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Concordance between self-reported and actual hepatitis C virus infection status in a cohort of people who inject drugs

D. O'KEEFE ; C. AITKEN ; P. HIGGS ; P. DIETZE | 2013
Dans Drug and Alcohol Review (Vol.32, n°2, March 2013) Article : Périodique

Introduction and Aims. Accurate knowledge of individual hepatitis C virus (HCV) status is an important component of comprehensive health services for people who inject drugs (PWID). In this paper we compare the perceived HCV status of PWID in a [...]

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Does informing people who inject drugs of their hepatitis C status influence their injecting behaviour? Analysis of the Networks II study

E. ASPINALL ; A. WEIR ; R. SACKS-DAVIS ; T. SPELMAN ; J. GREBELY ; P. HIGGS ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; M. E. HELLARD | 2014
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.25, n°1, January 2014) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV). It is plausible that PWID who receive a diagnosis of HCV will reduce their injecting risk out of concern for their injecting partners, although evidence for this [...]

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Harm reduction and drug users of Vietnamese ethnicity

P. HIGGS ; L. MAHER ; J. JORDENS ; A. DUNLOP ; P. SARGENT | 2001
Périodique

Les mesures de prévention et de réduction des risques en direction des usagers de drogue vietnamiens en Australie, sont fondamentalement différentes de celles qui ont été appliquées à d'autres minorités ethniques. Elles se basent sur le niveau a[...]

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"I lost me visits": A critical examination of prison drug policy and its effects on connection to family for incarcerated young men with histories of injecting drug use

S. WALKER ; K. LANCASTER ; M. STOOVE ; P. HIGGS ; M. WILSON | 2018
Dans Contemporary Drug Problems (Vol.45, n°3, September 2018) Article : Périodique

Utilizing Bacchi's poststructuralist approach, "What's the problem represented to be?," we critically examine how the "problem" of drug use in prison is represented within a key initiative - the Identified Drug User program (IDUP) - of prison dr[...]

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Mental health status, health service utilization, drug use behaviors associated with non-fatal overdose among people who use illicit drugs: A meta-analysis

B. ARMOON ; P. HIGGS ; R. MOHAMMADI | 2023
Dans Journal of Substance Use (Vol.28, n°2, March 2023) Article : Périodique

Background: The present study aims to determine mental health conditions, service use determinants, and drug use behaviors associated with non-fatal overdose among people who use illicit drugs (PWUIDs). Methods: We searched for studies in Engli[...]

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