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Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Injecting drug use is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Estimates of the size of the population of people who inject drugs are critical to inform service planning and estimate disease burden due to injecting drug use.
Sarah Larney, Matthew Hickman, Rebecca Guy, Jason Grebely, Gregory J. Dore, Richard T. Gray, Carolyn A. Day, Jo Kimber, Louisa Degenhardt   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Border Crossing to Inject Drugs in Mexico Among Injection Drug Users in San Diego, California [PDF]

, 2011
We examined correlates of ever injecting drugs in Mexico among residents of San Diego, California. From 2007 to 2010, injecting drug users (IDUs) in San Diego underwent an interviewer-administered survey.
Tyson Volkmann, Sanghyuk S. Shin, Richard S. Garfein, Thomas L. Patterson, Robin A. Pollini, Karla D. Wagner, Irina Artamanova, Steffanie A. Strathdee   +7 more
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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]

, 2010
This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Goldberg, David, Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon, Kimber, Jo, Palmateer, Norah, Rhodes, Tim   +5 more
core   +1 more source

HIV risk behaviours among women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya: findings from secondary analysis of qualitative data

Harm Reduction Journal, 2019
Background Injecting drug users are at high risk of HIV infection globally. Research related to female drug users is rare in Kenya, yet it is required to inform the development of gender-sensitive HIV prevention and harm reduction services in East Africa,
Gitau Mburu, Mark Limmer, Paula Holland
doaj   +1 more source

Does sexuality matter? A cross-sectional study of drug use, social injecting, and access to injection-specific care among men who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) are overrepresented in cohorts of people who inject drugs. GBMSM’s substance use is usually explored in the context of its contribution to sexual risk.
Sophia E. Schroeder, A. L. Wilkinson, D. O’Keefe, A. Bourne, J. S. Doyle, M. Hellard, P. Dietze, A. Pedrana   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A pragmatic harm reduction approach to manage a large outbreak of wound botulism in people who inject drugs, Scotland 2015 [PDF]

, 2018
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at an increased risk of wound botulism, a potentially fatal acute paralytic illness. During the first 6 months of 2015, a large outbreak of wound botulism was confirmed among PWID in Scotland, which resulted ...
Amanda Weir, Andrew McAuley, CC McGuigan, CN Ramsay, Corinne Amar, D Akbulut, DJ Passaro, E MacDonald, E Tweed, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Gauri Godbole, Gillian Penrice, GY Chang, Health Protection Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD), J McLauchlin, J Sobel, J Strang, JA Jones, JA Stoltz, K Alpers, K Dunleavy, Kathie Grant, Kirsten M. A. Trayner, Kirsty Roy, M Desai, M Harris, M Ragonnet-Cronin, M Schroeter, MG Booth, N Markwick, National Records of Scotland, NE Palmateer, Public Health England, Health Protection Scotland, Public Health Wales, and Public Health Agency Northern Ireland, RJ Gordon, SB Werner, Scottish Government, Scottish Health Protection Network, SJ Hahné, SR Offerman, TN Wenham, VD Hope, VD Hope, Y Soukup-Baljak   +43 more
core   +1 more source

History of injection drug use in the month preceding incarceration in Iranian prisons

Scientific Reports
This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and pattern of injecting drug use (IDU) in Iranian incarcerated people one month before their imprisonment.
Mitra Darbandi, Willi McFarland, Soheil Mehmandoost, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Maliheh Sadat Bazrafshan, Naser Nasiri, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Meraj Sharifi, Roya Safari Faramani, Hamid Sharifi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drug use and risk behaviours among injecting drug users: a comparison between sex workers and non-sex workers in Sydney, Australia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2005
Background This paper examines the differences in demographics, drug use patterns and self reported risk behaviours between regular injecting drug users (IDU) who report engaging in sex work for money or drugs and regular injecting drug users who do not.
Breen Courtney, Degenhardt Louisa, Roxburgh Amanda   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sirolimus for Extracranial Arteriovenous Malformations: A Scoping Review of the Evidence in Syndromic and Non‐Syndromic Cases

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare, high‐flow, vascular anomalies that can occur either sporadically or as part of a genetic syndrome. AVMs can progress with serious morbidity and even mortality if left unchecked. Sirolimus is an mTOR inhibitor that is effective in low‐flow vascular malformations; however, its role in AVMs is unclear.
Will Swansson, Ingrid Winship, Gary Hammerschlag, Laura Scardamaglia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The injection of methadone syrup in New South Wales: patterns of use and increased harm after partial banning of injecting equipment

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003
Objective: To describe methadone injectors and the risk practices associated with injecting methadone in New South Wales, Australia. To assess the impact on injecting drug use and risk behaviour of the withdrawal of methadone injecting equipment from ...
Max Hopwood, Erica Southgate, Susan Kippax, Gabriele Bammer, Geetha Isaac‐Toua, Margaret MacDonald   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source