[HTML][HTML] Supervised injection facilities in Canada: past, present, and future

T Kerr, S Mitra, MC Kennedy, R McNeil - Harm reduction journal, 2017 - Springer
Canada has long contended with harms arising from injection drug use. In response to
epidemics of HIV infection and overdose in Vancouver in the mid-1990s, a range of actors …

Treatment of medical, psychiatric, and substance-use comorbidities in people infected with HIV who use drugs

FL Altice, A Kamarulzaman, VV Soriano, M Schechter… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
HIV-infected drug users have increased age-matched morbidity and mortality compared with
HIV-infected people who do not use drugs. Substance-use disorders negatively affect the …

A scoping review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to the use of supervised consumption services

A Ivsins, A Warnock, W Small, C Strike, T Kerr… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that supervised consumption services (SCS)
mitigate a variety of drug-related harms, including decreasing overdose deaths, infectious …

Family support in children's mental health: A review and synthesis

KE Hoagwood, MA Cavaleri, S Serene Olin… - Clinical child and family …, 2010 - Springer
A comprehensive review of structured family support programs in children's mental health
was conducted in collaboration with leadership from key national family organizations. The …

A review of the efficacy and effectiveness of harm reduction strategies for alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs

A Ritter, J Cameron - Drug and alcohol review, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Harm reduction is both a policy approach and used to describe a specific set of
interventions. These interventions aim to reduce the harms associated with drug use …

Why are some people who have received overdose education and naloxone reticent to call Emergency Medical Services in the event of overdose?

S Koester, SR Mueller, L Raville, S Langegger… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) training for
persons who inject drugs (PWID) underlines the importance of summoning emergency …

[图书][B] Integrated prevention services for HIV infection, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis for persons who use drugs illicitly: summary …

H Belani, T Chorba, F Fletcher, K Hennessey… - 2012 - cdc.gov
This report summarizes current (as of 2011) guidelines or recommendations published by
multiple agencies of the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for …

Predictors of non-fatal overdose among a cohort of polysubstance-using injection drug users

T Kerr, N Fairbairn, M Tyndall, D Marsh, K Li… - Drug and alcohol …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Non-fatal overdose is a major determinant of morbidity among injection
drug users (IDU). We sought to evaluate factors associated with non-fatal overdose among …

The public health and social impacts of drug market enforcement: A review of the evidence

T Kerr, W Small, E Wood - International journal of drug policy, 2005 - Elsevier
The primary response to the harms associated with illicit injection drug use in most settings
has involved intensifying law enforcement in an effort to limit the supply and use of drugs …

Changes in public order after the opening of a medically supervised safer injecting facility for illicit injection drug users

E Wood, T Kerr, W Small, K Li, DC Marsh… - Cmaj, 2004 - Can Med Assoc
Background: North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility for illicit
injection drug users was opened in Vancouver on Sept. 22, 2003. Although similar facilities …