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

, 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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Effectiveness of naloxone distribution in community settings to reduce opioid overdose deaths among people who use drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health
It is estimated that over 111,000 people in the U.S. died from a drug overdose in the twelve-month period ending in July 2023. More than three-quarters of those deaths were attributed to opioids.
Leah S. Fischer, A. Asher, Renee Stein, Jeffrey Becasen, Amanda Doreson, Jonathan Mermin, Martin I. Meltzer, B. Edlin   +7 more
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Addressing Stigma to Provide Quality Care to People Who Use Drugs.

JAMA Network Open, 2022
is a major barrier to quality health care for people who use drugs. Experiences of maltreatment and dehumanization by health care workers are associated with care avoidance and self-directed early hospital discharge among people who use drugs.
S. Aronowitz, Zachary F. Meisel
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection, anti-HCV antibodies and HIV and knowledge among people who use drugs attending methadone therapy clinic in Tanzania; a cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Methadone therapy clinics have been recently introduced in Tanzania, aiming at reducing risk behaviors and infection rates of viral hepatitis and HIV among people who use drugs.
Semvua B. Kilonzo, Daniel W. Gunda, David C. Majinge, Hyasinta Jaka, Paulina M. Manyiri, Fredrick Kalokola, Grahame Mtui, Elichilia R. Shao, Fatma A. Bakshi, Alex Stephano   +9 more
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How To Be In The Room: A guidebook preparing people who use(d) drugs for engaging in drug policy processes

, 2021
This guide is for PWUD who want to become involved with policy and decision-making processes. If you are new to this process, know it can be rewarding, exciting, emotionally difficult, confusing, and intimidating. If you feel this way or are overwhelmed,
Bonn, M, Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs, Touesnard, N   +2 more
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on illicit drug supply, drug-related behaviour of people who use drugs and provision of drug related services in Georgia: results of a mixed methods prospective cohort study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background This study examines the effects of COVID-19 related restrictions on the supply of illicit drugs, drug-use behaviour among people who use drugs (PWUD) regularly (at least weekly), and drug-related service provision in Tbilisi, Georgia ...
D. Otiashvili, T. Mgebrishvili, A. Beselia, Irina Vardanashvili, Kostyantyn V. Dumchev, T. Kiriazova, I. Kirtadze   +6 more
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Achieving HIV epidemic control through accelerating efforts to expand access to pre-exposure prophylaxis for people who inject drugs

Frontiers in Reproductive Health
The world is not on track to reach the majority of the UNAIDS 2025 targets, and people who inject drugs (PWID) continue to be left behind, hindered by counterproductive law enforcement practices, punitive laws, economic distress, and social stigma and ...
Lirica Nishimoto, Adaobi Lisa Olisa, Philip Imohi, Judy Chang, Chris Obermeyer, Dama Kabwali, Christopher Akolo   +6 more
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A mixed-methods analysis of risk-reduction strategies adopted by syringe services program participants and non-syringe services program participants in New York City

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Since the emergence of fentanyl in the drug market, syringe services programs (SSPs) have been at the forefront of providing life-saving tools such as naloxone and fentanyl test strips to people who use drugs (PWUD).
Nisha Beharie, Adelya Urmanche, Alex Harocopos   +2 more
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How patterns of injecting drug use evolve in a cohort of people who inject drugs [PDF]

, 2015
This research found an overall movement away from street based drug purchasing and drug use, towards more activity in private settings, which has important implications for the harms experienced by people who inject drugs.
Alison Ritter, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Nick Scott, Paul Dietze   +3 more
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I don't even want to go to the doctor when I get sick now: Healthcare experiences and discrimination reported by people who use drugs, Arizona 2019.

The International journal on drug policy, 2021
BACKGROUND People who use drugs experience severe health inequities created by structural and social barriers related to healthcare access. This includes stigma.
B. Meyerson, D. M. Russell, Michaela Kichler, Tyson Atkin, G. Fox, Haley B Coles   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source