Quantifying hepatitis C transmission risk using a new weighted scoring system for the Blood-Borne Virus Transmission Risk Assessment Questionnaire (BBV-TRAQ): applications for community-based HCV surveillance, education and prevention.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Only July 1, 2017, Nevada became the fifth US state to allow the legal sale of recreational cannabis products for adults ages of 21 and over. This study investigates young adults' cannabis-related attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors in a state where recreational and medical cannabis use was recently legali...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Amroussia N,Watanabe M,Pearson JL

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Condom provision is one of the most effective harm reduction interventions to control sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis in prisons. Yet, very few countries around the world provide prisoners with condoms. The present study aimed to elucidate principles of effective...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Moazen B,Mauti J,Meireles P,Černíková T,Neuhann F,Jahn A,Stöver H

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Illicit drug users have a high prevalence of HCV and represent the majority of newly infected persons in the U.S. Despite the availability of effective HCV treatment, few drug users have been evaluated or treated for HCV. Racial and ethnic minorities have a higher incidence and prevalence of HCV and higher H...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Jordan AE,Masson CL,Mateu-Gelabert P,McKnight C,Pepper N,Bouche K,Guzman L,Kletter E,Seewald RM,Des-Jarlais DC,Sorensen JL,Perlman DC

更新日期：2013-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stigma and discrimination may adversely affect the benefits of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for drug users, especially in disadvantaged settings. This study assessed stigma and discrimination against MMT patients in the mountainous and rural areas in Vietnam and explored their associated factors to ...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Van Nguyen H,Nguyen HL,Mai HT,Le HQ,Tran BX,Hoang CD,Le HT,Nguyen CT,Tran TD,Latkin CA,Vu TM

更新日期：2017-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methadone maintenance treatment is the most widely prescribed treatment for opiate dependence with proven benefits for patients. In naïve users or in case of recreational misuse, methadone can be a source of potentially lethal intoxications, resulting in fatal overdoses. A few cases of infantile intoxication...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Dupuy G,Cavalcanti L,Bourgogne E,Brichant-Petitjean C,Gomberoff L,Bloch V,Bellivier F,Lépine JP,Laprévote O,Vorspan F

更新日期：2014-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: Harm reduction is a relatively new and controversial model for treating drug users, with little formal research on its operation and effectiveness. In order to advance the study of harm reduction programs and our understanding of how drug users define their progress, qualitative research was conducted to d...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Ruefli T,Rogers SJ

更新日期：2004-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This qualitative study of travel-related risk behaviours of Slovene injection drug users was based on interviews with individuals enrolled in drug addiction treatment programmes run by three regional centres for prevention and treatment of drug addiction. The primary objective of the study was to analyse beh...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Kostnapfel T,Svab I,Rotar DP

更新日期：2011-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of the IDEA syringe services program medical student-run free clinic in Miami, Florida. In an effort to continue to serve the community of people who inject drugs and practice compassionate and non-judgmental care, the students transitioned the clinic to a model of Te...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Castillo M,Conte B,Hinkes S,Mathew M,Na CJ,Norindr A,Serota DP,Forrest DW,Deshpande AR,Bartholomew TS,Tookes HE

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Russia continues to spread. This exploratory study examines how HIV-prevention measures are perceived and experienced by PWID in the northwestern region of Russia. METHODS:Purposive sampling was used to obtain a variety of cases that could reflect pos...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Meylakhs P,Aasland A,Grønningsæter A

更新日期：2017-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of hepatitis C (HCV) among people who inject drugs (PWID) is a critical component of efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis. A recent study found high HCV prevalence among PWID in two cities, Pretoria (84%) and Cape Town (44%). Very few (< 5%) HCV-infected individuals attended follow-up appointments....

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Versfeld A,McBride A,Scheibe A,Spearman CW

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate the development of opioid tolerance in patients receiving long-term methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). METHODS:A region-wide cross-sectional study was performed focusing on dosage and duration of treatment. Differences between racemic methadone and levomethadone were exam...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Gutwinski S,Schoofs N,Stuke H,Riemer TG,Wiers CE,Bermpohl F

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Harm reduction is a controversial model for treating drug users, with little formal research available on its operation and effectiveness. In order to advance the field, we first conducted participatory research of harm reduction with 120 clients using nominal-group technique to develop culturally relevant outcomes to...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Rogers SJ,Ruefli T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To identify geographic "hotspots" for potential transmission of HIV and HCV and for drug overdose among persons who use heroin and cocaine in New York City and to examine historical continuities in problem drug use hotspots in the city. METHODS:A total of 2714 study participants were recruited among persons enter...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Des Jarlais DC,McKnight C,Arasteh K,Feelemyer J,Ross Z,Cooper HLF

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine the predictors of continued drug- and sex-related HIV-risk behaviors among drug users in methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) programs in China. METHODS:We followed a sample of 5,035 drug users enrolled for the first time in MMT programs at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months utilizing a longitudina...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Chen W,Xia Y,Hong Y,Hall BJ,Ling L

更新日期：2013-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In 2008, one of the oldest fixed site needle exchanges in a large urban city in Canada was closed due to community pressure. This service had been in existence for over 20 years. CASE DESCRIPTION:This case study focuses on the consequences of the switch to mobile needle exchange services immediately after...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Macneil J,Pauly B

更新日期：2010-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few studies of mortality amongst people who inject drugs (PWID) in Australia. In this study, we estimate mortality in a cohort of PWID in Melbourne and examine predictors of mortality including health service use, demographic characteristics, drug use and personal wellbeing. FINDINGS:We linked ide...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Nambiar D,Agius PA,Stoové M,Hickman M,Dietze P

更新日期：2015-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the 1990s, the New York Police Department (NYPD) greatly expanded arrests for smoking marijuana in public view (MPV). By 2000, MPV accounted for 15% of all arrests. The NYPD's supporters report this arrest activity is just part of quality-of-life (QOL) policing, which seeks to promote order in public ...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Golub A,Johnson BD,Dunlap E

更新日期：2006-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance-using women who exchange sex for money, drugs or shelter as a means of basic subsistence (ie. survival sex) have remained largely at the periphery of HIV and harm reduction policies and services across Canadian cities. This is notwithstanding global evidence of the multiple harms faced by this population, in...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Shannon K,Bright V,Allinott S,Alexson D,Gibson K,Tyndall MW,Maka Project Partnership.

更新日期：2007-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Greece has the highest smoking rates (in the 15-nation bloc) in Europe. The purpose of this study was to investigate Greek smokers' intention and appraisal of capability to quit employing the theoretical frameworks of Decisional Balance (DB) and Cognitive Dissonance (CD). METHODS:A cross-sectional study inc...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Loumakou M,Brouskeli V,Sarafidou JO

更新日期：2006-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gambling has quickly emerged as an important global public health issue. With new technologies used to develop high intensity gambling products and promotions aimed at driving consumption, public health organisations and researchers, community groups, and politicians have argued for a range of regulatory and...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Thomas SL,Randle M,Bestman A,Pitt H,Bowe SJ,Cowlishaw S,Daube M

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) frequently present to the emergency department for acute treatment of overdose and withdrawal. CASE PRESENTATION:A 29-year-old male presented to the emergency room after intravenous heroin use followed by accidental ingestion of naltrexone. He was treated with bupreno...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Szczesniak LM,Calleo VJ,Sullivan RW

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have recently published some work on CEA levels in hookah (also called narghile, shisha elsewhere) and cigarette smokers. Hookah smokers had higher levels of CEA than non-smokers although mean levels were low compared to cigarette smokers. However some of them were also users of other tobacco products (ci...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Sajid KM,Chaouachi K,Mahmood R

更新日期：2008-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cannabis intoxication is related to a number of physical and mental health risks with ensuing social costs. However, little attention has been given to the investigation of possible pharmacological interactions in this condition. OBJECTIVE:To review the available scientific literature concerning pharmacolog...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Crippa JA,Derenusson GN,Chagas MH,Atakan Z,Martín-Santos R,Zuardi AW,Hallak JE

更新日期：2012-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To understand the limits of HCV screening programs to reach all drug users (DUs). METHOD:The association of the recruitment of a representative sample of a population of DUs in a specific area with the use of a questionnaire that included 250 items allowed the use of uni- and multifactorial analysis to expl...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Chossegros P,Di Nino F

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Evidence is emerging that prescription opioid (PO) injection is associated with increased health risks. This mixed-methods study compares the mechanics of PO and heroin injection and examines the demographic and drug-related correlates of lifetime PO injection in a sample of young people who inject drugs (PWID) in ...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Mateu-Gelabert P,Guarino H,Zibbell JE,Teubl J,Fong C,Goodbody E,Edlin B,Salvati C,Friedman SR

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A decade of research in Switzerland, The Netherlands, Germany, and Spain now constitutes a massive body of work supporting the use of heroin treatment for the most difficult patients addicted to opiates. These trials concur on this method's safety and efficacy and are now serving as a prelude to the institution of her...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Small D,Drucker E,Editorial for Harm Reduction Journal.

更新日期：2006-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:With a worldwide prevalence of 15.4%, hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been estimated to be the most prevalent major infectious disease in prisons. The exceptionally high prevalence of HCV in prisons is attributable to common risk behaviors including sharing contaminated tattooing equipment and drug paraphernalia, as well ...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Moazen B,Stöver H,Dolan K,Jahn A,Neuhann F

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health services globally are struggling to manage the impact of COVID-19. The existing global disease burden related to opioid use is significant. Particularly challenging groups include older drug users who are more vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19. Increasing access to safe and effective opioid agonis...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Crowley D,Delargy I

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We utilized multiple recruitment approaches to recruit IDUs in a longitudinal cohort study to examine HIV incidence and behavior change pre- and post-introduction of comprehensive HIV prevention services. METHODS:IDUs were recruited through peer referral, targeted outreach by outreach workers (ORWs) and as ...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Tun W,Sebastian MP,Sharma V,Madan I,Souidi S,Lewis D,Thior I,Sarna A

更新日期：2013-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：: In their commentary, Dar and Frenk call into question the validity of all published data that describe the onset of nicotine addiction. They argue that the data that describe the early onset of nicotine addiction is so different from the conventional wisdom that it is irrelevant. In this rebuttal, the author argues t...

journal_title：Harm reduction journal

authors： Difranza JR

更新日期：2010-11-04 00:00:00