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Violence exposure, mental distress, substance use behaviors, and overdose experiences among people who inject drugs [PDF]

, 2023
Janet K. Otachi, Shawndaya S. Thrasher, Hilary L. Surratt   +2 more
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Telehealth to increase healthcare access; perspectives of people who use drugs

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Background People who use drugs (PWUD) often face restricted healthcare access despite their heightened healthcare needs. Factors such as stigma, mistrust of the healthcare system, competing priorities, and geographical barriers pose significant ...
Zoi Papalamprakopoulou, Elisavet Ntagianta, Vasiliki Triantafyllou, George Kalamitsis, Arpan Dharia, Suzanne S. Dickerson, Angelos Hatzakis, Andrew H. Talal   +7 more
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Housing status and accidental substance-related acute toxicity deaths in Canada, 2016–2017

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
IntroductionThere is a complex relationship between housing status and substance use, where substance use reduces housing opportunities and being unhoused increases reasons to use substances, and the associated risks and stigma.
Amanda VanSteelandt, Brandi Abele, Raahyma Ahmad, Aganeta Enns, Beth Jackson, Tanya Kakkar, Fiona Kouyoumdjian   +6 more
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Peer engagement barriers and enablers: insights from people who use drugs in British Columbia, Canada [PDF]

, 2019
Alissa Greer, Ashraf Amlani, Charlene Burmeister, Alex Scott, Cheri Newman, Hugh Lampkin, Bernie Pauly, Jane A. Buxton   +7 more
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Peer Support Workers as a Bridge: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Role of Peer Support Workers in the Care of People Who Use Drugs During and After Hospitalization  [PDF]

, 2020
Robin Lennox, Larkin Lamarche, Tim O’Shea   +2 more
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Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review [PDF]

, 2017
Louisa Degenhardt, Amy Peacock, Samantha Colledge‐Frisby, Janni Leung, Jason Grebely, Peter Vickerman, Jack Stone, Evan B. Cunningham, Adam Trickey, Kostyantyn Dumchev, Michael T. Lynskey, Paul Griffiths, Richard P. Mattick, Matthew Hickman, Sarah Larney   +14 more
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HIV and drugs: a common, common-sense agenda for 2016

The Lancet Global Health, 2016
Kent Buse, Eliot Albers, Shiba Phurailatpam   +2 more
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Hepatitis B virus infection among people who use drugs in Iran: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and trend analysis [PDF]

, 2020
Yasna Rostam‐Abadi, Hosein Rafiemanesh, Jaleh Gholami, Behrang Shadloo, Masoumeh Amin‐Esmaeili, Afarin Rahimi‐Movaghar   +5 more
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Cannabidiol as a Harm Reduction Strategy for People Who Use Drugs: A Rapid Review [PDF]

, 2023
Lindsay A. Lo, Caroline A. MacCallum, Kate Nanson, Michael F. Koehn, Ian M. Mitchell, Michael-John Milloy, Zach Walsh, Florriann Fehr   +7 more
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Using illicit drugs alone in Vancouver, Canada: a gender-based analysis

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Objectives Canada continues to experience an epidemic of toxic drug-related overdose deaths. Public health messaging emphasizes the dangers of using drugs alone as it restricts timely overdose response or renders it impossible, yet this practice remains ...
Kat Gallant, Kanna Hayashi, Eric C. Sayre, JinCheol Choi, Manal Mansoor, Thomas Kerr   +5 more
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