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Auteur M. HICKMAN |
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J. M. KESTEN ; R. AYRES ; J. NEALE ; J. CLARK ; P. VICKERMAN ; M. HICKMAN ; S. REDWOOD |Background: It is recommended that needle and syringe programmes (NSP) distribute low dead space syringes (LDSS) to reduce blood-borne virus transmission. We explored the acceptability of detachable LDSS among people who inject drugs (PWID) and [...]NouveautéArticle : Périodique
R. MELOTTI ; J. HERON ; M. HICKMAN ; J. MACLEOD ; R. ARAYA ; G. LEWIS |Objective: To examine the association between use of alcohol and cigarettes among adolescents and their early socioeconomic background. Methods: Members of a longitudinal birth cohort (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children [ALSPAC], Un[...]Article : Périodique
A. I. STIBY ; M. HICKMAN ; M. R. MUNAFO ; J. HERON ; V. L. YIP ; J. MACLEOD |Aims: To investigate the relationship between cannabis and tobacco use by age 15 and subsequent educational outcomes. Design: Birth cohort study. Setting: England. Participants: The sample was drawn from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents[...]Article : Périodique
C. BHARAT ; P. WEBB ; Z. WILKINSON ; R. McKETIN ; J. GREBELY ; M. FARRELL ; A. HOLLAND ; M. HICKMAN ; L. T. TRAN ; B. CLARK ; A. PEACOCK ; S. DARKE ; J. H. LI ; L. DEGENHARDT |BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Studies often rely upon self-report and biological testing methods for measuring illicit drug use, although evidence for their agreement is limited to specific populations and self-report instruments. We aimed to examine com[...]Périodique
C. ACEIJAS ; E. OPPENHEIMER ; G. V. STIMSON ; R. E. ASHCRAFT ; S. MATIC ; M. HICKMAN | 2006Objective: To describe and estimate the availability of antiretroviral treatment (ART) to injecting drug users (IDUs) in developing and transitional countries. Methods: Literature review of grey and published literature and key informants' commu[...]Article : Périodique
C. ANGUS ; R. PRYCE ; J. HOLMES ; F. DE VOCHT ; M. HICKMAN ; P. MEIER ; A. BRENNAN ; D. GILLESPIE |BACKGROUND AND AIMS: When measuring inequalities in health, public health and addiction research has tended to focus on differences in average life-span between socio-economic groups. This does not account for the extent to which age of death va[...]Périodique
O. MORGAN ; C. GRIFFITHS ; M. HICKMAN | 2007ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: The UK heroin market is the biggest in Europe and approximately 70% of heroin deaths are due to fatal poisoning. Methadone treatment for heroin addiction in the UK, the 'British system', is unique as it is largely provide[...]Article : Périodique
L. A. HINES ; A. TRICKEY ; J. LEUNG ; S. LARNEY ; A. PEACOCK ; L. DEGENHARDT ; S. COLLEDGE ; M. HICKMAN ; J. GREBELY ; E. B. CUNNINGHAM ; J. STONE ; K. DUMCHEV ; P. GRIFFITHS ; P. VICKERMAN ; R. P. MATTICK ; M. LYNSKEY |BACKGROUND: Globally, an estimated 15.6 million people inject drugs. We aimed to investigate global variation in the age profile of people who inject drugs (PWID), identify country-level factors associated with age of PWID, and assess the associ[...]Article : Périodique
C. M. COMISKEY ; A. L. BRETTEVILLE-JENSEN ; H. BERGERON ; G. BUHRINGER ; P. DARGAN ; M. DAVOLI ; F. FAGGIANO ; G. FISCHER ; F. RODRIGUEZ DE FONSECA ; H. GARRETSEN ; M. HICKMAN ; D. J. KORF ; K. KRAJEWSKI ; L. PAOLI ; R. SPANAGEL |With the breadth of new psychoactive substances and international policy changes, an analysis of specific responses in all areas of drug supply and demand is beyond the resources of a single country. The Scientific Committee of the European Moni[...]Article : Périodique
L. DEGENHARDT ; B. CLARK ; G. MACPHERSON ; O. LEPPAN ; S. NIELSEN ; E. ZAHRA ; B. LARANCE ; J. KIMBER ; D. MARTINO-BURKE ; M. HICKMAN ; M. FARRELL |Background: Opioid dependence is associated with substantial health and social burdens, and opioid agonist treatment (OAT) is highly effective in improving multiple outcomes for people who receive this treatment. Methadone and buprenorphine are [...]Article : Périodique
Aims: To investigate the impact of scaling-up opiate substitution therapy (OST) and high coverage needle and syringe programmes (100%NSP - obtaining more sterile syringes than you inject) on HCV prevalence among injecting drug users (IDUs). De[...]Périodique
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[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: 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[...]Périodique
M. FRISCHER ; M. HICKMAN ; L. KRAUS ; F. MARIANI ; L. WIESSING | 2001ENGLISH : Aims. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has produced methodological guidelines for national drug prevalence estimation. This paper pilots the methods to estimate prevalence for Great Britain and pro[...]Article : Périodique
N. GOULDING ; M. HICKMAN ; M. REID ; E. J. AMUNDSEN ; J. A. BAZ-LOMBA ; J. W. O'BRIEN ; B. J. TSCHARKE ; P. DE VOOGT ; E. EMKE ; W. KUIJPERS ; W. HALL ; H. E. JONES |AIMS: To compare long-term trends in wastewater data with other indicators of stimulant use in three locations and to test the reliability of estimates based on 1 week of sampling. DESIGN: Comparison of trends in quantities ('loads') of stimula[...]Article : Périodique
R. MCGOVERN ; L. CROWE ; M. ADDISON ; M. HICKMAN ; J. KIDGER ; E. MCCOLL ; D. NEWBURY-BIRCH ; E. KANER |Heavy alcohol use and associated needs are prevalent amongst arrestees. The custody suite offers an opportunity to identify and intervene with this population. However, it is unclear whether functions of care can be effectively delivered within [...]Périodique
M. HICKMAN ; M. GRIFFIN ; J. MOTT ; J. CORKERY ; P. MADDEN ; SONDHI A. ; G. STIMSON | 2004ENGLISH : Aims : We discuss the Addicts Index (AI) and examine whether the epidemiological trends of the AI can be continued by the regional drug misuse databases (DMDs, now known as National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS). Methods :[...]Article : Périodique
Studies published by Zule and colleagues have suggested that use of low dead-space syringes (LDSS) instead of high dead-space syringes (HDSS) by injecting drug users (IDUs) could dramatically reduce HIV transmission. However, evidence is limited[...]Article : Périodique
S. LARNEY ; J. GREBELY ; M. HICKMAN ; D. DE ANGELIS ; G. J. DORE ; L. DEGENHARDT |There is considerable interest in determining the impact that increased uptake of treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection will have on the burden of HCV among people who inject drugs (PWID). An understanding of the size of the population[...]Article : Périodique
E. HANCOCK ; Z. WARD ; R. AYRES ; J. NEALE ; D. HUSSEY ; J. M. KESTEN ; M. HICKMAN ; P. VICKERMAN |BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Traditional detachable syringes used by people who inject drugs (PWID) retain larger volumes of blood when the plunger is depressed than syringes with fixed needles-referred to as high (HDSS) and low dead space syringes (LDS[...]Périodique
M. FRISHER ; S. ANDERSON ; M. HICKMAN ; HEATLIE H. | 2002Despite qualitative accounts of the spread of drug misuse in the UK there has been little epidemiological analysis of drug diffusion in recent years. This study used the data from the 1993 and 1996 Scottish Crime Surveys to investigate whether t[...]Article : Périodique
J. MARSDEN ; G. STILLWELL ; H. JONES ; A. COOPER ; B. EASTWOOD ; M. FARRELL ; T. LOWDEN ; N. MADDALENA ; C. METCALFE ; J. SHAW ; M. HICKMAN |Background and Aims: People with opioid use disorder (OUD) in prison face an acute risk of death after release. We estimated whether prison-based opioid substitution treatment (OST) reduces this risk. Design Prospective observational cohort stud[...]Article : Périodique
A. M. BARGAGLI ; M. HICKMAN ; M. DAVOLI ; C. A. PERUCCI ; P. SCHIFANO ; M. BUSTER ; T. BRUGAL ; J. VICENTE |ENGLISH : Objective: To estimate the mortality rates from drug-related deaths and other causes among problem drug users and population attributable risk of death due to opiate use in eight study sites in Europe. Methods: Opiate users were recr[...]Périodique
SCHIER J. G. ; L. S. NELSON ; R. S. HOFFMAN ; P. CUMMINGS ; J. MACLEOD ; M. HICKMAN ; G. D. SMITH ; K. J. S. ANAND ; M. T. LYNSKEY ; D. J. STATHAM ; N. G. MARTIN ; A. C. HEATH ; K. K. BUCHOLZ ; P. A. F. MADDEN ; E. C. NELSON ; W. S. SLUTSKE | 2003FRANÇAIS : Lettres à l'éditeur à propos de l'étude de "Escalation of drug use in early-onset cannabis users vs co-twins controls" publié dans JAMA, 2003, 289, 427-433, remettant en cause les résultats de cette étude.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[...]