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Self-reported changes in drug use behaviors and syringe disposal methods following the opening of a supervised injecting facility in Copenhagen, Denmark

Overview of attention for article published in Harm Reduction Journal, October 2014
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (87th percentile)

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Title
Self-reported changes in drug use behaviors and syringe disposal methods following the opening of a supervised injecting facility in Copenhagen, Denmark
Published in
Harm Reduction Journal, October 2014
DOI 10.1186/1477-7517-11-29
Pubmed ID
Authors

Elizabeth N Kinnard, Chanelle J Howe, Thomas Kerr, Vibeke Skjødt Hass, Brandon DL Marshall

Abstract

In Denmark, the first standalone supervised injecting facility (SIF) opened in Copenhagen's Vesterbro neighborhood on October 1, 2012. The purpose of this study was to assess whether use of services provided by the recently opened SIF was associated with changes in injecting behavior and syringe disposal practices among people who inject drugs (PWID). We hypothesized that risk behaviors (e.g., syringe sharing), and unsafe syringe disposal (e.g., dropping used equipment on the ground) had decreased among PWID utilizing the SIF.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 1%
Unknown 99 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 25 25%
Researcher 12 12%
Student > Bachelor 11 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 9%
Other 7 7%
Other 18 18%
Unknown 18 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 23 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 15%
Social Sciences 15 15%
Psychology 5 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 4%
Other 12 12%
Unknown 26 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 100. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 October 2023.
All research outputs
#422,848
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Harm Reduction Journal
#74
of 1,119 outputs
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#4,378
of 274,082 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Harm Reduction Journal
#1
of 8 outputs
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