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Attendance at supervised injecting facilities and use of detoxification services (Letter to the Editor)

E. WOOD ; M. W. TYNDALL ; R. ZHANG ; STOLTZ J. A. ; C. LAI ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; T. KERR | 2006
Dans New England Journal of Medicine (Vol.354, n°23, June 8, 2006) Article : Périodique

In September 2003, the first safer injecting facility in North America opened in Vancouver, Canada. Here, injection-drug users can inject preobtained illicit drugs under medical supervision. A concern regarding such facilities is that they may l[...]

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Circumstances of first injection among illicit drug users accessing a medically supervised safer injection facility

T. KERR ; M. W. TYNDALL ; R. ZHANG ; C. LAI ; J. S. MONTANER ; E. WOOD | 2007
Dans American Journal of Public Health (Vol.97 n°7, 2007) Article : Périodique

ENGLISH : There have been concerns that safer injecting facilities may promote initiation into injection drug use. We examined length of injecting career and circumstances surrounding initiation into injection drug use among 1065 users of Nort[...]

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A comparison of drug use and risk behavior profiles among younger and older street youth

S. E. HADLAND ; B. D. MARSHALL ; T. KERR ; R. ZHANG ; J. S. MONTANER ; E. WOOD | 2011
Dans Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.46, n°12, 2011) Article : Périodique

Among 559 street youth recruited between 2005 and 2007 in Vancouver, Canada, young drug users ( =21 years) with regard to recent drug use and sexual practices using multiple logistic regression. Older youth were more likely to be male and of Ab[...]

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Difficulty accessing crack pipes and crack pipe sharing among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada

L. TI ; J. BUXTON ; E. WOOD ; R. ZHANG ; J. MONTANER ; T. KERR | 2011
Dans Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (Vol.6, n°34, 2011) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: Crack pipe sharing can increase health risks among people who use drugs, yet the reasons for sharing these pipes have not been well described. Therefore, we sought to identify the prevalence and correlates of crack pipe sharing among[...]

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Factors associated with difficulty accessing crack cocaine pipes in a Canadian setting

L. TI ; J. BUXTON ; E. WOOD ; K. SHANNON ; R. ZHANG ; J. MONTANER ; T. KERR | 2012
Dans Drug and Alcohol Review (Vol.31, n°7, November 2012) Article : Périodique

Introduction and Aims. Crack cocaine pipe sharing is associated with various health-related harms, including hepatitis C transmission. Although difficulty accessing crack pipes has been found to predict pipe sharing, little is known about the fa[...]

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Impact of a medically supervised safer injection facility on community drug use patterns: a before and after study

T. KERR ; STOLTZ J. A. ; M. TYNDALL ; K. LI ; R. ZHANG ; J. MONTANER ; E. WOOD | 2006
Dans British Medical Journal (Vol.332, n°7535, 28 January 2006) Article : Périodique

Problem: Illicit use of injected drugs is linked with high rates of HIV infection and fatal overdose, as well as community concerns about public drug use. Supervised injecting facilities have been proposed as a potential solution, but fears have[...]

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Injection drug use cessation and use of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility

K. DEBECK ; T. KERR ; L. BIRD ; R. ZHANG ; D. MARSH ; M. TYNDALL ; J. MONTANER ; E. WOOD | 2011
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.113, n°2-3, January 2011) Article : Périodique

Background Vancouver, Canada has a pilot supervised injecting facility (SIF), where individuals can inject pre-obtained drugs under the supervision of medical staff. There has been concern that the program may facilitate ongoing drug use and del[...]

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Injection drug users' perceptions regarding use of a medically supervised safer injecting facility

PETRAR S. ; T. KERR ; M. W. TYNDALL ; R. ZHANG ; J. S. MONTANER ; E. WOOD | 2007
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ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been increased interest in supervised safer injecting facilities (SIF) as a strategy to reduce the harms of illicit drug use; however, little work has been done to assess drug users' satisfactio[...]

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Prevalence and correlates of hepatitis C infection among users of North America's first medically supervised safer injection facility

E. WOOD ; T. KERR ; STOLTZ J. A. ; Z. QUI ; R. ZHANG ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; M. W. TYNDALL | 2005
Dans Public Health (Vol.119, n°12, December 2005) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: North America's first medically supervised safer injection facility (SIF) for illicit drug users was opened in Vancouver, Canada on 22 September 2003. We examined the prevalence and correlates of hepatitis C (HCV) infection among a r[...]

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Rate of detoxification service use and its impact among a cohort of supervised injecting facility users

E. WOOD ; M. W. TYNDALL ; R. ZHANG ; J. S. MONTANER ; T. KERR | 2007
Dans Addiction (Vol.102, n°6, June 2007) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: Vancouver, Canada recently opened a medically supervised injecting facility (SIF) where injection drug users (IDU) can inject pre-obtained illicit drugs. Critics suggest that the facility does not help IDU to reduce their drug use. [...]

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Risk factors for developing a cutaneous injection-related infection among injection drug users: a cohort study

E. LLOYD-SMITH ; E. WOOD ; R. ZHANG ; M. W. TYNDALL ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; T. KERR | 2008
Dans BMC Public Health (Vol.8, n°405, 2008) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: Cutaneous injection-related infections (CIRI), such as abscesses and cellulitis, are common and preventable among injection drug users (IDU). However, risk factors for CIRI have not been well described in the literature. We sought to[...]

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Service uptake and characteristics of injection drug users utilizing North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility

E. WOOD ; M. W. TYNDALL ; Z. QUI ; R. ZHANG ; J. S. MONTANER ; T. KERR | 2006
Dans American Journal of Public Health (Vol.96, n°5, 2006) Article : Périodique

ENGLISH : In 2003, the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, opened North America's first government-sanctioned safer injecting facility, where injection drug users (IDUs) can inject preobtained illicit drugs under the supervision of nurses. Us[...]

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