Why young people's substance use matters for global health

WD Hall, G Patton, E Stockings, M Weier… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
During puberty, when young people are completing their education, transitioning into
employment, and forming longer-term intimate relationships, a shift in emotional regulation …

Epidemiology of substance use among forced migrants: a global systematic review

D Horyniak, JS Melo, RM Farrell, VD Ojeda… - PLoS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Forced migration is occurring at unprecedented levels. Forced migrants may be
at risk for substance use for reasons including coping with traumatic experiences, co-morbid …

HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverage

BM Mathers, L Degenhardt, H Ali, L Wiessing… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Previous reviews have examined the existence of HIV prevention, treatment,
and care services for injecting drug users (IDUs) worldwide, but they did not quantify the …

Prevention of HIV infection for people who inject drugs: why individual, structural, and combination approaches are needed

L Degenhardt, B Mathers, P Vickerman, T Rhodes… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
HIV can spread rapidly between people who inject drugs (through injections and sexual
transmission), and potentially the virus can pass to the wider community (by sexual …

The emerging HIV epidemic on the Mexico-US border: an international case study characterizing the role of epidemiology in surveillance and response

SA Strathdee, C Magis-Rodriguez, VM Mays… - Annals of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
surveillance data are critical for monitoring epidemic trends, but they can mask dynamic …

Mobility and HIV in Central America and Mexico: a critical review

SM Goldenberg, SA Strathdee… - Journal of immigrant and …, 2012 - Springer
Mobility is a key determinant of HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) transmission
dynamics in Asia and Africa. Scant data exist regarding its dynamic impacts on HIV/STI risk …

High prevalence and incidence of HIV and HCV among new injecting drug users with a large proportion of migrants—is prevention failing?

C Folch, J Casabona, A Espelt, X Majó… - Substance use & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess differences in the prevalence of HIV and
HCV infection and associated risk factors between new (injecting for≤ 5 years) and long …

A qualitative view of drug use behaviors of Mexican male injection drug users deported from the United States

VD Ojeda, AM Robertson, SP Hiller, R Lozada… - Journal of Urban …, 2011 - Springer
Deportees are a hidden yet highly vulnerable and numerous population. Significantly, little
data exists about the substance use and deportation experiences of Mexicans deported from …

Where is the opioid use epidemic in Mexico? A cautionary tale for policymakers south of the US–Mexico border

D Goodman-Meza… - … journal of public …, 2019 - ajph.aphapublications.org
In North America, opioid use and its harms have increased in the United States and Canada
over the past 2 decades. However, Mexico has yet to document patterns suggesting a higher …

Drug use-related stigma, safer injection norms, and hepatitis C infection among a network-based sample of young people who inject drugs

LD Williams, ME Mackesy-Amiti, C Latkin… - Drug and alcohol …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Identifying risk for hepatitis C (HCV) infection is important for understanding
recent increases in HCV incidence among young people who inject drugs (PWID) in …