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Article : Périodique
A. H. KRAL ; L. WENGER ; L. CARPENTER ; E. WOOD ; T. KERR ; P. BOURGOIS |OBJECTIVE: Research has shown that safer injection facilities (SIFs) are successful at reducing public nuisance and enhancing public health. Since 2007 support for implementation of a SIF in San Francisco has been building. The objective of this[...]Périodique
Devant la perpétuelle crise de santé qui sévit parmi les utilisateurs de drogue par injection (UDI) de Vancouver (Canada), plusieurs appels à l'introduction de lieux sécuritaires pour l'injection (LSl) ont été lancés depuis le début des années 1[...]Article : Périodique
E. WOOD ; M. W. TYNDALL ; R. ZHANG ; STOLTZ J. A. ; C. LAI ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; T. KERR |In September 2003, the first safer injecting facility in North America opened in Vancouver, Canada. Here, injection-drug users can inject preobtained illicit drugs under medical supervision. A concern regarding such facilities is that they may l[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Binge drug use has been associated with increased risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and other serious health-related harms among adult drug user populations. This study sought to determine the prevalence and correl[...]Périodique
C. L. MILLER ; T. KERR ; FRANKISH J. C. ; P. M. SPITTAL ; K. LI ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; E. WOOD | 2006ENGLISH : 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[...]Périodique
C. L. MILLER ; T. KERR ; FRANKISH J. C. ; P. M. SPITTAL ; K. LI ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; E. WOOD | 2006ENGLISH : 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[...]Périodique
E. WOOD ; STOLTZ J. A. ; K. LI ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; T. KERR | 2006ENGLISH : Aims Previous studies have largely attributed the Australian heroin shortage to increases in local law enforcement efforts. Because western Canada receives heroin from similar source nations, but has not measurably increased enforcem[...]Périodique
STOLTZ J. A. ; E. WOOD ; W. SMALL ; K. LI ; M. TYNDALL ; J. MONTANER ; T. KERR | 2007ENGLISH : Injection drug users (IDUs) are vulnerable to serious health complications resulting from unsafe injection practices. We examined whether the use of a supervised safer injection facility (SIF) promoted change in injecting practices a[...]Périodique
E. WOOD ; T. KERR ; W. SMALL ; K. LI ; D. C. MARSH ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; M. W. TYNDALL | 2004Background: North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility for illicit injection drug users was opened in Vancouver on Sept. 22, 2003. Although similar facilities exist in a number of European cities and in Sydney, Australia[...]Article : Périodique
T. KERR ; W. SMALL ; C. JOHNSTON ; K. LI ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; E. WOOD |ENGLISH : So-called balanced drug policy couples enforcement initiatives targeting drug dealers with health-focused interventions serving addicted individuals. There are few evaluations of this approach, and little is known about how these two[...]Article : Périodique
T. KERR ; M. W. TYNDALL ; R. ZHANG ; C. LAI ; J. S. MONTANER ; E. WOOD |ENGLISH : There have been concerns that safer injecting facilities may promote initiation into injection drug use. We examined length of injecting career and circumstances surrounding initiation into injection drug use among 1065 users of Nort[...]Périodique
The goals associated with the establishment of safe injection facilities are to reduce the incidence of bloodborne disease transmission, overdoses and public nuisance associated with injection drug use; to improve the general health of IDUs; and[...]Article : Périodique
S. E. HADLAND ; B. D. MARSHALL ; T. KERR ; R. ZHANG ; J. S. MONTANER ; E. WOOD |Among 559 street youth recruited between 2005 and 2007 in Vancouver, Canada, young drug users ( =21 years) with regard to recent drug use and sexual practices using multiple logistic regression. Older youth were more likely to be male and of Ab[...]Article : Périodique
Introduction and Aims: Crack pipe sharing is a risky practice that has been associated with the transmission of hepatitis C and other harms. While previous research has exclusively focused on this phenomenon among adults, this study examines cra[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: Crack pipe sharing can increase health risks among people who use drugs, yet the reasons for sharing these pipes have not been well described. Therefore, we sought to identify the prevalence and correlates of crack pipe sharing among[...]Périodique
E. WOOD ; P. M. SPITTAL ; W. SMALL ; T. KERR ; K. LI ; R. S. HOGG ; M. W. TYNDALL ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; M. T. SCHECHTER | 2004Background: 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[...]Article : Périodique
V. BELACKOVA ; A. M. SALMON ; C. A. DAY ; A. RITTER ; M. SHANAHAN ; D. HEDRICH ; T. KERR ; M. JAUNCEY |ISSUES: Drug consumptions rooms (DCR) and supervised injecting facilities (SIF) are expanding internationally. Previous reviews have not systematically addressed evaluation methodologies. APPROACH: Results from systematic searches of scientific [...]Article : Périodique
L. RICHARDSON ; H. DONG ; T. KERR ; M. J. MILLOY ; K. HAYASHI |BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Income assistance is critical to the health and wellbeing of socio-economically marginalized people who use illicit drugs (PWUD). However, past literature paradoxically identifies unintended increases in drug-related harm co[...]Périodique
K. SHANNON ; T. KERR ; V. BRIGHT ; K. GIBSON ; M. W. TYNDALL | 2008Previous studies have described links between violence, decreased condom use and drug sharing among intimate partners, though limited information exists about the predictors of drug sharing among female sex workers and their clients. The followi[...]Article : Périodique
Violence is amongst the primary concerns of communities around the world and research has demonstrated links between violence and the illicit drug trade, particularly in urban settings. Given the growing emphasis on evidence-based policy-making,[...]Article : Périodique
D. WERB ; B. NOSYK ; T. KERR ; B. FISCHER ; J. MONTANER ; E. WOOD |Background: British Columbia (BC), Canada, is home to a large illegal cannabis industry that is known to contribute to substantial organized crime concerns. Although debates have emerged regarding the potential benefits of a legally regulated ma[...]Périodique
KUYPER L. M. ; T. KERR ; K. LI ; R. S. HOGG ; M. W. TYNDALL ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; E. WOOD | 2006ENGLISH : We performed analyses of syringe buying and syringe selling among Vancouver injection drug users, recruited from May 1996 and followed up between November 2002 and August 2003, in the context of one of North America's largest syringe[...]Article : Périodique
L. TI ; J. BUXTON ; E. WOOD ; K. SHANNON ; R. ZHANG ; J. MONTANER ; T. KERR |Introduction and Aims. Crack cocaine pipe sharing is associated with various health-related harms, including hepatitis C transmission. Although difficulty accessing crack pipes has been found to predict pipe sharing, little is known about the fa[...]Article : Périodique
C. L. MILLER ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; T. KERR ; K. LI ; E. WOOD |This study explores factors associated with early adolescent (agedArticle : Périodique
C. L. MILLER ; T. KERR ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; K. LI ; E. WOOD |ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: Young injection drug users (IDUs) may be at increased risk of premature mortality due to the health risks associated with injection drug use including overdoses and infections. However, there has been little research cond[...]Périodique
KUYPER L. M. ; A. PALEPU ; T. KERR ; K. LI ; C. L. MILLER ; P. M. SPITTAL ; R. S. HOGG ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; E. WOOD | 2005ENGLISH : 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[...]Périodique
T. KERR ; E. WOOD ; G. BETTERIDGE ; R. LINES ; R. JÜRGENS | 2004FRANÇAIS : Dans la majeure partie du monde, la première réponse aux problèmes liés à l'injection de drogues a été d'intensifier les efforts de la répression. Cette stratégie a contribué à une augmentation jamais vue de la population carcérale e[...]Article : Périodique
S. YOUNG ; E. WOOD ; M. J. MILLOY ; K. DEBECK ; S. DOBRER ; E. NOSOVA ; T. KERR ; K. HAYASHI |Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) have high rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Little is known about the rates of diagnosis and treatment for HCV among PWID. Therefore, this study aims to characterize the cascade of care in Van[...]Article : Périodique
E. WOOD ; R. S. HOGG ; V. D. LIMA ; T. KERR ; B. YIP ; B. D. L. MARSHALL ; J. S. G. MONTANER |CONTEXT: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is often withheld from injection drug users (IDUs) infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) based on the belief that their unstable lifestyles may predetermine a markedly inferior[...]Article : Périodique
AIDS among persons who inject drugs, first identified in December 1981, has become a global epidemic. Injecting drug use has been reported in 148 countries and HIV infection has been seen among persons who inject drugs in 61 countries. Many loca[...]Périodique
ENGLISH : While unprotected sexual intercourse and the use of contaminated injection equipment account for the majority of HIV infections worldwide, other routes of HIV transmission have received less attention. We report on a case of HIV tran[...]Article : Périodique
D. HORYNIAK ; M. STOOVE ; L. DEGENHARDT ; C. AITKEN ; T. KERR ; P. DIETZE |Background: Changes in drug market characteristics have been shown to affect drug use patterns but few studies have examined their impacts on injecting initiation experiences and subsequent patterns of injecting drug use (IDU). Methods: We coll[...]Article : Périodique
FRANÇAIS : Bien que les avantages des centres d’injection supervisés (CIS) sur le plan de la santé publique soient bien documentés, il y a un manque de recherche sur les opinions des utilisateurs de drogues injectables (UDI) concernant le fonct[...]Article : Périodique
C. JOHNSON ; H. DONG ; K. AHAMAD ; K. HAYASHI ; M. J. MILLOY ; T. KERR ; E. WOOD |Introduction: While the impacts of illicit drug use on mortality have been well described, the impact of poly-substance that includes alcohol has received less attention. We examined the impact of binge alcohol use on mortality among a cohort of[...]Article : Périodique
E. WOOD ; M. W. TYNDALL ; C. LAI ; J. S. MONTANER ; T. KERR |ENGLISH : North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility (SIF) recently opened in Vancouver, Canada. One of the concerns prior to the SIF's opening was that the facility might lead to a migration of drug activity and an in[...]Article : Périodique
T. KERR ; STOLTZ J. A. ; M. TYNDALL ; K. LI ; R. ZHANG ; J. MONTANER ; E. WOOD |Problem: Illicit use of injected drugs is linked with high rates of HIV infection and fatal overdose, as well as community concerns about public drug use. Supervised injecting facilities have been proposed as a potential solution, but fears have[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: Preventing injection drug use among vulnerable youth is critical for reducing serious drug-related harms. Addiction treatment is one evidence-based intervention to decrease problematic substance use; however, youth frequently report [...]Article : Périodique
L. WANG ; D. PANAGIOTOGLOU ; J. E. MIN ; K. DEBECK ; M. J. MILLOY ; T. KERR ; K. HAYASHI ; B. NOSYK |Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) face barriers to healthcare due to reasons including comorbidity. We evaluated access to health and social services by three of the most prevalent comorbid conditions among PWID: HIV, hepatitis C (HCV),[...]Article : Périodique
B. NOSYK ; B. D. L. MARSHALL ; B. FISCHER ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; E. WOOD ; T. KERR |Background: The nonmedical use of prescribed opioids (POs) has increased across North America over the past decade. Our objective was to identify changes in the availability of POs and other illicit drugs among drug users in a Canadian setting. [...]Article : Périodique
H. REDDON ; J. HO ; K. DEBECK ; M. J. MILLOY ; Y. LIU ; H. DONG ; K. AHAMAD ; E. WOOD ; T. KERR ; K. HAYASHI |Background and aim: Although methadone, an opioid agonist, has been an effective medication used to treat opioid use disorder for over 40 years, recent studies have found that methadone was identified in more than a quarter of prescription opioi[...]Article : Périodique
K. DEBECK ; T. KERR ; L. BIRD ; R. ZHANG ; D. MARSH ; M. TYNDALL ; J. MONTANER ; E. WOOD |Background Vancouver, Canada has a pilot supervised injecting facility (SIF), where individuals can inject pre-obtained drugs under the supervision of medical staff. There has been concern that the program may facilitate ongoing drug use and del[...]Périodique
W. SMALL ; E. WOOD ; R. JÜRGENS ; T. KERR | 2005ENGLISH : The reliance on law enforcement as the dominant drug policy approach has resulted in record incarceration rates in many countries. Human rights advocates and public health researchers have argued that the risks of HIV transmission re[...]Article : Périodique
W. SMALL ; J. SHOVELLER ; D. MOORE ; M. TYNDALL ; E. WOOD ; T. KERR |North America's first supervised injection facility (SIF) was established in Vancouver, Canada, in 2003. Although evaluation research has documented reductions in risk behavior among SIF users, there has been limited examination of the influence[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Illicit drug markets are a key component of the risk environment surrounding injection drug use. However, relatively few studies have explored how injection drug users' (IDUs) involvement in drug dealing shapes their experiences of d[...]Périodique
PETRAR S. ; T. KERR ; M. W. TYNDALL ; R. ZHANG ; J. S. MONTANER ; E. WOOD | 2007ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: In recent years, there has been increased interest in supervised safer injecting facilities (SIF) as a strategy to reduce the harms of illicit drug use; however, little work has been done to assess drug users' satisfactio[...]Périodique
T. KERR | 2003FRANÇAIS : Les documents officiels sont prêts et Santé Canada a donné le feu vert à deux lieux sécuritaires pour l'injection (LSI) à Vancouver, mais le futur LSI dans le quartier Downtown Eastside n'a pas encore de financement opérationnel. Ent[...]Article : Périodique
K. DEBECK ; E. WOOD ; J. QI ; E. FU ; D. McARTHUR ; J. MONTANER ; T. KERR |Background: Income generation opportunities available to people who use illicit drugs have been associated with street disorder. Among a cohort of injection drug users (IDU) we sought to examine street-based income generation practices and willi[...]Article : Périodique
T. KERR ; W. SMALL ; E. HYSHKA ; L. MAHER ; K. SHANNON |AIMS. To assess heroin injectors' perceptions of and responses to a warning issued by public health officials regarding high-potency heroin and increases in fatal overdoses. DESIGN. Semi-structured qualitative interviews. SETTING. Vancouver,[...]Article : Périodique
A. MAH ; M. W. HULL ; K. DEBECK ; M. J. MILLOY ; S. DOBRER ; E. NOSOVA ; E. WOOD ; T. KERR ; K. HAYASHI |Background: Knowledge of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is believed to be important in altering risk behaviour, improving engagement in care, and promoting willingness to initiate HCV treatment. We assessed factors associated with HCV knowledge and tre[...]NouveautéArticle : Périodique
L. DEGENHARDT ; J. SINGLETON ; B. CALABRIA ; J. MCLAREN ; T. KERR ; S. MEHTA ; G. KIRK ; W. D. HALL |Aims To conduct a systematic review of mortality among cohort studies of cocaine users. Methods Three electronic databases were searched (EMBASE, Medline and PsychINFO); other online databases were searched using online libraries and repositori[...]