Sexual behaviours of men who inject drugs in Northeast IndiaHarm Reduction Journal - Tập 12 - Trang 1-10 - 2015
Michelle Kermode, Greg Armstrong, Gajendra Kumar Medhi, Chumben Humtsoe, Biangtung Langkham, Jagadish Mahanta
Promoting safer sex behaviours among people who inject drugs is important as drug-using populations with high HIV prevalence can contribute to transition from a concentrated to a generalised epidemic. This study describes the sexual behaviours of men who inject drugs in two Northeast Indian states (Manipur and Nagaland) where HIV prevalence is high, with a focus on the HIV risks for their regular ...... hiện toàn bộ
Physicians’ attitudes towards office-based delivery of methadone maintenance therapy: results from a cross-sectional survey of Nova Scotia primary-care physiciansHarm Reduction Journal - Tập 9 - Trang 1-9 - 2012
Jessica Dooley, Mark Asbridge, John Fraser, Susan Kirkland
Approximately 90,000 Canadians use opioids each year, many of whom experience health and social problems that affect the individual user, families, communities and the health care system. For those who wish to reduce or stop their opioid use, methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is effective and supporting evidence is well-documented. However, access and availability to MMT is often inconsistent, w...... hiện toàn bộ
Overview of harm reduction in prisons in seven European countriesHarm Reduction Journal - Tập 13 - Trang 1-13 - 2016
Gen Sander, Alessio Scandurra, Anhelita Kamenska, Catherine MacNamara, Christina Kalpaki, Cristina Fernandez Bessa, Gemma Nicolás Laso, Grazia Parisi, Lorraine Varley, Marcin Wolny, Maria Moudatsou, Nuno Henrique Pontes, Patricia Mannix-McNamara, Sandro Libianchi, Tzanetos Antypas
While the last decade has seen a growth of support for harm reduction around the world, the availability and accessibility of quality harm reduction services in prison settings is uneven and continues to be inadequate compared to the progress achieved in the broader community. This article provides a brief overview of harm reduction in prisons in Catalonia (Spain), Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, ...... hiện toàn bộ
Self-reported impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs: a rapid assessment study in Montreal, CanadaHarm Reduction Journal - Tập 19 - Trang 1-10 - 2022
Nanor Minoyan, Stine Bordier Høj, Camille Zolopa, Dragos Vlad, Julie Bruneau, Sarah Larney
People who use drugs (PWUD) are at high risk of experiencing indirect harms of measures implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19, given high reliance on services and social networks. This study aimed to document short-term changes in behaviours and health-related indicators among PWUD in Montreal, Canada following declaration of a provincial health emergency in Quebec. We administered a structur...... hiện toàn bộ
The greater use of flavoured snus among ever-smokers versus never-smokers in NorwayHarm Reduction Journal - - 2020
Tord Finne Vedøy, Karl Erik Lund
AbstractBackgroundSimilar to the debate around e-cigarettes, an increase in snus use among Norwegian adolescents has prompted debate on whether flavour options in snus should be limited. To this end, we compared use of flavoured snus among snus users with different smoking status.Methods... hiện toàn bộ
Hiring, training, and supporting Peer Research Associates: Operationalizing community-based research principles within epidemiological studies by, with, and for women living with HIVHarm Reduction Journal - Tập 16 - Trang 1-13 - 2019
Angela Kaida, Allison Carter, Valerie Nicholson, Jo Lemay, Nadia O’Brien, Saara Greene, Wangari Tharao, Karène Proulx-Boucher, Rebecca Gormley, Anita Benoit, Mélina Bernier, Jamie Thomas-Pavanel, Johanna Lewis, Alexandra de Pokomandy, Mona Loutfy
A community-based research (CBR) approach is critical to redressing the exclusion of women—particularly, traditionally marginalized women including those who use substances—from HIV research participation and benefit. However, few studies have articulated their process of involving and engaging peers, particularly within large-scale cohort studies of women living with HIV where gender, cultural an...... hiện toàn bộ
Providing reproductive health services for women who inject drugs: a pilot programHarm Reduction Journal - Tập 17 Số 1 - 2020
Lauren Owens, Kelly Gilmore, Mishka Terplan, Sarah Prager, Elizabeth Micks
Abstract
Background
Needle syringe programs (NSPs), a proven harm reduction strategy for people who inject drugs, frequently offer limited healthcare services for their clients. Women who inject drugs face multiple barriers to accessing reproductive health care in traditional settings: personal histories of trauma, judgmental trea...... hiện toàn bộ