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Barriers to use of free antiretroviral therapy in injection drug users

S. A. STRATHDEE ; A. PALEPU ; P. G. A. CORNELISSE ; B. YIP ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY ; J. S. MONTANER ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; R. S. HOGG | 1998
Périodique

ENGLISH : CONTEXT: In British Columbia, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons eligible for antiretroviral therapy may receive it free but the extent to which HIV-infected injection drug users access it is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To i[...]

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Commentary. Safe injection facilities in Canada: is it time?

T. KERR ; A. PALEPU | 2001
Périodique

The goals associated with the establishment of safe injection facilities are to reduce the incidence of bloodborne disease transmission, overdoses and public nuisance associated with injection drug use; to improve the general health of IDUs; and[...]

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Factors associated with sex-trade involvement among female injection drug users in a Canadian setting

KUYPER L. M. ; A. PALEPU ; T. KERR ; K. LI ; C. L. MILLER ; P. M. SPITTAL ; R. S. HOGG ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; E. WOOD | 2005
Périodique

ENGLISH : Background: We undertook this study to evaluate the factors associated with sex-trade involvement among a cohort of female injection drug users (IDUs). Methods: We performed a prospective analysis of factors associated with sex-trade[...]

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Factors associated with the response to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected patients with and without a history of injection drug use

A. PALEPU ; B. YIP ; C. MILLER ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY ; J. MONTANER ; R. S. HOGG | 2001
Périodique

FRANÇAIS : Aucune différence n'est observée en fonction de l'âge, du sexe, d'un passé d'usage de drogues, de la numération en CD4, du diagnostic de sida, de l'observance, ou de l'expérience du médecin. Les participants à l'étude ayant un passé [...]

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Hospital utilization and costs in a cohort of injection drug users

A. PALEPU ; M. W. TYNDALL ; H. LEON ; J. MULLER ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; A. H. ANIS | 2001
Périodique

ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: Many injection drug users (IDUs) seek care at emergency departments and some require hospital admission because of late presentation in the course of their illness. We determined the predictors of frequent emergency depar[...]

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Injection Drug Use Quality of Life scale (IDUQOL): a validation study

A. M. HUBLEY ; L. B. RUSSELL ; A. PALEPU | 2005
Périodique

BACKGROUND: Existing measures of injection drug users' quality of life have focused primarily on health and health-related factors. Clearly, however, quality of life among injection drug users is impacted by a range of unique cultural, socioecon[...]

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Injection Drug User Quality of Life Scale (IDUQOL): findings from a content validation study

A. M. HUBLEY ; A. PALEPU | 2007
Périodique

ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: Quality of life studies among injection drug users have primarily focused on health-related measures. The chaotic life-style of many injection drug users (IDUs), however, extends far beyond their health, and impacts upon [...]

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Quality of life, needs, and interest among cocaine users: differences by cocaine use intensity and lifetime severity of addiction to cocaine

C. C. MORALES-MANRIQUE ; A. PALEPU ; M. CASTELLANO-GOMEZ ; R. ALEIXANDRE BENAVENT ; J. C. VALDERRAMA ZURIAN | 2011
Dans Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.46, n°4, 2011) Article : Périodique

We examined the quality of life (QoL) of 149 patients who were recruited in 2005 at outpatient treatment centers for cocaine dependence in Spain. Important life areas and life areas with potential need and interest to change in order to improve [...]

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Responding to an explosive HIV epidemic driven by frequent cocaine injection: is there a role for safe injecting facilities?

T. KERR ; E. WOOD ; A. PALEPU ; D. WILSON ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; M. W. TYNDALL | 2003
Dans Journal of Drug Issues (Vol.33, 2003) Article : Périodique

Although there have been repeated calls for the establishment of safe injection facilities (SIFs) in Vancouver since the early 1990s, questions remain concerning the feasibility of SIFs due to the high prevalence of injection cocaine and the con[...]

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Socio-demographic profile and HIV and hepatitis C prevalence among persons who died of a drug overdose

C. L. MILLER ; K. J. CHAN ; A. PALEPU ; M. TYNDALL ; E. WOOD ; R. HOGG ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY | 2001
Périodique

ENGLISH : Objective: To describe the sociodemographic characteristics and HIV and Hepatitis C prevalence among persons who died of a drug overdose in the Vancouver metropolis health region in 1998. Methods: A retrospective review was conducted[...]

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Sociodemographic disparities in access to addiction treatment among a cohort of Vancouver injection drug users

E. WOOD ; K. LI ; A. PALEPU ; D. C. MARSH ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; R. S. HOGG ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; T. KERR | 2005
Périodique

ENGLISH : Vancouver's explosive HIV epidemic among injection drug users (IDUs) has received international attention due to the presence of a large needle exchange program. The role of addiction treatment has not been evaluated in this setting.[...]

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Staging for antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected drug users

E. WOOD ; R. S. HOGG ; S. BONNER ; A. PALEPU ; M. T. SCHECHTER | 2004
Périodique

FRANÇAIS : De mai 1996 à mai 2003, cette étude évalue la surveillance du taux de CD4 chez les usagers de drogues injectables ayant un libre accès aux thérapies antivirales. 39 % de l'échantillon n'a pas eu d'évaluation des CD4, dont une majorit[...]

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Towards more effective public health programming for injection drug users: development and evaluation of the injection drug user quality of life scale

BROGLY S. ; C. MERCIER ; J. BRUNEAU ; A. PALEPU ; FRANCO E. | 2003
Périodique

ENGLISH : The psychometric properties of the Injection Drug User Quality of Life Scale (IDUQOL) were assessed in 61 Montreal IDUs in 2001, 8S% of whom were reinterviewed within four weeks. The reliability of the IDUQOL was acceptable (ICC=0.71[...]

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Uptake and adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected people with alcohol and other substance use problems : the impact of substance abuse treatment

A. PALEPU ; N. J. HORTON ; TIBBETTS N. ; S. MELI ; J. H. SAMET | 2004
Périodique

ENGLISH : Aim : We examined the association of substance abuse treatment with uptake, adherence and virological response to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among HIV-infected people with a history of alcohol problems. Design : Pro[...]

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