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Injecting equipment access and use in a sample of Australians who regularly inject drugs, 2022. [PDF]

, 2023
People who inject drugs (PWID) have an increased risk of contracting blood-borne viruses (BBV) and injection-related health problems. Needle and equipment sharing is still a common occurrence among PWID in Australia, despite high coverage of ...
Agramunt, Seraina, Lenton, Simon ; https://orcid.org/   +1 more
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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
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An improved optimistic three-stage model for the spread of HIV amongst injecting intravenous drug users [PDF]

, 2009
We start off this paper with a brief introduction to modeling Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) amongst sharing, injecting drug users (IDUs). Then we describe the mathematical model which we shall use which
Greenhalgh, D., Greenhalgh, David, Al-Fwzan, Wafa, , Saudi-Arabian Government (Funder), Saudi-Arabian Government (Funder), Al-Fwzan, W.   +5 more
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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
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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
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Guidelines for Pediatric Radiotherapy Simulation: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Radiation Oncology Discipline

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric radiation therapy presents unique challenges compared to adult treatments, including those of immobilization, potential need for sedation, and the critical importance of accurate, reproducible positioning. Additionally, heightened attention to imaging doses is necessary to minimize long‐term toxicity in survivors.
Parham Alaei, Stephen Mihalcik, Sujith Baliga, Young Kwok, Dana Casey, Eric Ehler, Christiane Burton, John C. Breneman, Daphne A. Haas‐Kogan, Suzanne L. Wolden, Arnold C. Paulino, Nadia N. Laack, Natia Esiashvili, Sarah Milgrom, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, John A. Kalapurakal, Chia‐Ho Hua   +17 more
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Estimating the cost-effectiveness of detecting cases of chronic hepatitis C infection on reception into prison [PDF]

, 2006
Background In England and Wales where less than 1% of the population are Injecting drug users (IDUs), 97% of HCV reports are attributed to injecting drug use. As over 60% of the IDU population will have been imprisoned by the age of 30 years, prison may
Sutton, AJ, Edmunds, W. John, Edmunds, WJ, Gill, ON, Andrew J Sutton, O Noel Gill, Gill, O. N., Edmunds W John, Sutton Andrew J, Gill, O Noel, Sutton, Andrew J, Edmunds, W John, Sutton, A. J., W John Edmunds, Gill O Noel   +14 more
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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
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Injecting drugs alone during an overdose crisis in Vancouver, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Settings throughout Canada and the USA continue to experience crises of overdose death due to the toxic unregulated drug supply. Injecting drugs alone limits the potential for intervention and has accounted for a significant proportion of ...
Alexa Norton, Kanna Hayashi, Cheyenne Johnson, JinCheol Choi, M-J Milloy, Thomas Kerr   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source