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Open AccessPerceptions of provider awareness of traditional and cultural treatments among Indigenous people who use unregulated drugs in Vancouver, Canada
Indigenous people who use unregulated drugs (IPWUD) face significant barriers to care, including sparse availability of culturally safe health services. Integrating Indigenous traditional and cultural treatmen...
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Open AccessInfluence of physician networks on the implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia
Characterizing the diffusion of adopted changes in policy and clinical practice can inform enhanced implementation strategies to ensure prompt uptake in public health emergencies and other rapidly evolving dis...
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Open AccessUptake of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among structurally-marginalized people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada
We sought to evaluate the rates and predictors of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among members of a structurally-marginalized population of people who use drugs (PWUD) during a targeted, community-wide, vaccination ca...
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Open AccessDoing community-based research during dual public health emergencies (COVID and overdose)
Meaningful engagement and partnerships with people who use drugs are essential to conducting research that is relevant and impactful in supporting desired outcomes of drug consumption as well as reducing drug-...
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Engagement in Maximally-Assisted Therapy and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among a Cohort of Indigenous People Who Use Illicit Drugs
Throughout the world, Indigenous populations experience a disproportionate burden of HIV infection. Maximally-assisted therapy (MAT) is an interdisciplinary care intervention that includes ART dispensation to ...
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Open AccessElevated risk of incarceration among street-involved youth who initiate drug dealing
Street-involved youth are known to be an economically vulnerable population that commonly resorts to risky activities such as drug dealing to generate income. While incarceration is common among people who use...
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Barriers to health and social services for street-involved youth in a Canadian setting
Although street-involved youth contend with many health and social problems, the extent to which vulnerable youth engage with supportive services has not been well described. This study sought to examine the p...
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Open AccessHigh prevalence of exposure to the child welfare system among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting: implications for policy and practice
Street-involved youth are more likely to experience trauma and adverse events in childhood; however, little is known about exposure to the child welfare system among this vulnerable population. This study soug...
