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Iceland
               

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Needle Exchange Programs are a cost-effective preventative measure against HIV in Iceland
Eythorsson ES, Asgeirsdottir TL, Gottfredsson M.
Laeknabladid. 2014 Juli;100(7):379-383.
Abstract

Canada
               

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
High hepatitis C incidence in relation to prescription opioid injection and poly-drug use: Assessing barriers to hepatitis C prevention.
Puzhko S, Roy É, Jutras-Aswad D,  et a

l Int J Drug Policy. 2017 Jun 27
Abstract

Visualizing harm reduction: Methodological and ethical considerations.
Switzer S, Guta A, de Prinse K,  et al
Soc Sci Med
. 2015 Mar 19;133:77-84.
Abstract

Willingness to access an in-hospital supervised injection facility among hospitalized people who use illicit drugs.
Ti L, Buxton J, Harrison S, Dobrer S,  et al
J Hosp Med
. 2015 Mar 5.
Abstract

Peer helpers' struggles to care for "others" who inject drugs.
Dechman MK.

Int J Drug Policy
.
2015 Jan 8.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A cost-benefit/cost-effectiveness analysis of proposed supervised injection facilities in Ottawa, Canada.
Jozaghi E, Reid AA, Andresen MA, Juneau A
.
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy
. 2014 Aug 4;9(1):31
Paper

Use of a Medically Supervised Injection Facility Among Street Youth.
Hadland SE, DeBeck K, Kerr T, et al

J Adolesc Health
. 2014 Jun 9.
Abstract

Patterns of injection drug use cessation during an expansion of syringe exchange services in a Canadian setting.
Werb D, Kerr T, Buxton J,  et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 May 1
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
'On the same level': facilitators' experiences running a drug user-led safer injecting education campaign.
Callon C, Charles G, Alexander R, Small W, Kerr T.

Harm Reduct J
. 2013 Mar 6;10:4.
Paper

Needle exchange and the HIV epidemic in Vancouver: Lessons learned from 15 years of research.
Hyshka E, Strathdee S, Wood E, Kerr T.

Int J
Drug Policy. 2012 May 10.
Abstract

HIV treatment as prevention among injection drug users.
Wood E, Milloy MJ, Montaner JS.
Curr Opin HIV AIDS
. 2012 Mar;7(2):151-6.
Abstract

The Growing Popularity of Prescription Opioid Injection in Downtown Montreal: New Challenges for
Harm Reduction.
Roy L, Arruda N, Bourgois P.

Subst Use Misuse
. 2011 Mar 3
Abstract

Needle exchange as a safe haven in an unsafe world.
Macneil J, Pauly B.

Drug Alcohol Rev
. 2011 Jan;30(1):26-32
Abstract

Toward a Comprehensive Approach to HIV Prevention for People Who Use Drugs.
Marshall BD, Wood E
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Dec 1;55 Suppl 1:S23-6.
Abstract

IDU Perspectives on the Design and Operation of North America's First Medically
Supervised Injection Facility.

Small W, Ainsworth L, Wood E, Kerr T.

Subst Use Misuse
.
2010 Sep 27
Abstract

An external evaluation of a peer-run outreach-based syringe exchange in
Vancouver, Canada.

Hayashi K, Wood E, Wiebe L, Qi J, Kerr T.
I
nt J Drug Policy
. 2010 Mar 30.
Abstract

          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
On point: making prison-based needle and syringe programs work in Canada
S.K.H. Chu, S. Clarke, J. Danforth, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Acceptability of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Vancouver, Canada
D. Escudero, T. Kerr, E. Wood, et al

(XX International AIDS Conference
)
Abstract


Estimating the number of HIV and hepatitis C cases averted through the implementation of federal prison-based needle exchange programs in Canada
D. Werb
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Safe cells: building the case for prison-based needle and syringe programs in Canada
S.K.H. Chu1 S. Clarke, R. Elliott, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

The legal fight for harm reduction: the use of empirical and social science data to establish legal rights to safe injection
S. Bernstein, K. Pacey

(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

 

Judicial insight ito insite: outcomes of strategic litigation in defense of Vancouver's supervised injection site
M. Feder, A. Juba1, R. Elliott, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


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