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S. A. STRATHDEE ; A. PALEPU ; P. G. A. CORNELISSE ; B. YIP ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY ; J. S. MONTANER ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; R. S. HOGG | 1998ENGLISH : CONTEXT: In British Columbia, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons eligible for antiretroviral therapy may receive it free but the extent to which HIV-infected injection drug users access it is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To i[...]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[...]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
A. PALEPU ; B. YIP ; C. MILLER ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY ; J. MONTANER ; R. S. HOGG | 2001FRANÇAIS : Aucune différence n'est observée en fonction de l'âge, du sexe, d'un passé d'usage de drogues, de la numération en CD4, du diagnostic de sida, de l'observance, ou de l'expérience du médecin. Les participants à l'étude ayant un passé [...]Périodique
A. PALEPU ; M. W. TYNDALL ; H. LEON ; J. MULLER ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; A. H. ANIS | 2001ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: Many injection drug users (IDUs) seek care at emergency departments and some require hospital admission because of late presentation in the course of their illness. We determined the predictors of frequent emergency depar[...]Périodique
A. M. HUBLEY ; L. B. RUSSELL ; A. PALEPU | 2005BACKGROUND: Existing measures of injection drug users' quality of life have focused primarily on health and health-related factors. Clearly, however, quality of life among injection drug users is impacted by a range of unique cultural, socioecon[...]Périodique
A. M. HUBLEY ; A. PALEPU | 2007ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: Quality of life studies among injection drug users have primarily focused on health-related measures. The chaotic life-style of many injection drug users (IDUs), however, extends far beyond their health, and impacts upon [...]Article : Périodique
C. C. MORALES-MANRIQUE ; A. PALEPU ; M. CASTELLANO-GOMEZ ; R. ALEIXANDRE BENAVENT ; J. C. VALDERRAMA ZURIAN |We examined the quality of life (QoL) of 149 patients who were recruited in 2005 at outpatient treatment centers for cocaine dependence in Spain. Important life areas and life areas with potential need and interest to change in order to improve [...]Article : Périodique
T. KERR ; E. WOOD ; A. PALEPU ; D. WILSON ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; M. W. TYNDALL |Although there have been repeated calls for the establishment of safe injection facilities (SIFs) in Vancouver since the early 1990s, questions remain concerning the feasibility of SIFs due to the high prevalence of injection cocaine and the con[...]Périodique
C. L. MILLER ; K. J. CHAN ; A. PALEPU ; M. TYNDALL ; E. WOOD ; R. HOGG ; M. V. O'SHAUGHNESSY | 2001ENGLISH : Objective: To describe the sociodemographic characteristics and HIV and Hepatitis C prevalence among persons who died of a drug overdose in the Vancouver metropolis health region in 1998. Methods: A retrospective review was conducted[...]Périodique
E. WOOD ; K. LI ; A. PALEPU ; D. C. MARSH ; M. T. SCHECHTER ; R. S. HOGG ; J. S. G. MONTANER ; T. KERR | 2005ENGLISH : Vancouver's explosive HIV epidemic among injection drug users (IDUs) has received international attention due to the presence of a large needle exchange program. The role of addiction treatment has not been evaluated in this setting.[...]Périodique
E. WOOD ; R. S. HOGG ; S. BONNER ; A. PALEPU ; M. T. SCHECHTER | 2004FRANÇAIS : De mai 1996 à mai 2003, cette étude évalue la surveillance du taux de CD4 chez les usagers de drogues injectables ayant un libre accès aux thérapies antivirales. 39 % de l'échantillon n'a pas eu d'évaluation des CD4, dont une majorit[...]Périodique
BROGLY S. ; C. MERCIER ; J. BRUNEAU ; A. PALEPU ; FRANCO E. | 2003ENGLISH : The psychometric properties of the Injection Drug User Quality of Life Scale (IDUQOL) were assessed in 61 Montreal IDUs in 2001, 8S% of whom were reinterviewed within four weeks. The reliability of the IDUQOL was acceptable (ICC=0.71[...]Périodique
A. PALEPU ; N. J. HORTON ; TIBBETTS N. ; S. MELI ; J. H. SAMET | 2004ENGLISH : Aim : We examined the association of substance abuse treatment with uptake, adherence and virological response to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among HIV-infected people with a history of alcohol problems. Design : Pro[...]
