Does informing people who inject drugs of their hepatitis C status influence their injecting behaviour? Analysis of the Networks II study

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 : Périodique

BACKGROUND: 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 [...]

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Expansion of HCV treatment access to people who have injected drugs through effective translation of research into public health policy: Scotland's experience

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 : Périodique

Seven 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 [...]

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Increasing drug-related mortality rates over the last decade in Scotland are not just due to an ageing cohort: A retrospective longitudinal cohort study

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 : Périodique

Background: 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 [...]

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Mortality and cause of death in a cohort of people who had ever injected drugs in Glasgow: 1982-2012

D. NAMBIAR ; A. WEIR ; E. J. ASPINALL ; M. STOOVE ; S. HUTCHINSON ; P. DIETZE ; L. WAUGH ; D. J. GOLDBERG | 2015
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.147, February 2015) Article : Périodique

Background: To describe all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a cohort of people who had ever injected drugs (PWID) with a low prevalence of HIV over 20-30 years. Methods: Using a retrospective study design, identifying data from a cohort o[...]

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