Table 1 NSP characteristics as reported by program managers
From: Education and equipment for people who smoke crack cocaine in Canada: progress and limits
Program characteristic | Proportion of programs reporting characteristic (n) |
|---|---|
NSP located within a | |
•Public health unit | 0.40 (32) |
•Community-based organization | 0.36 (29) |
•AIDS service organization | 0.20 (16) |
•Community health center | 0.04 (3) |
Region | |
•Ontario | 0.36 (28) |
•Quebec | 0.32 (25) |
•Western and Northern (includes Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Northwest Territories, and Yukon) | 0.19 (15) |
•Atlantic (includes New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador) | 0.13 (10) |
Annual program budget (in CAD) | |
•Between $50,000 and $250,000 | 0.35 (26) |
•Over $250,000 | 0.26 (19) |
•Less than $50,000 | 0.23 (17) |
•No annual budget for NSP | 0.16 (12) |
Volume of needles distributed annually | |
•Over 100,000 | 0.49 (39) |
•Between 10,000 and 99,999 | 0.26 (21) |
•Less than 10,000 | 0.25 (20) |
In operation for 10Â years or longer | 0.81 (62) |