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Social structural factors that shape assisted injecting practices among injection drug users in Vancouver, Canada: a qualitative study

Autor: Fairbairn Nadia, Small Will, Van Borek Natasha, Wood Evan, Kerr Thomas

Publikováno v: Harm Reduction Journal, Vol 7, Iss 1, p 20 (2010)

Abstract Background Injection drug users (IDU) commonly seek manual assistance with illicit drug injections, a practice known to be associated with various health-related harms. We investigated the social structural factors that shape risks related t

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Assisted injection in outdoor venues: an observational study of risks and implications for service delivery and harm reduction programming

Autor: Small Will, Li Kathy, Stone Dave, Tobin Diane, Rachlis Beth S, Lloyd-Smith Elisa, Wood Evan, Kerr Thomas

Publikováno v: Harm Reduction Journal, Vol 7, Iss 1, p 6 (2010)

Abstract Background Assisted injection and public injection have both been associated with a variety of individual harms including an increased risk of HIV infection. As a means of informing local IDU-driven interventions that target or seek to addre

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'I guess my own fancy screwed me over': transitions in drug use and the context of choice among young people entrenched in an open drug scene

Autor: Wood Evan, Krüsi Andrea, Small Will, Fast Danya, Kerr Thomas

Publikováno v: BMC Public Health, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 126 (2010)

Abstract Background There is growing interest in describing the broader risk trajectories experienced by young people who use drugs - that is, in describing the sequences of drug use transitions experienced by youth in relation to evolving understand

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Social influences upon injection initiation among street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada: a qualitative study

Autor: Wood Evan, Krusi Andrea, Fast Danya, Small Will, Kerr Thomas

Publikováno v: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, Vol 4, Iss 1, p 8 (2009)

Abstract Background Street-involved youth are a population at risk of adopting injection as a route of administration, and preventing the transition to injection drug use among street youth represents a public health priority. In order to inform epid

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The perspectives of injection drug users regarding safer injecting education delivered through a supervised injecting facility

Autor: Wood Evan, Small Will, Fast Danya, Kerr Thomas

Publikováno v: Harm Reduction Journal, Vol 5, Iss 1, p 32 (2008)

Abstract Background Unsafe injection practices are prevalent among injection drug users (IDU) and have resulted in numerous forms of drug-related harm including HIV/HCV transmission and other bacterial and viral infections. North America's first supe

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HIV transmission as a result of drug market violence: a case report

Autor: Kerr Thomas, Small Will, Wood Evan

Publikováno v: Conflict and Health, Vol 2, Iss 1, p 8 (2008)

Abstract 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 transmission

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