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Understanding injecting drug use in Afghanistan: A scoping review [PDF]

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2022
Background Several reports have described a growing prevalence of illicit drug use in Afghanistan, with recognition of a recent shift from traditional modes of consumption involving inhalation and oral ingestion to injecting drug use. Objective Conduct a
Frishta Nafeh, Sufiat Fusigboye, Bundit Sornpaisarn   +2 more
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Awareness of HCV Status and Preferences for Testing and Treatment among People with Recent Injecting Drug Use at a Peer-Led Needle and Syringe Program: The TEMPO Pilot Study [PDF]

Viruses, 2022
Background: New technologies and therapies allow the possibility of a single-visit test and treat model for hepatitis C virus (HCV), addressing some of the barriers to care faced by people who inject drugs.
Anna Conway, Phillip Read, Rosie Gilliver, Tony McNaughton, Heather Valerio, Evan B. Cunningham, Charles Henderson, Brett Hadlow, Katrina Molloy, Anna Doab, Shane Tillakeratne, Lucy Pepolim, Mary Ellen Harrod, Gregory J. Dore, Jason Grebely   +14 more
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Acceptability of prison-based take-home naloxone programmes among a cohort of incarcerated men with a history of regular injecting drug use [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background Take-home naloxone (THN) programmes are an evidence-based opioid overdose prevention initiative. Elevated opioid overdose risk following prison release means release from custody provides an ideal opportunity for THN initiatives.
Michael Curtis, Paul Dietze, Campbell Aitken, Amy Kirwan, Stuart A. Kinner, Tony Butler, Mark Stoové   +6 more
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Changing age profile and incidence of injecting drug use initiation among people in Australia who inject drugs: evidence from two national repeated cross-sectional studiesResearch in context [PDF]

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific
Summary: Background: The age of people who inject drugs appears to be increasing in some high-income countries. We aimed to explore trends in the age of people injecting and recently starting to inject drugs in Australia, and to model incidence of ...
Olivia Price, Lisa Maher, Amy Peacock, Farzaneh Zolala, Louisa Degenhardt, Paul Dietze, Sarah Larney, Seraina Agramunt, Samantha Colledge-Frisby, Bradley Mathers, Dan Lewer, Rachel Sutherland   +11 more
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Elbasvir and grazoprevir for hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection in people with recent injecting drug use (DARLO‐C): An open‐label, single‐arm, phase 4, multicentre trial [PDF]

Health Science Reports, 2020
Background and Aims Direct‐acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) is effective, but few prospective studies among people with ongoing injecting drug use exist.
Jason Grebely, Phillip Read, Evan B. Cunningham, Martin Weltman, Gail V. Matthews, Adrian Dunlop, Mark Montebello, Marianne Martinello, Rosie Gilliver, Philippa Marks, Tanya L. Applegate, Gregory J. Dore, the DARLO‐C Study Group   +12 more
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The associations of poor psychiatric well-being among incarcerated men with injecting drug use histories in Victoria, Australia [PDF]

Health & Justice, 2018
Background Dual substance dependence and psychiatric and psychological morbidities are overrepresented in prison populations and associated with reoffending.
Reece Cossar, Mark Stoové, Stuart A. Kinner, Paul Dietze, Campbell Aitken, Michael Curtis, Amy Kirwan, James R. P. Ogloff   +7 more
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Estimating the prevalence of high-risk drug users using multi-method estimation [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionWhen conducting studies related to drug use, researchers around the world face the challenge of obtaining the most accurate and reliable data on the extent of drug use, when direct research instruments are difficult to use (direct survey of ...
Rožė Perminienė, Natalja Istomina, Rimantas Stukas, Alma Molytė   +3 more
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Continued high prevalence of HIV, HBV and HCV among injecting and noninjecting drug users in Italy

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2010
We estimated the prevalence of HIV, HBV and HCV infections among injecting and non-injecting drug users treated within public drug-treatment centres in Italy to determine the correlates of infection.
Laura Camoni, Vincenza Regine, Maria Cristina Salfa, Giovanni Nicoletti, Pietro Canuzzi, Natalia Magliocchetti, Giovanni Rezza, Barbara Suligoi   +7 more
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Injecting drug use via femoral vein puncture: preliminary findings of a point-of-care ultrasound service for opioid-dependent groin injectors in treatment

Harm Reduction Journal, 2012
Background Within the UK, injecting in the femoral vein (FV), often called 'groin injecting', is a serious cause of risk and harm. This study aimed to use ultrasound scanning as a means to engage groin injectors (GIs), examine their femoral injecting ...
Senbanjo Richard, Tipping Tracey, Hunt Neil, Strang John   +3 more
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When and how do individuals transition from regular drug use to injection drug use in Uganda? Findings from a rapid assessment

Harm Reduction Journal, 2019
Background In Uganda, injection drug use is a growing but less studied problem. Preventing the transition to injection drug use may help prevent blood-borne viral transmission, but little is known about when and how people transition to injection drug ...
Matayo Baluku, Twaibu Wamala
doaj   +1 more source