle Exchange Programs in the United States and Abroad. caps.ucsf.edu/uploads/pubs/reports/pdf/NEPReportSummary1993.pdf

1993  General Accounting Office  Needle Exchange Programs:  Research Suggests Promise as an AIDS Prevention Strategy. http://www.gao.gov/products/HRD-93-60

1991 National Commission on AIDS.  The Twin Epidemics of Substance Use and HIV   www.dogwoodcenter.org/references/studies91F.html

1995 National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine:  Preventing HIV Transmission:  The Role of Sterile Needles and Bleach http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309052963