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Auteur V. D. HOPE |
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V. D. HOPE ; M. HICKMAN ; K. TILLING | 2005ENGLISH : Aim : To estimate the prevalence of crack cocaine use in 12 London Boroughs (and London as a whole). Setting : Twelve London Boroughs, 2000-01. Methods : (1) Covariate capture-recapture techniques applied to three data sources of sub[...]![]()
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V. D. HOPE ; M. HICKMAN ; J. V. PARRY ; F. NCUBE |BACKGROUND: People who inject drugs (PWID) are at risk of injection site infections and injuries. The factors associated with recent symptoms of these problems are examined. METHOD: PWID recruited using respondent driven sampling, underwent a [...]![]()
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V. D. HOPE ; K. J. CULLEN ; S. CROXFORD ; J. V. PARRY ; F. NCUBE |Factors associated with the sharing of injecting equipment have been widely studied (McKegany, Friedman, & Mesquita, 1998); however, very few studies have looked at the factors associated with the use of cleaned needles/syringes. Those studies t[...]![]()
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D. LEWER ; J. FREER ; E. KING ; S. LARNEY ; L. DEGENHARDT ; E. J. TWEED ; V. D. HOPE ; M. HARRIS ; T. MILLAR ; A. HAYWARD ; D. CICCARONE ; K. I. MORLEY |AIMS: To summarize evidence on the frequency and predictors of health-care utilization among people who use illicit drugs. DESIGN: Systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsychINFO for observational studies reporting health-care utilization pub[...]![]()
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L. WIESSING ; M. FERRI ; B. GRADY ; M. KANTZANOU ; I. SPERLE ; K. J. CULLEN ; EMCDDA DRID Group ; A. HATZAKIS ; M. PRINS ; P. VICKERMAN ; J. V. LAZARUS ; V. D. HOPE ; C. MATHEI |Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV). Treatment options are improving and may enhance prevention; however access for PWID may be poor. The availability in the literature of informati[...]![]()
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Z. WARD ; L. PLATT ; S. SWEENEY ; V. D. HOPE ; L. MAHER ; S. HUTCHINSON ; N. PALMATEER ; J. SMITH ; N. CRAINE ; A. TAYLOR ; N. MARTIN ; R. AYRES ; J. DILLON ; M. HICKMAN ; P. VICKERMAN |Aims: To estimate the impact of existing high-coverage needle and syringe provision (HCNSP, defined as obtaining more than one sterile needle and syringe per injection reported) and opioid substitution therapy (OST) on hepatitis C virus (HCV) tr[...]![]()
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V. D. HOPE ; J. IVERSEN ; K. J. CULLEN ; J. V. PARRY ; L. MAHER ; F. NUCBE |Background: While people who inject drugs (PWID) typically use peripheral veins, some inject into their central veins, including the femoral and jugular veins. Injection into the jugular vein can have serious adverse health consequences, includi[...]Nouveauté
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SUTTON A. J. ; N. J. GAY ; EDMUNDS W. J. ; N. J. ANDREWS ; V. D. HOPE ; R. L. GILBERT ; M. PIPER ; O. N. GILL | 2006ENGLISH : A vaccination programme offering hepatitis B (HBV) vaccine at reception into prison has been introduced into selected prisons in England and Wales. Over the coming years it is anticipated this vaccination programme will be extended. [...]![]()
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V. D. HOPE ; J. V. PARRY ; F. NCUBE ; M. HICKMAN |Background: The extent of intentional or accidental subcutaneous and intramuscular injections and the factors associated with these have rarely been studied among people who inject drugs, yet these may play an important role in the acquisition b[...]![]()
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V. D. HOPE ; A. JUDD ; M. HICKMAN |OBJECTIVES: This study sought to establish the prevalence of hepatitis C antibodies (anti-HCV) and hepatitis B antibodies (anti-HBc) among injection drug users in England and Wales. METHODS: A voluntary cross-sectional survey collected oral flu[...]![]()
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D. LEWER ; S. CROXFORD ; M. DESAI ; E. EMANUEL ; V. D. HOPE ; A. McAULEY ; E. PHIPPS ; E. J. TWEED |BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Mortality and drug treatment data suggest that the median age of people who inject drugs is increasing. We aimed to describe changes in the characteristics of people injecting drugs in the United Kingdom (UK). DESIGN: Repea[...]