Community Supported Risk Reduction for Syringe Exchange Participants

"The Risk Reduction and Treatment Readiness skills component includes six modules: 1) BNEP services and substance abuse treatment; 2) nature of chemical dependence (severity/chronicity and medical aspects); 3) infectious diseases (HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) information); 4) injection drug use risk reduction (effective equipment cleaning and drug-splitting techniques); 5) sex risk reduction (reducing high-risk behaviors and effective condom use); and 6) overdose prevention.~The Community Outreach skills component is devoted to discussing the benefits of recovery-focused social support, and directing BNEP registrants and their CSPs to participate in activities together (as determined in the group session) at least 1 time per week to work toward expanding the scope of drug-free social support."