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The Cedar project: prevalence and correlates of HIV infection among young Aboriginal people who use drugs in two Canadian citiesPatricia M Spittal
Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Int J Circumpolar Health 66:226-40. 2007..Whereas the majority of infections are related to injection drug use, factors that explain elevated risk and transmission of HIV among Aboriginal young people who use illicit drugs are not well understood...- The future face of coinfection: prevalence and incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus coinfection among young injection drug usersCari L Miller
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, Vancouver, and Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 36:743-9. 2004..The median number of years injecting for youth seroconverting to a secondary infection was 3 years, suggesting that appropriate public health interventions should be implemented immediately... - The Cedar Project: historical trauma, sexual abuse and HIV risk among young Aboriginal people who use injection and non-injection drugs in two Canadian cities- Cedar Project Partnership
Center for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Soc Sci Med 66:2185-94. 2008..Sexual trauma will continue to impact individuals, families and communities until unresolved historical trauma is meaningfully addressed in client-driven, culturally safe programming... - The Cedar Project: a comparison of HIV-related vulnerabilities amongst young Aboriginal women surviving drug use and sex work in two Canadian citiesAzar Mehrabadi
Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St Paul s Hospital, 608 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Int J Drug Policy 19:159-68. 2008..Young women involved in sex work are particularly vulnerable. The purpose of this study is to determine HIV-related vulnerabilities associated with sex work amongst young Aboriginal women in two Canadian cities... - Requiring help injecting as a risk factor for HIV infection in the Vancouver epidemic: implications for HIV preventionEvan Wood
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver
Can J Public Health 94:355-9. 2003..This risk factor remains poorly understood. The present study investigates this risk factor among Vancouver IDUs... - Binge drug use independently predicts HIV seroconversion among injection drug users: implications for public health strategiesCari L Miller
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Subst Use Misuse 41:199-210. 2006..Given the unaddressed public health risks associated with bingeing, a public health response protocol must be developed to minimize the personal and public health risks associated with the binge use of drugs... - Unstable housing, associated risk behaviour, and increased risk for HIV infection among injection drug usersTrevor A Corneil
Division of Epidemiology and Population Health, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, 608 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Health Place 12:79-85. 2006..Implications for policy including more comprehensive housing interventions (e.g. 'floating support') are discussed... - The Cedar Project: correlates of attempted suicide among young Aboriginal people who use injection and non-injection drugs in two Canadian citiesAkm Moniruzzaman
Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Int J Circumpolar Health 68:261-73. 2009..Study design. The Cedar Project is a prospective cohort study involving 605 young Aboriginal people aged 14-30 who use drugs in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia, Canada... - An external evaluation of a peer-run "unsanctioned" syringe exchange programEvan Wood
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada BC V6Z 1Y6
J Urban Health 80:455-64. 2003..The findings also suggest that other forms of syringe-exchange programs should consider the benefits of offering fixed site nighttime service... - Peer support using a mobile access van promotes safety and harm reduction strategies among sex trade workers in Vancouver's Downtown EastsidePatricia A Janssen
UBC School of Population and Public Health, 5804 Fairview Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Urban Health 86:804-9. 2009..The peer-led Mobile Access Project has emerged as a viable harm reduction strategy for serving the immediate health and trauma-related needs of women engaged in street-level sex work... - Incarceration, addiction and harm reduction: inmates experience injecting drugs in prisonWill Small
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Subst Use Misuse 40:831-43. 2005..The findings of this study emphasize the need for effective harm reduction programs that provide an appropriate response to the problem of injection drug use among inmates... - Opportunities for prevention: hepatitis C prevalence and incidence in a cohort of young injection drug usersCari L Miller
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Hepatology 36:737-42. 2002..Thus, there is a window of opportunity for prevention. However, the incidence rate of HCV among these young IDUs is alarming, suggesting that the opportunity to intervene is exceedingly small... - Females experiencing sexual and drug vulnerabilities are at elevated risk for HIV infection among youth who use injection drugsCari L Miller
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, Canada
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 30:335-41. 2002.... - Factors associated with persistent high-risk syringe sharing in the presence of an established needle exchange programmeEvan Wood
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
AIDS 16:941-3. 2002.... - Risk factors for elevated HIV incidence among Aboriginal injection drug users in VancouverKevin J P Craib
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, and the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, USA
CMAJ 168:19-24. 2003.... - HIV and hepatitis C outbreaks among high-risk youth in Vancouver demands a public health responseCari L Miller
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC
Can J Public Health 96:107-8. 2005..Without focussing such resources, further HIV and HCV infections and subsequent higher health care costs appear imminent... - Risk factors for elevated HIV incidence rates among female injection drug users in VancouverPatricia M Spittal
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver
CMAJ 166:894-9. 2002..Different risk factors for seroconversion for women as opposed to men suggest that sex-specific prevention initiatives are urgently required... - The Cedar Project: acknowledging the pain of our childrenWayne M Christian
Cedar Project Partnership, Splats'in/Secwepemc Nation, Enderby, BC, Canada, VOE 1VO
Lancet 372:1132-3. 2008 - The potential public health and community impacts of safer injecting facilities: evidence from a cohort of injection drug usersEvan Wood
British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, British Columbia, Canada
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 32:2-8. 2003..Although the impact of SIFs in North America can only be quantified by scientific evaluation, these data indicate a high potential for immediate community and public health benefits if SIFs were presently available... - Impact of supply-side policies for control of illicit drugs in the face of the AIDS and overdose epidemics: investigation of a massive heroin seizureEvan Wood
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
CMAJ 168:165-9. 2003..Closer scrutiny of enforcement efforts is warranted to ensure that resources are delivered to the most efficient and cost-effective public health programs... - Displacement of Canada's largest public illicit drug market in response to a police crackdownEvan Wood
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital and the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
CMAJ 170:1551-6. 2004..A large-scale police "crackdown" to control illicit drug use in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside provided us with an opportunity to evaluate the effect... - AIDS in 2003: moving forward, falling backPatricia M Spittal
Can J Public Health 94:85-7. 2003