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Auteur P. M. SPITTAL
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C. L. MILLER ; T. KERR ; FRANKISH J. C. ; P. M. SPITTAL ; K. LI ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; E. WOOD | 2006
PériodiqueENGLISH : Several studies have highlighted risk factors that cause HIV vulnerability among injection drug users (IDUs); these studies in turn have prompted public health officials to take action to minimize these risks. We sought to evaluate t[...]
C. L. MILLER ; T. KERR ; FRANKISH J. C. ; P. M. SPITTAL ; K. LI ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; E. WOOD | 2006
PériodiqueENGLISH : Several studies have highlighted risk factors that cause HIV vulnerability among injection drug users (IDUs); these studies in turn have prompted public health officials to take action to minimize these risks. We sought to evaluate t[...]
E. WOOD ; P. M. SPITTAL ; W. SMALL ; T. KERR ; K. LI ; R. S. HOGG ; M. W. TYNDALL ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; M. T. SCHECHTER | 2004
PériodiqueBackground: Law enforcement is often used in an effort to reduce the social, community and health-related harms of illicit drug use by injection drug users (IDUs). There are, however, few data on the benefits of such enforcement or on the potent[...]
P. M. SPITTAL ; R. S. HOGG ; K. LI ; CRAIB K. J. ; RECSKY M. ; C. JOHNSTON ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; E. WOOD | 2006
PériodiqueThe health and social conditions of women living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has recently been the focus of substantial international attention. Since few studies have examined rates and correlates of death among addicted women in Canada, w[...]
E. WOOD ; M. W. TYNDALL ; P. M. SPITTAL ; K. LI ; R. S. HOGG ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY ; M. T. SCHECHTER | 2002
PériodiqueENGLISH : Vancouver has experienced an explosive HIV epidemic despite the presence of a needle exchange programme (NEP). We sought possible explanations for high-risk syringe sharing among Vancouver injection drug users over the period January[...]
KUYPER L. M. ; A. PALEPU ; T. KERR ; K. LI ; C. L. MILLER ; P. M. SPITTAL ; R. S. HOGG ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; E. WOOD | 2005
PériodiqueENGLISH : Background: We undertook this study to evaluate the factors associated with sex-trade involvement among a cohort of female injection drug users (IDUs). Methods: We performed a prospective analysis of factors associated with sex-trade[...]
E. WOOD ; M. W. TYNDALL ; P. M. SPITTAL ; K. LI ; A. H. ANIS ; R. S. HOGG ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY ; M. T. SCHECHTER | 2003
PériodiqueENGLISH : Background: More than 93% of the nearly $500 million spent annually on Canada's drug strategy goes toward efforts to reduce the illicit drug supply. However, little is known about the effectiveness of this strategy. On Sept. 2, 2000,[...]
W. SMALL ; KAIN S. ; LALIBERTE N. ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY ; P. M. SPITTAL | 2005
PériodiqueENGLISH : Within Canadian prisons HIV/AIDS is becoming more common among inmates. While injection drug use in correctional facilities is documented to be a problem, qualitative research into the HIV risks faced inmates is lacking. The goal of [...]
E. WOOD ; P. M. SPITTAL ; T. KERR ; W. SMALL ; M. W. TYNDALL ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY ; M. T. SCHECHTER | 2003
PériodiqueFRANÇAIS : Contexte : On a récemment associé le fait davoir besoin daide pour se piquer au partage des seringues, et plus tard à la séroconversion VIH-1 et VHC chez les utilisateurs de drogues injectables (UDI) de Vancouver. Nous avons voulu ét[...]
E. WOOD ; T. KERR ; P. M. SPITTAL ; K. LI ; W. SMALL ; M. W. TYNDALL ; R. S. HOGG ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY ; M. T. SCHECHTER | 2003
Dans Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (Vol.32, n°1, 2003) Article : PériodiqueBackground: Although medically supervised safer injecting facilities (SIFs) remain untested in North America, their implementation is currently being debated. Reluctance of health policy makers to initiate a pilot study of SIFs may in part be hi[...]
E. WOOD ; M. W. TYNDALL ; P. M. SPITTAL ; K. LI ; T. KERR ; R. S. HOGG ; J. S. MONTANER ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY ; M. T. SCHECHTER | 2001
PériodiqueBACKGROUND: In several European countries safer injecting rooms have reduced the public disorder and health-related problems of injection drug use. We explored factors associated with needle-sharing practices that could potentially be alleviated[...]
