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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[...]