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Table 3 Additional after-hours (evening, overnight and weekends) response frequencies 1st July 2016–30th November 2018 (source: after-hours log)

From: “No-one just does drugs during business hours!”: evaluation of a 24/7 primary needle and syringe program in St Kilda, Australia

Response type

n (%)

Debrief, chat

180 (27)

Referral

99 (15)

Response to physical assault (inc. weapons); verbal abuse, harassment, or threats; immediate safety; stalking; intimate partner violence

97 (15)

Tea, coffee and/or food

76 (12)

Blanket and/or clothing

73 (11)

Medical and/or band-aids

30 (5)

Sanitary/hygiene products

30 (5)

Mental health support

28 (4)

Contacting police

14 (2)

Robbed1

11 (2)

Information sharing

6 (1)

Contacted sex industry service

6 (1)

Response to coercion (e.g. forced into sex or drug taking)

 < 5 (–)

Ugly mug report

 < 5 (–)

Total

658 (100)