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“Getting out of downtown”: a longitudinal study of how street-entrenched youth attempt to exit an inner city drug scene
Rod Knight, Danya Fast, Kora DeBeck, Jean Shoveller, Will Small
Background Urban drug “scenes” have been identified as important risk environments that shape the health of street-entrenched youth. New knowledge is needed to inform policy and programing interventions to help reduce youths’ drug scene involvement...
Unsafe sexual behaviour associated with hazardous alcohol use among street-involved youth
Nadia Fairbairn, Evan Wood, Huiru Dong, Thomas Kerr, Kora DeBeck
While risky sexual behaviours related to illicit drug use among street youth have been explored, the impacts of alcohol use have received less attention. This longitudinal study examined hazardous alcohol use among a population of street-involved...
Gender Influences on Hepatitis C Incidence Among Street Youth in a Canadian Setting
Nitasha Puri, Kora DeBeck, Cindy Feng, Thomas Kerr, Launette Rieb, Evan Wood
Few studies have examined gender-based differences in the risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among street-involved youth. We compared rates of HCV infection among male and female street-involved youth in a Canadian setting. The At-Risk Youth...
The association between residential eviction and syringe sharing among a prospective cohort of street-involved youth
Andreas Pilarinos, Mary Clare Kennedy, Ryan McNeil, Huiru Dong, Thomas Kerr, Kora DeBeck
Background Syringe sharing is a high-risk practice associated with the transmission of infectious diseases, such as HIV and HCV. While youth who contend with housing instability are known to be more likely to engage in high-risk substance use, the...
HIV and the criminalisation of drug use among people who inject drugs: a systematic review
Kora DeBeck, Tessa Cheng, Julio S Montaner, Chris Beyrer, Richard Elliott, Susan Sherman, Evan Wood, Stefan Baral
Background Mounting evidence suggests that laws and policies prohibiting illegal drug use could have a central role in shaping health outcomes among people who inject drugs (PWID). To date, no systematic review has characterised the influence of...