Dan Werb

Summary

Affiliation: British Columbia
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Methamphetamine use and malnutrition among street-involved youth
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
    Harm Reduct J 7:5. 2010
  2. ncbi Drug use patterns among Thai illicit drug injectors amidst increased police presence
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St, Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
    Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 4:16. 2009
  3. ncbi Effect of drug law enforcement on drug market violence: a systematic review
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, Vancouver, Canada
    Int J Drug Policy 22:87-94. 2011
  4. ncbi The effectiveness of anti-illicit-drug public-service announcements: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, Vancouver, Canada
    J Epidemiol Community Health 65:834-40. 2011
  5. ncbi Modelling crack cocaine use trends over 10 years in a Canadian setting
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
    Drug Alcohol Rev 29:271-7. 2010
  6. ncbi Drug dealing cessation among a cohort of drug users in Vancouver, Canada
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, 608 1081, Burrard Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Drug Alcohol Depend 118:459-63. 2011
  7. ncbi Drug-related risks among street youth in two neighborhoods in a Canadian setting
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, 608 1081 Burrard Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    Health Place 16:1061-7. 2010

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Methamphetamine use and malnutrition among street-involved youth
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
    Harm Reduct J 7:5. 2010
    ..60, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.03 - 2.48, p = 0.036). Interventions seeking to address food insecurity among street youth may benefit from considering drug use patterns since methamphetamine use predicted higher risk in this setting...
  2. ncbi Drug use patterns among Thai illicit drug injectors amidst increased police presence
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St, Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
    Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 4:16. 2009
    ..These findings demonstrate high ongoing rates of drug injecting in Thailand despite reports of increased levels of strict enforcement and enforcement-related violence, and raise questions regarding the merits of this approach...
  3. ncbi Effect of drug law enforcement on drug market violence: a systematic review
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, Vancouver, Canada
    Int J Drug Policy 22:87-94. 2011
    ..In this context, and since drug prohibition has not meaningfully reduced drug supply, alternative regulatory models will be required if drug supply and drug market violence are to be meaningfully reduced...
  4. ncbi The effectiveness of anti-illicit-drug public-service announcements: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, Vancouver, Canada
    J Epidemiol Community Health 65:834-40. 2011
    ..Anti-illicit-drug public-service announcements (PSAs) have become a cornerstone of drug policy in the USA. However, studies of the effectiveness of these interventions have not been subjected to a systematic evaluation...
  5. ncbi Modelling crack cocaine use trends over 10 years in a Canadian setting
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
    Drug Alcohol Rev 29:271-7. 2010
    ..We investigated longitudinal patterns of crack cocaine use among polydrug users in Vancouver, Canada...
  6. ncbi Drug dealing cessation among a cohort of drug users in Vancouver, Canada
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, 608 1081, Burrard Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Drug Alcohol Depend 118:459-63. 2011
    ..Drug dealing among drug users has been associated with elevated risk-taking and negative health outcomes. However, little is known about the cessation of drug dealing among this population...
  7. ncbi Drug-related risks among street youth in two neighborhoods in a Canadian setting
    Dan Werb
    British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, 608 1081 Burrard Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    Health Place 16:1061-7. 2010
    ..These results demonstrate the importance of considering neighborhood variation when developing interventions aimed at reducing drug-related harms among street-involved youth at various levels of street entrenchment...