Address the following in the first part of the report: What is the NEP/SEP research examining specifically-include mention of any key concepts and the key variables (independent and dependent). What data was used, how were the participants chosen, key findings and recommendations? There are three research articles, so you will need to be quite clear and concise--consider integrating them together.
NEP/SEP Research
Des Jarlais, Don C. "Research, Politics, and Needle Exchange." American Journal of Public Health; Sep 2000; 90, 9; pg. 1392.
Tempalski, Barbara; Flom, Peter L; Friedman, Samuel R; Des Jarlais, Don, and Judith Friedman. 2007. "Social and Political Factors Predicting the Presence of Syringe Exchange Programs in 96 US Metropolitan Areas." American Journal of Public Health; Mar 2007; 97, 3; pg. 437
Kerr, J., Atlas, M., Crabtree, W., Chen, Y.-T., & Moyer, S. (2019). Examining Social–Ecological Factors in Developing the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness Syringe Exchange Program. American Journal of Public Health, 109(3), 454–457.
In the second part of the report, based on the section in the Program evaluation text, Chapter 13 on "How Might Political Issues Affect A Program Evaluation" discuss briefly the implications politics (as well as the related social/cultural issues) can have not only on the policy process in general and more importantly (and in more detail) how assessment of NEP/SEP are/could be conducted to account for the cultural/political issues as
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