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Costs and impact on HIV transmission of a switch from a criminalisation to a public health approach to injecting drug use in eastern Europe and central Asia: a modelling analysis.

The Lancet HIV, 2021
BACKGROUND HIV incidence is increasing in eastern Europe and central Asia, primarily driven by injecting drug use. Coverage of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and opioid agonist therapy are suboptimal, with many people who inject drugs (PWID) being ...
Z. Ward, J. Stone, Chrissy Bishop, V. Ivakin, Ksenia Eritsyan, A. Deryabina, A. Low, J. Cepeda, S. Kelly, R. Heimer, Robert Cook, F. Altice, Taylor Litz, A. Terlikbayeva, N. El-Bassel, Denis Havarkov, Alena Fisenka, A. Boshnakova, A. Klepikov, T. Saliuk, Tetiana Deshko, P. Vickerman   +21 more
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A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger, Anna Kihlström, Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, Allison Kelliher, Frankie Kropp, Carmen Rosa, T. John Winhusen, Donald Warne, the CTN0129 participating Tribal communities   +8 more
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“Will you be there for me?” Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing process of investigation and prosecution. This study is part of a long‐term community‐based participatory action research project in a predominately Black ...
Rebecca Campbell, Rachael Goodman‐Williams, Katie Gregory, McKenzie Javorka, Jasmine Engleton   +4 more
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KRYMINALIZACJA OBRAZY UCZUĆ RELIGIJNYCH W POLSKIM PRAWIE KARNYM

Zeszyty Prawnicze, 2016
The Criminalisation of Insult to Religious Feelings in Polish Criminal Law Summary The article discusses the criminalisation of conduct that is offensive to another person’s religious feelings under the Polish Penal Code.
Małgorzata Żukowska
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Of Marriage, Divorce and Criminalisation

Journal of Legal Anthropology, 2022
In India, where religion-specific laws govern issues of marriage, divorce, maintenance, adoption and inheritance, the family laws of Muslims – the largest religious minority – have been a thorny issue in the post-independence period. In recent years, the
Anindita Chakrabarti, K. C. Mujeebu Rahman, Suchandra Ghosh   +2 more
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Molecular Profiling of Genes Associated With Methylphenidate Pathway Therapy and Discovery of New Variants in Amazonian Amerindian Populations

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), methylphenidate is one of the most widely used drugs, in which patient response significantly impacts prognosis. This study aimed to characterize the molecular profile of 10 genes associated with methylphenidate therapy.
Aline Pasquini Santos, Tatiane Carinta de Souza, Kaio Evandro Cardoso Aguiar, Ana Caroline Alves da Costa, Natasha Monte, Juliana Carla Gomes Rodrigues, Giovanna Gilioli da Costa Nunes, Rita de Cássia Calderaro Coelho, Ândrea Ribeiro‐dos‐Santos, André Maurício Ribeiro dos Santos, Sandro José de Souza, Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos, Rommel Mario Rodriguez Burbano, Marianne Rodrigues Fernandes, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos Santos   +14 more
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‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Punishing Mothers for Men’s Violence: Failure to Protect Legislation and the Criminalisation of Abused Women

Feminist Legal Studies, 2021
This article explores the gender dynamics of ‘causing or allowing a child to die’, contrary to the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, section 5.
Sarah Singh
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa, Jennifer Smith‐Merry, Kuo‐yi Jade Chang   +2 more
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