title: Evaluation of needle exchange pilot projects shows positive results.
abstract: We first reported on a needle-distribution pilot project undertaken in two prisons in Lower Saxony, a state in Northern Germany, in 1997. Scientific evaluation of the project has now shown what scientific evaluation of such projects in Switzerland had also shown--that needle exchange programs can be successfully implemented in prisons.
authors.affiliation: Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany. heino.stoever@uni-oldenburg.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stöver
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D018671:Needle-Exchange Programs / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011330:Prisons; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013557:Switzerland