Supporting Harm Reduction Programs

SSP Indicators Implementation Guide: Demographics Indicators

The domain “Demographics” refers to participant characteristics at an SSP. It includes the indicators “participant age range,” “participant gender,” and “participant race/ethnicity.”

	Indicator	Definition	Format	Recommended Data Source
14	Participant age range	A count of the number of SSP participants in age categories	Reported as a table	Participants via anonymous point in time survey (PiTS)
15	Participant gender	A count of the number of SSP participants in gender categories	Reported as a table	Participants via anonymous point in time survey (PiTS); only when safe to collect given local context; see guidance for further information
16	Participant race/ethnicity	A count of the number of SSP participants in racial/ethnic categories	Reported as a table	Participants via anonymous point in time survey (PiTS)

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