scholarly journals High Rates of Primary Care and Emergency Department Use Among Injection Drug Users in Vancouver

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kerr ◽  
E. Wood ◽  
E. Grafstein ◽  
T. Ishida ◽  
K. Shannon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Emergency Department ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Emergency Department Use

scholarly journals Primary Care as Harm Reduction for Injection Drug Users

JAMA ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 280 (13) ◽  
pp. 1191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Gunn ◽  
Chase White ◽  
Ramya Srinivasan
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injection Drug

scholarly journals Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection among Current And Former Injection Drug Users within a Multidisciplinary Treatment Model at a Community Health Centre

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam I Newman ◽  
Shelley Beckstead ◽  
David Beking ◽  
Susan Finch ◽  
Tina Knorr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Hcv Infection ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Treatment Model ◽  
Chronic Hcv Infection ◽  
Chronic Hcv

The aim of the present prospective observational study was to assess uptake and success of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment among a group of former and current injection drug users with chronic HCV infection at the Street Health Centre in Kingston, Ontario. The Street Health Centre offers hepatitis C education, assessment and treatment within a multidisciplinary, integrated and collaborative treatment model of care delivered by primary care professionals. The study enrolled a convenience sample of 34 patients. Seventy per cent of study patients had no postsecondary education, 85% were unemployed and one-third were unstably housed. A majority of study patients self-reported mental health problems. Of the 14 patients who initiated antiviral treatment in the study period, eight (57%) achieved sustained virological response. Regardless of virological outcome, patients who initiated treatment showed positive trends toward increased social and psychiatric stability, and decreases in high-risk behaviours. These results suggest that not only is successful treatment of chronic HCV infection in current and former injection drug users with concurrent psychiatric disorders possible, but the benefits of such treatment delivered in a community-based, multidisciplinary, primary care model may extend beyond narrowly defined virological outcomes.

scholarly journals The Edinburgh Addiction Cohort: recruitment and follow-up of a primary care based sample of injection drug users and non drug-injecting controls

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Macleod ◽  
Lorraine Copeland ◽  
Matthew Hickman ◽  
James McKenzie ◽  
Jo Kimber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Drug Injecting

scholarly journals Integrating Care for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Primary Care for HIV for Injection Drug Users Coinfected with HIV and HCV

2005 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S83-S88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Kresina ◽  
R. Douglas Bruce ◽  
Victoria A. Cargill ◽  
Laura W. Cheever
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injection Drug

scholarly journals The social determinants of emergency department and hospital use by injection drug users in Canada

1999 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Palepu ◽  
Steffanie A. Strathdee ◽  
Robert S. Hogg ◽  
Aslam H. Anis ◽  
Sandra Rae ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hospital Use

Treating hepatitis C in recovering injection drug users

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A568-A568
Author(s):  
D SYLVESTRE ◽  
R ARON ◽  
D GREENE ◽  
P PERKINS
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Injection Drug
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