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Internalized Stigma Among People Who Inject Drugs

Substance Use & Misuse, 2016
Perceived experiences of stigma have been found to be associated with poorer psychosocial outcomes and engagement in risk practices among people who inject drugs. Yet the extent to which people internalize or accept the stigma surrounding their injecting drug use, and whether this is associated with risky injecting practices, is not well known.The aim ...
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Hospital Experiences of Dignity in People Who Inject Drugs

Journal of Addictions Nursing, 2023
Abstract Background Dignity is a complex concept necessary for the adequate treatment of patients in the healthcare setting. Autonomy, self-sufficiency, respect, and equality are concepts used to define dignity. Dignity has not been studied in people who inject drugs (PWID). Objective
Kimberly Dion, Stephanie Griggs, Jordan Murray, Sarah Friedman   +3 more
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Understanding healthcare engagement for people who inject drugs

Research in Nursing & Health, 2023
AbstractPeople who inject drugs (PWID) are at an increased risk of multimorbid mental health and chronic diseases, which are frequently underdiagnosed and under‐treated due to systemic barriers and ongoing substance use. Healthcare engagement is essential to address these conditions and prevent excess morbidity and mortality. The goal of this study was
Omeid Heidari, Abigail Winiker, Derek T. Dangerfield, Jennifer Wenzel, Tamar Rodney, Shruti Mehta, Becky Genberg   +6 more
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Dealing With the Epidemic of Endocarditis in People Who Inject Drugs

Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2022
North America is facing an opioid epidemic and growing illicit drug supply, contributing to growing numbers of injection drug use-related infective endocarditis (IDU-IE). Patients with IDU-IE have high early and late mortality. Patients with IDU-IE more commonly present with right-side IE compared with those with non-IDU IE, and a majority are a result
Dominique Vervoort, Kevin R. An, Malak Elbatarny, Derrick Y. Tam, Adam Quastel, Subodh Verma, Kim A. Connelly, Bobby Yanagawa, Stephen E. Fremes   +8 more
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Outpatient Antimicrobial Treatment for People Who Inject Drugs

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2020
This article reviews the changing epidemiology of infections associated with injection drug use, perceived barriers to care, features of successful programs for outpatient antimicrobial treatment, models of shared decision making at the time of discharge, and linkage to preventative care after antimicrobial completion.
Hermione, Hurley, Monica, Sikka, Timothy, Jenkins, Evelyn Villacorta, Cari, Alice, Thornton   +4 more
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Estimated Number of People Who Inject Drugs in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2022
Abstract Background Public health data signal increases in the number of people who inject drugs (PWID) in the United States during the past decade. An updated PWID population size estimate is critical for informing interventions and policies aiming to reduce injection-associated infections and ...
Heather, Bradley, Eric W, Hall, Alice, Asher, Nathan W, Furukawa, Christopher M, Jones, Jalissa, Shealey, Kate, Buchacz, Senad, Handanagic, Nicole, Crepaz, Eli S, Rosenberg   +9 more
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People with Hepatitis C Who Inject Drugs — Underserved, Not Undeserving

New England Journal of Medicine, 2020
People with Hepatitis C Who Inject Drugs To reduce the burden of HCV, it will be important to expand harm reduction for people who inject drugs.
Gregory J, Dore, Stacey, Trooskin
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Investing in People Who Inject Drugs: A PrEPonderance of Opportunities

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2016
Bernard and colleagues' study highlights key points about PrEP for PWID, one of which is the staggering financial resources required.
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Australia's Response to HIV Among People Who Inject Drugs

AIDS Education and Prevention, 2014
Australia's prompt and effective response to HIV among people who inject drugs is recognized internationally. In the early 1980s, there was growing awareness of the evolving threat presented by HIV. Despite erroneous but commonly held assumptions that people who inject drugs generally disregard their health, injecting drug users contributed ...
Annie, Madden, Alex, Wodak
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Pathways of drug use among people who inject drugs

2021
This dissertation studies the contributing factors to illicit drug use behaviors by using a longitudinal, developmental perspective of drug use over the drug use career. The three component studies rely on the same data and similar methods to examine the contributions of drug type, individual, and contextual factors on multiple drug use outcomes among ...
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