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How do relational practices co-constitute care for people who use drugs? The social and political dimensions of peer-led harm reduction

The International journal on drug policy
Introduction People who use drugs have a long history of mobilising to reduce harm within their communities, significantly influencing harm reduction efforts globally.
Kill, Emma, Reeve, Steph, Piatkowski, Timothy, Seear, Kate   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

A rapid review of current engagement strategies with people who use drugs in monitoring and reporting on substance use-related harms

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background The Canadian drug supply has significantly increased in toxicity over the past few years, resulting in the worsening of the overdose crisis.
Melissa Perri, Triti Khorasheh, David Edward-Ooi Poon, Nat Kaminski, Sean LeBlanc, Leticia Mizon, Ashley Smoke, Carol Strike, Pamela Leece   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Peer driven or driven peers? A rapid review of peer involvement of people who use drugs in HIV and harm reduction services in low- and middle-income countries

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Introduction Peer involvement of people who use drugs within HIV and harm reduction services is widely promoted yet under-utilised. Alongside political and financial barriers is a limited understanding of the roles, impacts, contexts and mechanisms for ...
Judy Chang, Shaun Shelly, Machteld Busz, Claudia Stoicescu, Arif Rachman Iryawan, Dinara Madybaeva, Yuri de Boer, Andy Guise   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and correlates of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among people who inject drugs in Baltimore, Maryland

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2023
Background: SARS-CoV-2 serosurveys can help characterize disparities in SARS-CoV-2 infection and identify gaps in population immunity. Data on SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) are limited.
Eshan U. Patel, Shruti H. Mehta, Becky L. Genberg, Owen R. Baker, Catherine G. Schluth, Jacquie Astemborski, Reinaldo E. Fernandez, Thomas C. Quinn, Gregory D. Kirk, Oliver Laeyendecker   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A qualitative study on overdose response in the era of COVID-19 and beyond: how to spot someone so they never have to use alone

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Spotting is an informal practice among people who use drugs (PWUD) where they witness other people using drugs and respond if an overdose occurs.
Melissa Perri, Natalie Kaminski, Matthew Bonn, Gillian Kolla, Adrian Guta, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Laurel Challacombe, Marilou Gagnon, Natasha Touesnard, Patrick McDougall, Carol Strike   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among people who inject drugs: a global mapping of service delivery

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for all people at substantial risk of HIV as part of combination prevention.
Graham Shaw, Robin Schaefer, Heather-Marie A Schmidt, Annie Madden, Judy Chang, Antons Mozalevskis, Busisiwe Msimanga-Radebe, Nabeel Mangadan Konath, Annette Verster, Rachel Baggaley, Michelle Rodolph, Virginia Macdonald   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social and structural determinants of injecting-related bacterial and fungal infections among people who inject drugs: protocol for a mixed studies systematic review

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Injecting-related bacterial and fungal infections are a common complication among people who inject drugs (PWID), associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
Dan Lewer, Magdalena Harris, Duncan Webster, Thomas D Brothers, Matthew Bonn   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on service access for people who use drugs (PWUD): A national qualitative study

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2021
Introduction Closures and reductions in capacity of select health and social services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic may have placed people who use drugs (PWUD) at a disproportionately increased risk for experiencing harms, and resulted in critical
Cayley Russell, Farihah Ali, Frishta Nafeh, J. Rehm, Sean Leblanc, T. Elton-Marshall   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Challenges in managing HIV in people who use drugs [PDF]

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2015
HIV management in people who use drugs (PWUD) is typically complex and challenging due to the presence of multiple medical and psychiatric comorbidities as well as social, physical, economic and legal factors that often disrupt the HIV continuum of care.
Adeeba, Kamarulzaman, Frederick L, Altice   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Changes in substance supply and use characteristics among people who use drugs (PWUD) during the COVID-19 global pandemic: A national qualitative assessment in Canada

The International journal on drug policy, 2021
Background People who use drugs (PWUD) may be at an increased risk of experiencing negative effects related to COVID-19. Border and non-essential service closures may have placed PWUD at an increased risk of experiencing unintended consequences regarding
Farihah Ali, Cayley Russell, Frishta Nafeh, J. Rehm, Sean Leblanc, T. Elton-Marshall   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source