Supporting Harm Reduction Programs
SSP Indicators Implementation Guide: Service Coverage Indicators
At the population level, the domain “Service Coverage” may refer to the reach of a program in a geographic area. At the individual level, “Service Coverage” may refer to the level of engagement, level of services, or comprehensiveness of services provided to a participant. The indicators included in this domain are “hours per week a program operates,” “program’s service model(s),” and “total participant visits.”
Indicator | Definition | Format | Recommended Data Source | |
04 | Hours per week program operates | A record of an SSP’s in-person schedule and/or the total amount of time a program offers services to participants each week | Reported as a number | Program model |
05 | Program’s service model(s) | A list of the models through which SSPs provide services to their participants | Reported as a list (i.e., fixed site, mobile, mail-based, street outreach, etc.) | Program model |
06 | Total participant visits | An estimate of the number of non-unique participants a program has encounters with over a given time | Reported as a number, includes duplicated participants and thus does not require unique identification; could be reported as a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual estimate | Encounter |