Table 1.
Characteristics of Syringe Services Program Participants in Vaccination Barriers and Opportunities Survey, June–August 2021.
| N (%) or median (IQR) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Overall (N = 105) | SSPs with vaccinations (n = 46) |
SSPs without vaccinations (n = 59) |
P- valuea |
| Total client visits per month, median (IQR) (3 missing) | 200 (75, 382) | 125 (73, 250) | 250 (110, 443) | 0.018 |
| Number of clients (deduplicated) served per month, median (IQR) (20 missing) | 100 (45, 210) | 77 (28, 145) | 135 (70, 300) | 0.025 |
| % of clients served at your SSP by age category (8 missing) | ||||
| Age 20 years or younger, median (IQR) | 5 (1, 10) | 5 (2, 10) | 5 (1, 10) | 0.290 |
| Age 21–64 years, median (IQR) | 90 (75, 94) | 90 (80, 90) | 88 (75, 94) | 0.991 |
| Age 65 years or older, median (IQR) | 5 (2, 10) | 5 (3, 15) | 5 (2, 10) | 0.595 |
| % of clients served at your SSP by gender category (5 missing) | ||||
| Male gender, median (IQR) | 60 (51, 69) | 60 (50, 65) | 60 (54, 70) | 0.137 |
| Female gender, median (IQR) | 39 (30, 45) | 40 (35, 49) | 35 (29, 43) | 0.019 |
| Transgender, median (IQR) | 1 (0, 2) | 0 (0, 2) | 1 (0, 3) | 0.009 |
| % of clients served at your SSP by race category (13 missing) | ||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native, median (IQR) | 1 (0, 5) | 1 (0, 7) | 1 (0, 3) | 0.264 |
| Asian, median (IQR) | 0 (0, 1) | 0 (0, 1) | 1 (0, 2) | 0.033 |
| Black/African American, median (IQR) | 5 (1, 15) | 2 (0, 10) | 9 (2, 20) | 0.008 |
| Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, median (IQR) | 0 (0, 1) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 1) | 0.098 |
| White, median (IQR) | 78 (58, 90) | 82 (56, 95) | 70 (60, 88) | 0.221 |
| Other race, median (IQR) | 1 (0, 5) | 0 (0, 5) | 1 (0, 4) | 0.987 |
| More than one race, median (IQR) | 1 (0, 5) | 0 (0, 5) | 2 (0, 10) | 0.233 |
| % of clients who are Hispanic or Latino, median (IQR) (19 missing) | 10 (2, 30) | 5 (2, 28) | 12 (3, 30) | 0.165 |
| % of clients experiencing homelessness, median (IQR) (7 missing) | 45 (25, 60) | 40 (25, 55) | 50 (30, 70) | 0.114 |
| Rural or urban setting (4 missing) | ||||
| Mostly rural | 43 (42.6) | 27 (60.0) | 16 (28.6) | |
| Mostly urban | 58 (57.4) | 18 (40.0) | 40 (71.4) | 0.002 |
| SSP service delivery model | ||||
| Fixed site | 86 (81.9) | 43 (93.5) | 43 (72.9) | 0.001 |
| Mobile/street-based | 57 (54.3) | 15 (32.6) | 42 (71.2) | < 0.001 |
| Secondary or peer-delivery | 37 (35.2) | 8 (17.4) | 29 (49.2) | < 0.001 |
| Delivery | 32 (30.5) | 11 (23.9) | 21 (35.6) | 0.209 |
| Who operates your SSP? | ||||
| Community-based organization or community coalition | 62 (59.0) | 14 (30.4) | 48 (81.4) | < 0.001 |
| Health department | 34 (32.4) | 28 (60.9) | 6 (10.2) | < 0.001 |
| Substance use treatment or behavioral health facility | 11 (10.5) | 5 (10.9) | 6 (10.2) | 1.000 |
| Federally Qualified Health Center, community health center, rural health clinic | 7 (6.7) | 3 (6.5) | 4 (6.8) | 1.000 |
| Hospital or health system | 6 (5.7) | 4 (8.7) | 2 (3.4) | 0.401 |
| University (non-medical) | 3 (2.9) | 2 (4.3) | 1 (1.7) | 0.580 |
Note. IQR = interquartile range; SSP = syringe services program.
a
P-values compare SSPs with vaccinations and SSPs without vaccinations.