
Auteur S. J. HUTCHINSON
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Documents disponibles écrits par cet auteur (28)

E. J. ALLEN ; N. E. PALMATEER ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; S. CAMERON ; D. J. GOLDBERG ; A. TAYLOR | 2012
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.23, n°5, September 2012) Article : PériodiqueBackground: Prevalence of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Scotland is high. The Scottish Government has invested significantly in harm reduction interventions with the goal of reducing HCV transmission among P[...]
N. K. MARTIN ; M. HICKMAN ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; D. J. GOLDBERG ; P. VICKERMAN | 2013
Dans Clinical Infectious Diseases (Vol.57, Suppl.2, August 2013) Article : PériodiqueBACKGROUND: Interventions such as opiate substitution therapy (OST) and high-coverage needle and syringe programs (HCNSP) cannot substantially reduce hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID). HCV antiviral treatmen[...]
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 : PériodiqueBACKGROUND: 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 [...]
S. M. BIRD ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; D. J. GOLDBERG | 2003
Dans Lancet (The) (Vol.362, n°9388, Sept 20, 2003) Article : PériodiqueBackground. In 2000 and 2001, there were 292 and 332 drug-related deaths in Scotland, respectively. Of the 332 people who died in 2001, 65 were of female sex, 80 were younger than 25 years, and 112 were older than 34 yaers. We assessed the effec[...]
A. McAULEY ; A. YEUNG ; A. TAYLOR ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; D. J. GOLDBERG ; A. MUNRO | 2019
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.66, April 2019) Article : PériodiqueBackground: Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) use has increased in recent years and generated significant concern within public health. People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of blood borne viruses, in particular Hepatitis C virus[...]
R. KING ; S. M. BIRD ; A. OVERSTALL ; G. HAY ; S. J. HUTCHINSON | 2014
Dans Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A-Statistics in Society (Vol.177, n°1, January 2014) Article : PériodiqueInjecting drug users (IDUs) have a direct social and economic effect yet can typically be regarded as a hidden population within a community. We estimate the size of the IDU population across the nine different Government Office regions of Engla[...]
T. C. PREVOST ; A. M. PRESANIS ; A. TAYLOR ; D. J. GOLDBERG ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; D. DE ANGELIS | 2015
Dans Addiction (Vol.110, n°8, August 2015) Article : PériodiqueAims: To estimate the number of people who have ever injected drugs (defined here as PWID) living in Scotland in 2009 who have been infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and to quantify and characterize the population remaining undiagnosed. [...]
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 | 2019
Dans Addiction (Vol.114, n°3, March 2019) Article : PériodiqueAIM: 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[...]
S. A. McDONALD ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; S. O. CAMERON ; H. A. INNES ; A. McLEOD ; D. J. GOLDBERG | 2012
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.23, n°5, September 2012) Article : PériodiqueBackground: Unsafe injecting practices put injecting drug users (IDUs) at repeat exposure to infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It has not yet been determined if spontaneously clearing one's primary infection influences the risk of rein[...]
S. J. HUTCHINSON ; J. F. DILLON ; R. FOX ; S. A. McDONALD ; H. A. INNES ; A. WEIR ; A. McLEOD ; E. J. ASPINALL ; N. E. PALMATEER ; A. TAYLOR ; A. MUNRO ; H. VALERIO ; G. BROWN ; D. J. GOLDBERG | 2015
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.26, n°11, November 2015) Article : PériodiqueSeven years have elapsed since the Scottish Government launched its Hepatitis C Action Plan – a Plan to improve services to prevent transmission of infection, particularly among people who inject drugs (PWID), identify those infected and ensure [...]
S. J. HUTCHINSON ; A. TAYLOR ; D. J. GOLDBERG ; L. GRUER | 2000
Dans Addiction (Vol.95, n°6, June 2000) Article : PériodiqueFRANÇAIS : Buts : examiner l'association entre le partage des aiguilles et des seringues et les caractéristiques démographiques, le comportement d'injection et l'utilisation des centres d'échange des aiguilles et des seringues (A/S). Etude : d[...]
J. S. DOYLE ; E. J. ASPINALL ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; B. QUINN ; C. GORE ; S. Z. WIKTOR ; M. E. HELLARD | 2015
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.26, n°11, November 2015) Article : PériodiquePeople who inject drugs (PWID) are disproportionately affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV). This review outlines policy recommendations made in the 2014 World Health Organisation (WHO) Guidelines on Screening, Care and Treatment of HCV and their [...]
S. L. WADD ; S. J. HUTCHINSON ; A. TAYLOR ; S. AHMED ; D. J. GOLDBERG | 2006
Dans Journal of Substance Use (Vol.11 n°5, 2006) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH : Aims: The aim of this study was to determine whether injecting drug users (IDUs) living in hostels for the homeless were more likely to engage in blood-borne virus associated injecting risk behaviour than those living elsewhere. Desi[...]
S. A. McDONALD ; A. McAULEY ; M. HICKMAN ; S. M. BIRD ; A. WEIR ; K. TEMPLETON ; R. GUNSON ; S. J. HUTCHINSON | 2021
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.96, October 2021) Article : PériodiqueBackground: In Europe, North America, and Australia, mortality due to drug-related (DR) causes amongst people who inject drugs (PWID) is a major issue. Our objective was to characterise temporal trends in DR mortality rates in a large cohort of [...]
R. KING ; S. M. BIRD ; A. OVERSTALL ; G. HAY ; S. J. HUTCHINSON | 2013
Dans Addiction Research and Theory (Vol.21, n°3, June 2013) Article : PériodiqueUsing Bayesian capture-recapture analysis, we estimated the number of current injecting drug users (IDUs) in Scotland in 2006 from the cross-counts of 5670 IDUs listed on four data-sources: social enquiry reports (901 IDUs listed), hospital reco[...]