Search Results - "Challacombe, Laurel"

A qualitative study on overdose response in the era of COVID-19 and beyond: how to spot someone so they never have to use alone by Perri, Melissa, Kaminski, Natalie, Bonn, Matthew, Kolla, Gillian, Guta, Adrian, Bayoumi, Ahmed M, Challacombe, Laurel, Gagnon, Marilou, Touesnard, Natasha, McDougall, Patrick, Strike, Carol

“…Background Spotting is an informal practice among people who use drugs (PWUD) where they witness other people using drugs and respond if an overdose occurs…”
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Using concept mapping to inform the development of a transitional reintegration intervention program for formerly incarcerated people with HIV by Antoniou, Tony, Mishra, Sharmistha, Matheson, Flora, Smith-Merrill, Diane, Challacombe, Laurel, Rowe, Janet, DiCenso, Anne Marie, Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G, Wobeser, Wendy, Kendall, Claire, Loutfy, Mona, Tsang, Jenkin, Kanee, Lauren, Strike, Carol

“…Accessing HIV-related care is challenging for formerly incarcerated people with HIV. Interventions informed by the perspectives of these individuals could…”
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Intensive hog farming operations and self-reported health among nearby rural residents in Ottawa, Canada by Villeneuve, Paul J, Ali, Amira, Challacombe, Laurel, Hebert, Sophie

“…In 2004, hog farming operations were introduced in the village of Sarsfield in the eastern part of Ottawa, Canada. This study evaluates the health-related…”
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'This is a health service. Leave it alone': service user and staff views on policing boundaries involving supervised consumption services by Watson, Tara Marie, Barnaby, Lorraine, Bayoumi, Ahmed M., Challacombe, Laurel, Wright, Amy, Strike, Carol

“…While sanctioned supervised consumption services (SCS) - monitored spaces where people can consume drugs - are exempt from drug law enforcement, local police…”
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Spotting as a risk mitigation method: A qualitative study comparing organization-based and informal methods by Perri, Melissa, Guta, Adrian, Kaminski, Nat, Bonn, Matthew, Kolla, Gillian, Bayoumi, Ahmed, Challacombe, Laurel, Touesnard, Natasha, Gagnon, Marilou, McDougall, Patrick, Strike, Carol

“…•The criminalization of substance use, COVID-19 pandemic, and increasingly toxic drug supply have escalated overdoses across Canada.•Remote and virtual formal…”
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‘I don't chase drugs as much anymore, and I'm not dead’: Client reported outcomes associated with safer opioid supply programs in Ontario, Canada by Schmidt, Rose A., Kaminski, Nat, Kryszajtys, David T., Rudzinski, Katherine, Perri, Melissa, Guta, Adrian, Benoit, Anita C., Bayoumi, Ahmed M., Challacombe, Laurel, Hales, Jessica, Kenny, Kathleen, Kolla, Gillian, O'Reilly, Emmet, Sereda, Andrea, Rai, Nanky, Strike, Carol

“…IntroductionThe ongoing opioid overdose crisis, which has killed over 30,000 people in Canada since 2016, is driven by the volatility of an unregulated opioid…”
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Creating and sustaining cooperative relationships between supervised injection services and police: A qualitative interview study of international stakeholders by Watson, Tara Marie, Bayoumi, Ahmed M., Hopkins, Shaun, Wright, Amy, Naraine, Renuka, Khorasheh, Triti, Challacombe, Laurel, Strike, Carol

“…Supervised injection services (SIS) operate with special exemptions from drug law enforcement. Given the expansion of SIS and the opioid overdose crisis in…”
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Challenges, Skepticism, and Recommendations from Police about Working in Collaboration with Supervised Consumption Services by Strike, Carol, Watson, Tara Marie, Altenberg, Jason, Barnaby, Lorraine, Bayoumi, Ahmed M., Challacombe, Laurel, Demel, Geoff, Hopkins, Shaun, Wright, Amy

“…The operation of supervised consumption services (SCS), programs that offer supervised locations for the consumption of drugs such as heroin, other opioids,…”
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Developing national best practice recommendations for harm reduction programmes: Lessons learned from a community-based project by Watson, Tara Marie, Strike, Carol, Challacombe, Laurel, Demel, Geoff, Heywood, Diana, Zurba, Nadia

“…Abstract Through promotion of consistent, evidence-based policy and practice, best practice recommendations can improve service delivery. Nationally relevant…”
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A clinical practice guide: What HIV care providers need to know about HIV pregnancy planning to optimize preconception care for their patients by Loutfy, Mona, Kennedy, V Logan, Boucoiran, Isabelle, Poliquin, Vanessa, Elwood, Chelsea, Kaida, Angela, Challacombe, Laurel, Shapiro, Heather, Yudin, Mark H

“…This clinical practice guide has been developed to support human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care providers’ use of the 2018 Canadian HIV Pregnancy Planning…”
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Reduction in injection-related HIV risk after 6 months in a low-threshold methadone treatment program by Millson, Peggy, Challacombe, Laurel, Villeneuve, Paul J, Strike, Carol J, Fischer, Benedikt, Myers, Ted, Shore, Ron, Hopkins, Shaun

“…This study assessed injection-related HIV risk behavioral changes among opioid users 6 months after enrollment in low-threshold (harm reduction based)…”
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Self-perceived Health Among Canadian Opiate Users: A Comparison to the General Population and to Other Chronic Disease Populations by Millson, Peggy E., Challacombe, Laurel, Villeneuve, Paul J., Fischer, Benedikt, Strike, Carol J., Myers, Ted, Shore, Ron, Hopkins, Shaun, Raftis, Sara, Pearson, Mary

“…Background: There are an estimated 40,000 to 90,000 injection opiate users in Canada. The social, economic and health consequences of opiate addiction have…”
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Determinants of health-related quality of life of opiate users at entry to low-threshold methadone programs by Millson, Peggy, Challacombe, Laurel, Villeneuve, Paul J, Strike, Carol J, Fischer, Benedikt, Myers, Ted, Shore, Ron, Hopkins, Shaun

“…The aim of this study was to conduct an exploratory analysis of factors associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among opiate users at entry…”
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Change in health-related quality of life of opiate users in low-threshold methadone programs by Villeneuve, Paul J., Challacombe, Laurel, Strike, Carol J., Myers, Ted, Fischer, Benedikt, Shore, Ron, Hopkins, Shaun, Millson, Peggy E.

“…Aim: To assess changes in the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among opiate users in the first 6 months upon entering a low-threshold methadone treatment…”
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Needle exchange programs by Strike, Carol J, Challacombe, Laurel, Myers, Ted, Millson, Margaret

“…The challenges of four service delivery models (i.e., fixed, mobile, satellite and home visits) and how service delivery may impact on Needle Exchange Program…”
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Needle Exchange Programs: Delivery and Access Issues by Strike, Carol J., Challacombe, Laurel, Myers, Ted, Millson, Margaret

“…Objective: Examine the challenges of four service delivery models (i.e., fixed, mobile, satellite and home visits) and how service delivery may impact on NEP…”
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