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| Jane A BuxtonSummaryAffiliation: British Columbia Country: Canada Publications
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Methamphetamine use and rates of incarceration among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting: a cross-sectional analysisM J Milloy
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, 608 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 4:17. 2009....- Using qualitative methods to investigate risk perception of Canadian medical laboratory workers in relation to current prion disease infection control policiesJane A Buxton
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Provincial Health Services Authority, 655 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
J Toxicol Environ Health A 74:241-7. 2011..A focused survey for laboratory staff that addresses these issues will provide insight on the necessary steps that will ensure safe and efficient diagnostic testing for suspect prion specimens... - Chasing the dragon - characterizing cases of leukoencephalopathy associated with heroin inhalation in British ColumbiaJane A Buxton
Epidemiology Services, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Harm Reduct J 8:3. 2011..Testing of implicated heroin samples may allow identification of the contaminant and therefore prevent further cases. It is therefore important to ensure key stakeholders are aware of our findings... - HCV co-infection in HIV positive population in British Columbia, CanadaJane A Buxton
BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia
BMC Public Health 10:225. 2010..This study used a population-based sample of HIV and HCV tested individuals to determine the prevalence of HIV/HCV co-infection, the sequence of virus diagnoses, and demographic and associated risk factors... - Methadone use in relation to hepatitis C virus testing in British ColumbiaJane A Buxton
BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC
Can J Public Health 101:491-4. 2010..We examined methadone use among a large cohort of individuals undergoing serologic testing for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection... - The context of illicit drug overdose deaths in British Columbia, 2006Jane A Buxton
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Harm Reduct J 6:9. 2009..Poly-substance use should be explored further to inform public health interventions... - Individual, social, and environmental factors associated with initiating methamphetamine injection: implications for drug use and HIV prevention strategiesBrandon D L Marshall
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, 608 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z1Y6, Canada
Prev Sci 12:173-80. 2011..These data should be useful for the development of a broad set of interventions aimed at reducing initiation into methamphetamine injection among IDU... - Harm reduction product distribution in British ColumbiaStephanie S Harvard
Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Can J Public Health 99:446-50. 2008..This study measures the distribution of harm reduction products in BC, identifies regional variation in distribution, and estimates the supply/demand ratio for needle and syringe units... - One arm or two? Concurrent administration of meningococcal C conjugate and hepatitis B vaccines in pre-teensKaren L Pielak
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC
Can J Public Health 99:52-6. 2008.... - Enhanced surveillance for adverse events following immunization: Two years of dTap catch-up among high school students in Yukon, Canada (2004, 2005)Samara T David
Canadian Field Epidemiology Program, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Can J Public Health 97:465-9. 2006..We implemented enhanced surveillance to monitor adverse events following immunization (AEFI) to determine whether students receiving dTap > or =3 to <5 years after their last tetanus booster were at increased risk of severe AEFI... - Carotid artery dissection as a possible severe complication of pertussis in an adult: clinical case report and reviewDanuta M Skowronski
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, St Paul s Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4R4, Canada
Clin Infect Dis 36:e1-4. 2003..Adult booster immunization against pertussis should be considered to protect adults themselves from this illness and its potential complications... - Publicly funded pegylated interferon-alpha treatment in British Columbia: disparities in treatment patterns for people with hepatitis CPriscilla C Hsu
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Can J Gastroenterol 22:359-64. 2008..Although treatment may prevent cirrhosis and liver cancer, and improve quality of life, availability is limited... - Immunization programs in non-traditional settingsShelagh A Weatherill
Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC
Can J Public Health 95:133-7. 2004..The objective of the program was to minimize the burden of illness from vaccine-preventable diseases in this vulnerable population. This article describes the process and lessons learned to enable others to implement similar programs... - Identification of acute vaccine-preventable hepatitis in individuals with chronic hepatitis in British Columbia between 1991 and 2007Lily Fang
BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol 22:10-4. 2011..In British Columbia (BC), hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccines are provincially funded for persons with chronic hepatitis infections... - Vaccination of health care workers for influenza: promote safety culture, not coercionAnnalee Yassi
School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Can J Public Health 101:S41-5. 2010..In light of this policy, our objectives were to explore the views of BC health care workers (HCWs) regarding how best to promote vaccine uptake... - Identification of chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C co-infection in British Columbia from 1991 to 2007Lily Fang
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC
Can J Public Health 100:349-52. 2009..To determine the chronic HBV/HCV co-infection identification rate in British Columbia, and examine the demographic characteristics, the order of virus identification, and trends of co-infection over time... - Homelessness and unstable housing associated with an increased risk of HIV and STI transmission among street-involved youthBrandon D L Marshall
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Health Place 15:753-60. 2009..44, p=0.010). These findings indicate the need for interventions which modify environmental factors that drive risk among young street-involved populations... - Estimates of smoking-attributable mortality and hospitalization in BC, 2002-2007Andrew W Tu
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC
Can J Public Health 103:137-41. 2012..The objective of this paper was to estimate the number and rate of deaths and hospitalizations attributable to smoking in British Columbia (BC) from 2002 to 2007... - Identifying attitudes, beliefs and reported practices of nurses and doctors as immunization providersKaren L Pielak
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada
J Adv Nurs 66:1602-11. 2010..Understanding immunization providers' attitudes and beliefs toward immunization has the potential to improve educational efforts and lead to behavioural change...