Overdose prevention centres, safe consumption sites, and drug consumption rooms: A rapid evidence review

GW Shorter, PE McKenna-Plumley… - Drug …, 2023 - repository.uwl.ac.uk
This rapid review on overdose prevention centres (OPCs) aims to collate and summarise
existing evidence. It describes the impact of OPCs on individuals who use drugs …

Insights from drug checking programs: practicing bootstrap public health whilst tailoring to local drug user needs

J Ondocsin, D Ciccarone, L Moran, S Outram… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The year 2021 was the most deadly year for overdose deaths in the USA and Canada. The
stress and social isolation stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with a flood of …

Rapid hepatitis C virus point-of-care RNA testing and treatment at an integrated supervised consumption service in Toronto, Canada: a prospective, observational …

B Lettner, K Mason, ZR Greenwald, J Broad… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Despite high burden of Hepatitis C (HCV) among people who inject drugs,
significant barriers to care persist. The aim of this study was to evaluate the provision of …

Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis

I Rammohan, T Gaines, A Scheim… - The Lancet Public …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Supervised consumption services (SCS) prevent overdose deaths onsite;
however, less is known about their effect on population-level overdose mortality. We aimed …

Disengagement from Care Among People Co-Infected with HIV and HCV: A Scoping Review

DA Dinh, Y Tan, S Saeed - AIDS and Behavior, 2024 - Springer
Disengagement from care among people with HIV (PWH) and hepatitis C (HCV) increases
the risks of adverse health outcomes and poses significant barriers to achieving global HIV …

Overdose prevention centres as spaces of safety, trust and inclusion: A causal pathway based on a realist review

A Stevens, JR Keemink, S Shirley‐Beavan… - Drug and alcohol …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Issues Overdose prevention centres (OPC) are non‐residential spaces where people can
use illicit drugs (that they have obtained elsewhere) in the presence of staff who can …

PREPRINT: Overdose prevention centres as spaces of safety, trust and inclusion: a causal pathway based on a realist review

A Stevens, JR Keemink, S Shirley-Beavan… - 2023 - pure.qub.ac.uk
Background Overdose prevention centres (OPCs) are non-residential spaces where people
can use illicit drugs (that they have obtained elsewhere) in the presence of staff who can …

A Spatial Analysis of Overdose Mortality Incidence and Supervised Consumption Services in Toronto, Canada

I Rammohan - 2022 - search.proquest.com
It is well-established that supervised consumption services (SCS) prevent overdose deaths
on site, but evidence gaps remain regarding their capacity to impact overdose mortality at …

[PDF][PDF] Preprint: Overdose preven on centres as spaces of safety, trust and inclusion: a causal pathway based on a realist review

A Stevens, JR Keemink, S Shirley-Beavan… - kar.kent.ac.uk
Abstract Background: Overdose prevention centres (OPCs) are non-residential spaces
where people can use illicit drugs (that they have obtained elsewhere) in the presence of …

[引用][C] Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) therapy for Hepatitis C: treatment uptake and efficacy among people who inject drugs in a community-based treatment settings

L Morris - 2024 - espace.library.uq.edu.au
Background and Aims: The development and introduction of Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA)
therapies for the treatment of Hepatitis C virus (HCV), which were much simpler and more …