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Auteur L. MAHER |
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L. MAHER ; B. KELLY ; MAC GREGOR D. ; K. BISITS ; STURNEY R. | Sydney : NSW Health Department | 1994FRANÇAIS : Ce document ne constitue pas les actes de la conférence nationale organisée en 1994 sur les femmes et la drogue en Australie. Il contient quatre articles écrits en vue des préparatifs de cette conférence. Le premier étudie les struc[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are important for evaluating interventions, and qualitative research is increasingly recognized as being crucial to the success of this enterprise. We aimed to describe and demonstrate a t[...]Article : Périodique
T. LEA ; M. HAMMOUD ; A. BOURNE ; L. MAHER ; F. JIN ; B. HAIRE ; N. BATH ; J. GRIERSON ; G. PRESTAGE |BACKGROUND: Gay and bisexual men (GBM) report distinctive patterns and contexts of drug use, yet little has been published about their attitudes toward drug use. OBJECTIVES: We developed measures of attitudes and perceived social norms toward d[...]Périodique
L. MAHER | 1994FRANÇAIS : Ce document examine d'abord la littérature concernant les sujets relatifs à l'alcoolisme et à la dépendance de substances chez les femmes incarcérées. En Australie, il existe plus de programmes de traitement pour les hommes toxicoman[...]Article : Périodique
L. PLATT ; J. REED ; S. MINOZZI ; P. VICKERMAN ; H. HAGAN ; C. FRENCH ; A. JORDAN ; L. DEGENHARDT ; V. HOPE ; S. HUTCHINSON ; L. MAHER ; N. PALMATEER ; A. TAYLOR ; M. HICKMAN |This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: 1. To assess the impact of needle/syringe programmes with and without opiate substitution therapy (OST) on the incidence of HCV infection among people w[...]Article : Périodique
J. A. KWON ; J. ANDERSON ; C. C. KERR ; H. H. THEIN ; L. ZHANG ; J. IVERSEN ; G. J. DORE ; J. M. KALDOR ; M. G. LAW ; L. MAHER ; D. P. WILSON |OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact and cost-effectiveness of needle-syringe programs (NSPs) with respect to HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among Australian injecting drug users (IDUs). DESIGN/METHODS: A health economic analysis was [...]Article : Périodique
J. A. KWON ; J. IVERSEN ; M. LAW ; K. DOLAN ; H. WAND ; L. MAHER |Background: Effective targeting of harm reduction programs for people who inject drugs (PWID) requires timely and robust estimates of the size of this population. This study estimated the number of people who inject drugs on a regular basis in A[...]Article : Périodique
S. SWEENEY ; Z. WARD ; L. PLATT ; L. GUINNESS ; M. HICKMAN ; V. HOPE ; L. MAHER ; J. IVERSEN ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; J. SMITH ; R. AYRES ; I. HAINEY ; P. VICKERMAN |AIM: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) compared with no NSPs on hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in the United Kingdom. DESIGN: Cost-effectiveness analysis from a National Health Service (NHS)/healt[...]Article : Périodique
K. DOLAN ; A. L. WIRTZ ; B. MOAZEN ; M. NDEFFO-MBAH ; A. GALVANI ; S. A. KINNER ; R. COURTNEY ; M. McKEE ; J. J. AMON ; L. MAHER ; M. HELLARD ; C. BEYRER ; F. L. ALTICE |The prison setting presents not only challenges, but also opportunities, for the prevention and treatment of HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. We did a comprehensive literature search of data published between 2005 and 2015 to understand t[...]Périodique
P. HIGGS ; L. MAHER ; J. JORDENS ; A. DUNLOP ; P. SARGENT | 2001Les 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[...]Périodique
ENGLISH : The aim of the study was to provide baseline data on the pharmacological properties of heroin available for retail sale in Cabramatta, Sydney. A retrospective sampling frame was constructed consisting of all suspected heroin seizures[...]Périodique
L. MAHER | 1996FRANÇAIS : Cet article s'attache à examiner le phénomène des échanges sexuels contre du crack qui manifestent ce qu'il est convenu d'appeler une "hyper sexualité". Il concerne principalement une étude ethonographique conduite sur des femmes pro[...]Article : Périodique
J. IVERSEN ; G. DERTADIAN ; L. GEDDES ; L. MAHER |Background: Use of opioid analgesic medicines has doubled globally over the past decade, with a concomitant increase in prevalence of injection of pharmaceutical opioids (PO), including in Australia. This study investigates types of PO injected,[...]NouveautéArticle : Périodique
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[...]Périodique
L. MAHER ; B. JALALUDIN ; K. G. CHANT ; R. JAYASURIYA ; T. SLADDEN ; J. M. KALDOR ; P. L. SARGENT | 2006Aims: To determine the incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and identify risk factors for seroconversion. Design: Prospective cohort study. Participants were recruited through direct approaches, street-based outreach, methadone and sex[...]Article : Périodique
K. PAGE ; M. D. MORRIS ; J. A. HAHN ; L. MAHER ; M. PRINS |The hepatitis C virus (HCV) virus epidemic is ongoing in the United States and globally. Incidence rates remain high, especially in young adult injection drug users. New outbreaks of HCV in the United States among young adults, in predominantly [...]Article : Périodique
Background: Illicit drug markets are a key component of the risk environment surrounding injection drug use. However, relatively few studies have explored how injection drug users' (IDUs) involvement in drug dealing shapes their experiences of d[...]Article : Périodique
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[...]NouveautéArticle : Périodique
S. BAJIS ; G. J. DORE ; B. HAJARIZADEH ; E. B. CUNNINGHAM ; L. MAHER ; J. GREBELY |Background: The burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is escalating among people who inject drugs (PWID), yet testing and treatment remains suboptimal. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to[...]Article : Périodique
T. KERR ; W. SMALL ; E. HYSHKA ; L. MAHER ; K. SHANNON |AIMS. To assess heroin injectors' perceptions of and responses to a warning issued by public health officials regarding high-potency heroin and increases in fatal overdoses. DESIGN. Semi-structured qualitative interviews. SETTING. Vancouver,[...]Article : Périodique
L. PLATT ; S. MINOZZI ; J. REED ; P. VICKERMAN ; H. HAGAN ; C. FRENCH ; A. JORDAN ; L. DEGENHARDT ; V. HOPE ; S. HUTCHINSON ; L. MAHER ; N. PALMATEER ; A. TAYLOR ; J. BRUNEAU ; M. HICKMAN |Aims: To estimate the effects of needle and syringe programmes (NSP) and opioid substitution therapy (OST), alone or in combination, for preventing acquisition of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in people who inject drugs (PWID). Methods: Systematic re[...]Article : Périodique
L. PLATT ; S. MINOZZI ; J. REED ; P. VICKERMAN ; H. HAGAN ; C. FRENCH ; A. JORDAN ; L. DEGENHARDT ; V. HOPE ; S. HUTCHINSON ; L. MAHER ; N. PALMATEER ; A. TAYLOR ; J. BRUNEAU ; M. HICKMAN |Review question: We examine research on the effect of needle syringe programmes (NSP) and opioid substitution treatment (OST) in reducing the risk of becoming infected with the hepatitis C virus. Background: There are around 114.9 million peopl[...]Périodique
B. D. JOHNSON ; E. DUNLAP ; L. MAHER | 1998FRANÇAIS : Etude ethnographique des méthodes éducatives pratiquées dans un ménage d'usagers de crack. Sont plus particulièrement examinés : les "normes de conduite" imposées par les adultes aux enfants, c'est à dire leurs attentes par rapport a[...]Périodique
H. H. THEIN ; J. KIMBER ; L. MAHER ; M. MACDONALD ; J. M. KALDOR | 2005Objective:To describe public opinion towards supervised injecting centres (SICs) and the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) before and after the opening of the MSIC. Methods: In 2000 and 2002, telephone interviews were conducted[...]