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Table 1 Uptake of foil distribution

From: Distributing foil from needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) to promote transitions from heroin injecting to chasing: An evaluation

NSP (population)

Date pilot

commenced

N people

attending from

commence

of pilot to

August 2007

N (%)

who took

foil

N new

heroin chasers

attending services

Site 1 (42,000)

Oct-06

161

85 (53)

9

Site 2 (9,000)

Apr-07

45

23 (51)

9

Site 3 (58,000)

May-07

69

38 (55)

10

Site 4 (37,000)

May-07

45

28 (62)

4

TOTAL

 

320

174(54)

32