Volume 12, issue 1, December 2015
55 articles in this issue
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Why the FUSS (Fentanyl Urine Screen Study)? A cross-sectional survey to characterize an emerging threat to people who use drugs in British Columbia, Canada
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ashraf Amlani
- Geoff McKee
- Jane A. Buxton
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 November 2015
- Article: 54
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Why the war on drugs in sport will never be won
Authors
- Aaron C. T. Smith
- Bob Stewart
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2015
- Article: 53
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Pain, instability, and familial discord: a qualitative study into women who use drugs in Malaysia
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Fifa Rahman
- Priya Lall
- B. Vicknasingam
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2015
- Article: 52
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Overdose prevention for prisoners in New York: a novel program and collaboration
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Howard Zucker
- Anthony J. Annucci
- Holly Catania
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 05 November 2015
- Article: 51
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Motivation for smoking cessation among drug-using smokers under methadone maintenance treatment in Vietnam
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Bach Xuan Tran
- Long Hoang Nguyen
- Carl Latkin
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 30 October 2015
- Article: 50
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Risk environments facing potential users of a supervised injection site in Ottawa, Canada
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Ashley Shaw
- Lisa Lazarus
- The PROUD Community Advisory Committee
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 22 October 2015
- Article: 49
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A response for substance and harm reduction in Pacific Island countries and territories
Authors
- Robert Power
- Lucina Schmich
- Vili Nosa
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 48
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Harm reduction in Asia and the Pacific: an evolving public health response
Authors
- Nick Crofts
- Tasnim Azim
- Content type: Editorial
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 47
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Public opinion and medical cannabis policies: examining the role of underlying beliefs and national medical cannabis policies
Authors
- Sharon R. Sznitman
- Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 October 2015
- Article: 46
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Assessing seasonality of travel distance to harm reduction service providers among persons who inject drugs
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Sean T. Allen
- Monica S. Ruiz
- Jeff Jones
- Content type: Brief report
- Open Access
- Published: 12 October 2015
- Article: 45
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The view from the trenches
Authors
- Jimmy Dorabjee
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 44
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Drug-related HIV epidemic in Pakistan: a review of current situation and response and the way forward beyond 2015
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Anne Bergenstrom
- Baseer Achakzai
- Marc Saba
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 43
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Time to act: Fast -Tracking the response for people who inject drugs in Asia and the Pacific
Authors
- Steve Kraus
- Jeremy Douglas
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 42
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Strategic information is everyone’s business: perspectives from an international stakeholder meeting to enhance strategic information data along the HIV Cascade for people who inject drugs
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Richard D. Pierce
- Jennifer Hegle
- Catherine S. Todd
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 41
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Effects of publicly funded and quality of life on attendance rate among methadone maintenance treatment patients in Taiwan: an 18-month follow-up study
Authors
- Kun-Chia Chang
- Chung-Ying Lin
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 40
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Impact of a methadone maintenance therapy pilot in Vietnam and its role in a scaled-up response
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Tran Vu Hoang
- Tran Thi Thanh Ha
- Stephen Mills
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 39
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Coalition building by drug user and sex worker community-based organizations in Vietnam can lead to improved interactions with government agencies: a qualitative study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Leah T. Le
- Lauretta E. Grau
- Robert Heimer
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 38
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Factors that influence the characteristics of needles and syringes used by people who inject drugs in Tajikistan
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- William A. Zule
- Alisher Latypov
- Georgiy V. Bobashev
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 37
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A qualitative study of referring agents’ perceptions of access barriers to inpatient substance abuse treatment centres in the Western Cape
Authors
- Deborah Isobell
- Kamal Kamaloodien
- Shazly Savahl
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 26 September 2015
- Article: 36
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Social context, diversity and risk among women who inject drugs in Vietnam: descriptive findings from a cross-sectional survey
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Oanh TH Khuat
- Martha Morrow
- Gregory Armstrong
- Content type: Brief report
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 35
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Sexual and reproductive health risks amongst female adolescents who use amphetamine-type stimulants and sell sex: a qualitative inquiry in Yunnan, China
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Xu-Dong Zhang
- Angela Kelly-Hanku
- Stanley Luchters
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 34
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Pharmacology, physiology and performance: occupational drug use and HIV risk among female entertainment and sex workers in Cambodia
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Thomas Crewe Dixon
- Song Ngak
- Lisa Maher
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 33
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Reviewing harm reduction for people who inject drugs in Asia: the necessity for growth
Authors
- Katie Alexandra Stone
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 32
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Facilitating a transition from compulsory detention of people who use drugs towards voluntary community-based drug dependence treatment and support services in Asia
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Pascal Tanguay
- Adeeba Kamarulzaman
- Anand Chabungbam
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 31
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Participation dynamics of a cohort of drug users in a low-threshold methadone treatment programme
Authors
- Tsz Ho Kwan
- Ngai Sze Wong
- Shui Shan Lee
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 30
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Preference of methadone maintenance patients for the integrative and decentralized service delivery models in Vietnam
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Bach Xuan Tran
- Long Hoang Nguyen
- Carl A. Latkin
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 17 September 2015
- Article: 29
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Cross-sectional assessments of participants’ characteristics and loss to follow-up in the first Opioid Substitution Therapy Pilot Program in Kabul, Afghanistan
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Horacio Ruiseñor-Escudero
- Alexander Vu
- Gilbert Burnham
- Content type: Brief report
- Open Access
- Published: 04 September 2015
- Article: 28
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A qualitative analysis of transitions to heroin injection in Kenya: implications for HIV prevention and harm reduction
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Andy Guise
- Margarita Dimova
- Tim Rhodes
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 04 September 2015
- Article: 27
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Ambivalence about supervised injection facilities among community stakeholders
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Carol Strike
- Tara Marie Watson
- Ahmed M. Bayoumi
- Content type: Brief report
- Open Access
- Published: 21 August 2015
- Article: 26
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Orienting patients to greater opioid safety: models of community pharmacy-based naloxone
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Traci C. Green
- Emily F Dauria
- Alexander Y Walley
- Content type: Case study
- Open Access
- Published: 06 August 2015
- Article: 25
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The interplay between drug-use behaviors, settings, and access to care: a qualitative study exploring attitudes and experiences of crack cocaine users in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil
Authors
- Noa Krawczyk
- Carlos Linhares Veloso Filho
- Francisco I. Bastos
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 06 August 2015
- Article: 24
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Correlates of property crime in a cohort of recently released prisoners with a history of injecting drug use
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Amy Kirwan
- Brendan Quinn
- Mark Stoové
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 04 August 2015
- Article: 23
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Hepatitis C and HIV incidence and harm reduction program use in a conflict setting: an observational cohort of injecting drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Catherine S. Todd
- Abdul Nasir
- Steffanie A. Strathdee
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 16 October 2015
- Article: 22
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Deficiencies in public understanding about tobacco harm reduction: results from a United States national survey
Authors
- Marc T. Kiviniemi
- Lynn T. Kozlowski
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 02 July 2015
- Article: 21
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The common sense model applied to hepatitis C: a qualitative analysis of the impact of disease comparison and witnessed death on hepatitis C illness perception
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Stella A. Safo
- Abigail Batchelder
- Alain H. Litwin
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 20 June 2015
- Article: 20
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Before the ban - an exploratory study of a local khat market in East London, U.K
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Saba Kassim
- Asha Dalsania
- Josh Hulbert
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 12 June 2015
- Article: 19
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The impact of free trial acceptance on demand for alternative nicotine products: evidence from experimental auctions
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Matthew C. Rousu
- Richard J. O’Connor
- James F. Thrasher
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 11 June 2015
- Article: 18
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Client-Identified needs and agency-provided services at a harm reduction community based organization in the District of Columbia
Authors
- Allison O’Rourke
- Monica S. Ruiz
- Sean T. Allen
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 03 June 2015
- Article: 17
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High prevalence of syringe lending among HIV-positive people who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Pauline Voon
- Kanna Hayashi
- Thomas Kerr
- Content type: Brief report
- Open Access
- Published: 02 June 2015
- Article: 16
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Social marketing of low dead space syringes in Vietnam: findings from a 1-year pilot program in Hanoi, Thai Nguyen, and Ho Chi Minh City
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ngo Thi Thanh Huong
- Gary Mundy
- Nguyen Minh Tam
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 30 May 2015
- Article: 15
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Blending Aboriginal and Western healing methods to treat intergenerational trauma with substance use disorder in Aboriginal peoples who live in Northeastern Ontario, Canada
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Teresa Naseba Marsh
- Diana Coholic
- Lisa M Najavits
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 20 May 2015
- Article: 14
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Comparison of outcomes after 3-month methadone maintenance treatment between heroin users with and without HIV infection: a 3-month follow-up study
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Peng-Wei Wang
- Huang-Chi Lin
- Cheng-Fang Yen
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 May 2015
- Article: 13
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Long-term self-treatment with methadone or buprenorphine as a response to barriers to opioid substitution treatment: the case of Sweden
Authors
- Torkel Richert
- Björn Johnson
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 18 February 2015
- Article: 12
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Prevalence of HIV and other infections and correlates of needle and syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in Podgorica, Montenegro: a respondent-driven sampling survey
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Dragan Lausevic
- Senad Begic
- Ivana Bozicevic
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 28 February 2015
- Article: 11
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Acquiring hepatitis C in prison: the social organisation of injecting risk
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Carla Treloar
- Luke McCredie
- on behalf of the HITS-p investigators
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 April 2015
- Article: 10
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Annual acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers
Authors
- Nick Crofts
- Euan Lawson
- Content type: Reviewer acknowledgement
- Open Access
- Published: 20 March 2015
- Article: 9
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Appropriate and inappropriate methods for investigating the “gateway” hypothesis, with a review of the evidence linking prior snus use to later cigarette smoking
Authors
- Peter N Lee
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 20 March 2015
- Article: 8
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Assessment of compliance with US Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline for tobacco by primary care physicians
Authors
- Judy Kruger
- Alissa O’Halloran
- Abby Rosenthal
- Content type: Brief report
- Open Access
- Published: 07 March 2015
- Article: 7
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Women’s injection drug practices in their own words: a qualitative study
Authors
- Ellen Tuchman
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 07 March 2015
- Article: 6