EPOSIM is a community-based participatory research study which used the Photovoice
method with people who inject drugs (PWID) ahead of a possible opening of a drug …

Drug injecting in public places is associated with elevated health harm among injecting drug
users (IDUs). Yet there is little research exploring the lived experience of injecting in public …

Background In France, people who inject drugs (PWID) are still one of the most at risk
population for contracting hepatitis C virus (HCV). Drug consumption rooms (DCR) have …

This thesis examines the relationship between place and health-risk in the context of
injecting drug use; with specific focus upon such practice that is located within public and …

METHODS 49 individual semi-structured interviews were held, each lasting 30–90 minutes.
Topics included injecting equipment use, access, and availability; injecting locations; and …

There is growing acknowledgment that social, structural, and environmental forces produce
vulnerability to health harms among people who inject drugs (PWID), and safer environment …

Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) have the potential to have a positive impact on the opioid
overdose crisis. DCRs could also potentially change the political environment for public …

Background Victoria's first medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) has remained
controversial despite mounting evidence in support of the facility. The opposition to a policy …

Background and aims Despite the availability of several drug consumption rooms (DCR) in
different European countries few epidemiological studies have evaluated their benefits. A …

Introduction The media's influence on policy has been widely documented. This study
sought to investigate how Melbourne's medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) was …