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Auteur L. GJERSING |
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Article : Périodique
Introduction and Aims. Justice Health NSW has one of the most extensive prison-based methadone programmes in the world. We examine prison health staff attitudes towards methadone treatment and compare these with community methadone staff. Design[...]![]()
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Background: Incarcerations are associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality among people who use drugs (PWUD). In a sample of 884 PWUD, we examine and estimate the risk of incarcerations (i.e., number, duration, and most serious [...]![]()
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BACKGROUND: Use of illicit substances is often under-reported. Testing positive in oral fluid provides an objective confirmation of recent intake. OBJECTIVES: To examine the agreement between oral fluid test results and self-reported substance[...]![]()
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L. GJERSING ; K. JONASSEN ; S. SKURTVEIT ; J. BRAMNESS ; T. CLAUSEN |Aims: This study compares the characteristics of those who were or were not attended by the emergency services in the year before death. It describes the reasons for emergency service attendance and the prevalence of such attendance. It reports [...]Nouveauté
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Article : Périodique
K. HANOA ; O. R. BILGREI ; K. BUVIK ; L. GJERSING |Injecting drug use is one of the leading risk factors for infections and drug-related deaths. Despite these risks, many people who inject drugs (PWID) continue to inject despite access to alternative intake methods. In this study, we explore thi[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Even though nightlife studies with potentially intoxicated participants provide the much needed information on drug use, they face additional methodological challenges. This study aimed to explore the utility of such s[...]![]()
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Background and aims: Diversion of opioid substitution drugs (OSD) is of public concern. This study examined the prevalence, frequency, and predictors of illicit OSD use in a group of injecting drug users (IDUs) and assessed if such use was assoc[...]![]()
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Background: Opioid substitution treatment (OST) is recognised as an effective treatment for opioid dependence. Still, a subgroup of OST users continues to inject drugs. This study examines health risks and criminal activity in a population of ne[...]![]()
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AIMS: To examine uptake following a large-scale naloxone programme by estimating distribution rates since programme initiation and the proportion among a sample of high-risk individuals who had attended naloxone training, currently possessed or [...]![]()
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BACKGROUND: Open drug scenes are gatherings of drug users who publicly consume and deal drugs. The authors conducted a study of five European cities that have met such scenes constructively. The aim was to investigate shared and non-shared inter[...]![]()
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AIMS: To examine the mortality risk in a cohort of 'hard-to-reach' polysubstance users and its putative associations with substance use. Specifically, we estimated all-cause mortality risk as a function of individual substance use indicators, an[...]