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| M W TyndallSummaryAffiliation: University of British Columbia Country: Canada Publications
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Impact of HIV infection on mortality in a cohort of injection drug usersM W Tyndall
B C Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 28:351-7. 2001..67), injection cocaine use (AHR, 2.23) and methadone treatment (AHR, 0.47). The high rate of HIV in this population has added significantly to the burden of illness and death in this marginalized population...
Surviving the sex trade: a comparison of HIV risk behaviours among street-involved women in two Canadian cities who inject drugsP M Spittal
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, 608 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
AIDS Care 15:187-95. 2003..7), smokeable crack cocaine (adjusted OR = 3.3) and borrowing used syringes (adjusted OR = 2.0). Creative, client-driven interventions are urgently needed for women who trade sex for money or for drugs...
Condom use among injection drug users accessing a supervised injecting facilityB D L Marshall
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, British Columbia, Canada
Sex Transm Infect 85:121-6. 2009..Therefore, we examined the patterns and predictors of condom use among SIF users in Vancouver, Canada...
Hospital utilization and costs in a cohort of injection drug usersA Palepu
Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St Paul s Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
CMAJ 165:415-20. 2001....
Risky sexual behaviours among injection drugs users with high HIV prevalence: implications for STD controlM W Tyndall
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Sex Transm Infect 78:i170-5. 2002..While existing prevention programmes should be strengthened, innovative approaches to STD surveillance, diagnosis, and prevention are needed...
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is prevalent in wounds of community-based injection drug usersE Lloyd-Smith
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Epidemiol Infect 138:713-20. 2010..The frequency of CA-MRSA is a cause for concern in wound infection in the IDU setting...
Drug sharing with clients as a risk marker for increased violence and sexual and drug-related harms among survival sex workersK Shannon
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, 608 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
AIDS Care 20:228-34. 2008....
Prevalence and correlates of hepatitis C infection among users of North America's first medically supervised safer injection facilityE Wood
Division of Epidemiology and Population Health, British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Public Health 119:1111-5. 2005..We examined the prevalence and correlates of hepatitis C (HCV) infection among a representative cohort of SIF users...
High rates of primary care and emergency department use among injection drug users in VancouverT Kerr
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, Canada
J Public Health (Oxf) 27:62-6. 2005..Using a community-based sample of IDUs, we examined rates of primary care and emergency room use among IDUs and identified correlates of frequent emergency department use...
High pregnancy rates and reproductive health indicators among female injection-drug users in Vancouver, CanadaA E Weber
Vancouver Injection Drug User Study (VIDUS, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care 8:52-8. 2003..This corresponded with very low uptake of reliable contraception. Innovative strategies to provide reproductive health services to at-risk women who are injecting drugs is a public health priority...
Prevalence and structural correlates of gender based violence among a prospective cohort of female sex workersKate Shannon
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada
BMJ 339:b2939. 2009..To examine the prevalence and structural correlates of gender based violence against female sex workers in an environment of criminalised prostitution...
The street cost of drugs and drug use patterns: relationships with sex work income in an urban Canadian settingK N Deering
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, St Paul s Hospital, 608 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Drug Alcohol Depend 118:430-6. 2011..This study investigated the relationship between drug use and sex work patterns and sex work income earned among street-based female sex workers (FSWs) in Vancouver, Canada...
