Negotiating space & drug use in emergency shelters with peer witness injection programs within the context of an overdose crisis: A qualitative study

G Bardwell, J Boyd, T Kerr, R McNeil - Health & place, 2018 - Elsevier
Vancouver, Canada is experiencing an overdose crisis due to the proliferation of fentanyl
and related analogues and novel overdose response interventions are being implemented …

[HTML][HTML] “That's a double-edged sword”: exploring the integration of supervised consumption services within community health centres in Toronto, Canada

G Bardwell, C Strike, S Mitra, A Scheim, L Barnaby… - Health & place, 2020 - Elsevier
Supervised consumption services (SCS) have been integrated into community health
centres in Toronto. We draw on qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations to …

Willingness to use drug checking within future supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a mid-sized Canadian city

MC Kennedy, A Scheim, B Rachlis, S Mitra… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Esclating epidemics of fatal overdose are affecting communities across
Canada. In many instances, the unanticipated presence of powerful opioids, such as …

Indicators of drug-related community impacts of open drug scenes: a scoping review

MB Saberi Zafarghandi, S Eshrati, V Rashedi… - European Addiction …, 2022 - karger.com
Introduction: Places where people deal and/or use drugs publicly are known as open drug
scenes (ODSs). Drug-related community impacts (DRCIs) refer to drug-related issues that …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors of infective endocarditis in persons who inject drugs

M Shah, R Wong, L Ball, K Puka, C Tan… - Harm Reduction …, 2020 - Springer
Background The rising incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) among people who inject
drugs (PWID) has been a major concern across North America. The coincident rise in IE and …

[HTML][HTML] Acceptability and design preferences of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a mid-sized Canadian City

S Mitra, B Rachlis, A Scheim, G Bardwell… - Harm Reduction …, 2017 - Springer
Background Supervised injection services (SIS) have been shown to reduce the public-and
individual-level harms associated with injection drug use. While SIS feasibility research has …

[HTML][HTML] Defining the pre-exposure prophylaxis care continuum among recently incarcerated men at high risk for HIV infection: protocol for a prospective cohort study

M Murphy, C Sosnowy, B Rogers… - JMIR Research …, 2022 - researchprotocols.org
Background: HIV disproportionately impacts criminal justice–involved individuals, including
men who experience incarceration. Men make up the vast majority of those experiencing …

Syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in London, Canada

AI Scheim, G Bardwell, B Rachlis, S Mitra… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Objectives London, Ontario, is facing an outbreak of HIV among people who inject
drugs (PWID), as well as persistently high levels of hepatitis C virus (HCV). Syringe sharing …

Different drugs, different sides: injection use of opioids alone, and not stimulants alone, predisposes to right-sided endocarditis

R Johnstone, N Khalil, E Shojaei, K Puka, L Bondy… - Open …, 2022 - openheart.bmj.com
Objectives Many studies suggest that infective endocarditis (IE) in people who inject drugs is
predominantly right sided, while other studies suggest left sided disease; few have …

Recent incarceration and risk of first-time injection initiation assistance: a prospective cohort study of persons who inject drugs

Z Bouck, S Jain, X Sun, MJ Milloy, D Werb… - Drug and alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Given the prevalence and harms of incarceration among persons who inject
drugs (PWID) and their role in injection drug use initiation, we aimed to investigate whether …