Frequency of health‐care utilization by adults who use illicit drugs: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

D Lewer, J Freer, E King, S Larney, L Degenhardt… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To summarize evidence on the frequency and predictors of health‐care utilization
among people who use illicit drugs. Design Systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE and …

Remission from substance use disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

MJ Fleury, A Djouini, C Huỳnh, J Tremblay… - Drug and alcohol …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective This paper presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of available evidence
on remission rates for substance use disorders (SUDs), providing weighted mean estimates …

“They look at us like junkies”: influences of drug use stigma on the healthcare engagement of people who inject drugs in New York City

B Muncan, SM Walters, J Ezell, DC Ompad - Harm reduction journal, 2020 - Springer
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are a medically and socially vulnerable
population with a high incidence of overdose, mental illness, and infections like HIV and …

Health care-seeking experiences for people who inject drugs with hepatitis C: Qualitative explorations of stigma

EJ Austin, JI Tsui, MP Barry, E Tung, SN Glick… - Journal of substance …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction People who inject drugs (PWID) have complex health needs and often
experience poor health outcomes. For PWID, intersectional experiences of stigma and other …

COVID‐19 vaccination coverage and vaccine hesitancy among people with opioid use disorder in Barcelona, Spain

G Vallecillo, X Durán, I Canosa, A Roquer… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction People with substance use disorders are considered a priority group for SARS‐
CoV‐2 vaccination as they are at elevated risk of COVID‐19 and its severe complications …

Barriers and facilitators to primary care engagement for people who inject drugs: A systematic review

O Heidari, K Tormohlen, DT Dangerfield… - Journal of nursing …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction People who inject drugs (PWID) have a greater burden of multimorbid chronic
diseases than the general population. However, little attention has been paid to the …

Establishing the Melbourne injecting drug user cohort study (MIX): rationale, methods, and baseline and twelve-month follow-up results

D Horyniak, P Higgs, R Jenkinson, L Degenhardt… - Harm Reduction …, 2013 - Springer
Background Cohort studies provide an excellent opportunity to monitor changes in
behaviour and disease transmission over time. In Australia, cohort studies of people who …

Clinical impact of COVID-19 on people with substance use disorders

G Vallecillo, R Perelló, R Güerri… - Journal of Public …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background People with substance use disorders are considered at increased risk of COVID-
19 and its more serious complications, however data on the impact of COVID-19 are lacking …

Multimorbidity classes indicate differential patterns of health care engagement among people who inject drugs

O Heidari, BL Genberg, N Perrin… - Journal of substance …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Aging people who inject drugs (PWID) have complex health needs. Health care
management could be complicated by persistent substance use, multiple health challenges …

Latent polydrug use patterns and the provision of injection initiation assistance among people who inject drugs in three North American settings

I Rammohan, S Jain, S Sun, C Marks… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction We sought to identify latent profiles of polysubstance use patterns among
people who inject drugs in three distinct North American settings, and then determine …