Supervised injection facilities in Canada: past, present, and future
T Kerr, S Mitra, MC Kennedy, R McNeil - Harm reduction journal, 2017 - Springer
Canada has long contended with harms arising from injection drug use. In response to
epidemics of HIV infection and overdose in Vancouver in the mid-1990s, a range of actors …
epidemics of HIV infection and overdose in Vancouver in the mid-1990s, a range of actors …
Public health and public order outcomes associated with supervised drug consumption facilities: a systematic review
MC Kennedy, M Karamouzian, T Kerr - Current Hiv/aids Reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Supervised drug consumption facilities (SCFs) have
increasingly been implemented in response to public health and public order concerns …
increasingly been implemented in response to public health and public order concerns …
The intersectional risk environment of people who use drugs
Current conceptual models for examining the production of risk and harm (eg
syndemics,'risk environment') in substance use research have been fundamental in …
syndemics,'risk environment') in substance use research have been fundamental in …
Hospitals as a 'risk environment': an ethno-epidemiological study of voluntary and involuntary discharge from hospital against medical advice among people who …
R McNeil, W Small, E Wood, T Kerr - Social science & medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
People who inject drugs (PWID) experience high levels of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C (HCV)
infection that, together with injection-related complications such as non-fatal overdose and …
infection that, together with injection-related complications such as non-fatal overdose and …
HIV and the criminalisation of drug use among people who inject drugs: a systematic review
Background Mounting evidence suggests that laws and policies prohibiting illegal drug use
could have a central role in shaping health outcomes among people who inject drugs …
could have a central role in shaping health outcomes among people who inject drugs …
A scoping review of qualitative research on barriers and facilitators to the use of supervised consumption services
A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that supervised consumption services (SCS)
mitigate a variety of drug-related harms, including decreasing overdose deaths, infectious …
mitigate a variety of drug-related harms, including decreasing overdose deaths, infectious …
Gendered violence and overdose prevention sites: a rapid ethnographic study during an overdose epidemic in Vancouver, Canada
Abstract Background and Aims North America's overdose epidemic is increasingly driven by
fentanyl and fentanyl‐adulterated drugs. Supervised consumption sites, including low …
fentanyl and fentanyl‐adulterated drugs. Supervised consumption sites, including low …
'Safer environment interventions': a qualitative synthesis of the experiences and perceptions of people who inject drugs
R McNeil, W Small - Social science & medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
There is growing acknowledgment that social, structural, and environmental forces produce
vulnerability to health harms among people who inject drugs (PWID), and safer environment …
vulnerability to health harms among people who inject drugs (PWID), and safer environment …
Supervised injection facility use and all-cause mortality among people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: A cohort study
MC Kennedy, K Hayashi, MJ Milloy, E Wood… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) experience elevated rates of premature
mortality. Although previous studies have demonstrated the role of supervised injection …
mortality. Although previous studies have demonstrated the role of supervised injection …
“People knew they could come here to get help”: an ethnographic study of assisted injection practices at a peer-run 'unsanctioned'supervised drug consumption room …
R McNeil, W Small, H Lampkin, K Shannon, T Kerr - AIDS and Behavior, 2014 - Springer
People who require help injecting are disproportionately vulnerable to drug-related harm,
including HIV transmission. North America's only sanctioned SIF operates in Vancouver …
including HIV transmission. North America's only sanctioned SIF operates in Vancouver …