Assessment and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs in the opioid substitution setting: ETHOS study

M. ALAVI ; J. GREBELY ; M. MICALLEF ; A. J. DUNLOP ; A. C. BALCOMB ; C. A. DAY ; C. TRELOAR ; N. BATH ; P. S. HABER ; G. J. DORE | 2013
Dans Clinical Infectious Diseases (Vol.57, Suppl.2, August 2013) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: Access to hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment remains extremely limited among people who inject drugs (PWID). HCV assessment and treatment was evaluated through an innovative model for the provision of HCV care among PWID with chronic [...]

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Community attitudes towards harm reduction services and a newly established needle and syringe automatic dispensing machine in an inner-city area of Sydney, Australia

B. WHITE ; P. S. HABER ; C. A. DAY | 2016
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.27, January 2016) Article : Périodique

Background: Automatic dispensing machines (ADMs) are an inexpensive method of increasing needle and syringe distribution to people who inject drugs but widespread implementation has been limited. The operation of ADMs in Australia has been met w[...]

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Drug consumption rooms: A systematic review of evaluation methodologies

V. BELACKOVA ; A. M. SALMON ; C. A. DAY ; A. RITTER ; M. SHANAHAN ; D. HEDRICH ; T. KERR ; M. JAUNCEY | 2019
Dans Drug and Alcohol Review (Vol.38, n°4, May 2019) Article : Périodique

ISSUES: Drug consumptions rooms (DCR) and supervised injecting facilities (SIF) are expanding internationally. Previous reviews have not systematically addressed evaluation methodologies. APPROACH: Results from systematic searches of scientific [...]

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Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia

S. LARNEY ; M. HICKMAN ; R. GUY ; J. GREBELY ; G. J. DORE ; R. T. GRAY ; C. A. DAY ; J. KIMBER ; L. DEGENHARDT | 2017
Dans BMC Public Health (Vol.17, n°757, 2017) Article : Périodique

Background: Injecting drug use is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Estimates of the size of the population of people who inject drugs are critical to inform service planning and estimate disease burden due to injecting drug [...]

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Initiation to heroin injecting among heroin users in Sydney, Australia: cross sectional survey

C. A. DAY ; J. ROSS ; P. DIETZE ; K. DOLAN | 2005
Dans Harm Reduction Journal (Vol.2, n°2, 2005) Article : Périodique

Background: Heroin injection is associated with health and social problems including hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission. Few studies have examined the circumstances surrounding initiation to heroin injecting, especially current users initiatin[...]

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