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Risk of HIV and Hepatitis B and C Over Time Among Men Who Inject Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs in England and Wales: Results From Cross-Sectional Prevalence Surveys, 1992–2013 by Hope, Vivian D, Harris, Ross, McVeigh, Jim, Cullen, Katelyn J, Smith, Josie, Parry, John V, DeAngelis, Daniela, Ncube, Fortune

“…BACKGROUND:Infection risks among people who inject drugs (PWID) are widely recognized, but few studies have focused on image and performance enhancing drugs…”
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Did the UK’s COVID-19 restrictions during 2020 have a differential impact on the well-being of the LGBQ+ population: a mixed methods study by Hope, Vivian D, Timpson, Hannah, Porcellato, Lorna, Brett, Caroline E, Harrison, Rebecca, Hunt, Anna, Bigland, Charlotte, Leavey, Conan, Hay, Gordon, Saini, Pooja

“…ObjectiveThe social distancing measures governments implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have had substantial impacts. For some communities, these…”
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Infections with spore-forming bacteria in persons who inject drugs, 2000-2009 by Palmateer, Norah E, Hope, Vivian D, Roy, Kirsty, Marongiu, Andrea, White, Joanne M, Grant, Kathie A, Ramsay, Colin N, Goldberg, David J, Ncube, Fortune

“…Since 2000 in the United Kingdom, infections caused by spore-forming bacteria have been associated with increasing illness and death among persons who inject…”
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Impact of the government's restrictions and guidance in relation to “social distancing” on the lives of ethnic minority populations: A mixed methods study by Saini, Pooja, Porcellato, Lorna, Hunt, Anna, Timpson, Hannah, Harrison, Rebecca, Bigland, Charlotte, Levy, Conan, Brett, Caroline E., Forshaw, Mark J., Hope, Vivian D.

“…Background and Aims The impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic have not been equal, with a disproportionate impact among ethnic minority communities. Structural…”
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Frequency of health‐care utilization by adults who use illicit drugs: a systematic review and meta‐analysis by Lewer, Dan, Freer, Joseph, King, Emma, Larney, Sarah, Degenhardt, Louisa, Tweed, Emily J., Hope, Vivian D., Harris, Magdalena, Millar, Tim, Hayward, Andrew, Ciccarone, Dan, Morley, Katherine I.

“…Aims To summarize evidence on the frequency and predictors of health‐care utilization among people who use illicit drugs. Design Systematic search of MEDLINE,…”
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Psychosocial and sexual characteristics associated with sexualised drug use and chemsex among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the UK by Hibbert, Matthew Peter, Brett, Caroline E, Porcellato, Lorna A, Hope, Vivian D

“…To understand how the emerging public health issue of chemsex relates to broader patterns of sexualised drug use (SDU) among men who have sex with men (MSM),…”
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A narrative systematic review of sexualised drug use and sexual health outcomes among LGBT people by Hibbert, Matthew Peter, Hillis, Alice, Brett, Caroline E, Porcellato, Lorna A, Hope, Vivian D

“…Chemsex is a specific form of sexualised drug use (SDU) that is an emerging public health issue among men who have sex with men (MSM). Although the recent…”
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Factors associated with skin and soft tissue infections among people who inject drugs in the United Kingdom: A comparative examination of data from two surveys by Doran, Jason, Harris, Magdalena, Hope, Vivian D., Wright, Talen, Edmundson, Claire, Sinka, Katy, Heinsbroek, Ellen

“…•Two surveys with different approaches found similar factors associated with SSTI.•SSTI were common, with associations indicating venous damage is an underling…”
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Opioid Injection-Associated Bacterial Infections in England, 2002–2021: A Time Series Analysis of Seasonal Variation and the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 by Lewer, Dan, Brothers, Thomas D, Croxford, Sara, Desai, Monica, Emanuel, Eva, Harris, Magdalena, Hope, Vivian D

“…Abstract Background Bacterial infections cause substantial pain and disability among people who inject drugs. We described time trends in hospital admissions…”
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The characteristics of people who inject drugs in the United Kingdom: changes in age, duration, and incidence of injecting, 1980–2019, using evidence from repeated cross‐sectional surveys by Lewer, Dan, Croxford, Sara, Desai, Monica, Emanuel, Eva, Hope, Vivian D., McAuley, Andrew, Phipps, Emily, Tweed, Emily J.

“…Background and aims Mortality and drug treatment data suggest that the median age of people who inject drugs is increasing. We aimed to describe changes in the…”
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Incarceration history and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Stone, Jack, Fraser, Hannah, Lim, Aaron G, Walker, Josephine G, Ward, Zoe, MacGregor, Louis, Trickey, Adam, Abbott, Sam, Strathdee, Steffanie A, Abramovitz, Daniela, Maher, Lisa, Iversen, Jenny, Bruneau, Julie, Zang, Geng, Garfein, Richard S, Yen, Yung-Fen, Azim, Tasnim, Mehta, Shruti H, Milloy, Michael-John, Hellard, Margaret E, Sacks-Davis, Rachel, Dietze, Paul M, Aitken, Campbell, Aladashvili, Malvina, Tsertsvadze, Tengiz, Mravčík, Viktor, Alary, Michel, Roy, Elise, Smyrnov, Pavlo, Sazonova, Yana, Young, April M, Havens, Jennifer R, Hope, Vivian D, Desai, Monica, Heinsbroek, Ellen, Hutchinson, Sharon J, Palmateer, Norah E, McAuley, Andrew, Platt, Lucy, Martin, Natasha K, Altice, Frederick L, Hickman, Matthew, Vickerman, Peter

“…People who inject drugs (PWID) experience a high prevalence of incarceration and might be at high risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection during or…”
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Incidence and treatment costs of severe bacterial infections among people who inject heroin: A cohort study in South London, England by Lewer, Dan, Hope, Vivian D., Harris, Magdalena, Kelleher, Michael, Jewell, Amelia, Pritchard, Megan, Strang, John, Morley, Katherine I.

“…•People who inject heroin have extremely high risk of severe bacterial infections.•Women have higher risk than men.•Among those starting treatment for heroin…”
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Secondary distribution of injecting equipment obtained from needle and syringe programmes by people injecting image and performance enhancing drugs: England and Wales, 2012-15 by Glass, Rachel, Hope, Vivian D., Njoroge, Jacquelyn, Edmundson, Claire, Smith, Josie, McVeigh, James, Parry, John, Desai, Monica

“…•Secondary distribution of equipment from needle and syringe programs (NSPs) is common among IPED injectors.•Overall, 154 people collected equipment for…”
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Human enhancement drugs: Emerging issues and responses by Hope, Vivian D., Underwood, Mair, Mulrooney, Kyle, Mazanov, Jason, van de Ven, Katinka, McVeigh, Jim

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Impact of current and scaled‐up levels of hepatitis C prevention and treatment interventions for people who inject drugs in three UK settings—what is required to achieve the WHO's HCV elimination targets? by Ward, Zoe, Platt, Lucy, Sweeney, Sedona, Hope, Vivian D., Maher, Lisa, Hutchinson, Sharon, Palmateer, Norah, Smith, Josie, Craine, Noel, Taylor, Avril, Martin, Natasha, Ayres, Rachel, Dillon, John, Hickman, Matthew, Vickerman, Peter

“…Aims To estimate the impact of existing high‐coverage needle and syringe provision (HCNSP, defined as obtaining more than one sterile needle and syringe per…”
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Image and performance enhancing drug use among men who have sex with men and women who have sex with women in the UK by Hibbert, Matthew Peter, Brett, Caroline E., Porcellato, Lorna A., Hope, Vivian D.

“…The use of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs) among men who have sex with men (MSM) and women who have sex with women (WSW) is rarely studied, with…”
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Harm reduction interventions should encompass people who inject image and performance enhancing drugs by McVeigh, Jim, Kimergård, Andreas, Bates, Geoff, Hope, Vivian D, Ncube, Fortune

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Factors associated with hepatitis C and HIV testing uptake among men who inject image and performance enhancing drugs by Hope, Vivian D., McVeigh, James, Begley, Emma, Glass, Rachel, Edmundson, Claire, Heinsbroek, Ellen, Kean, Joseph, Campbell, John, Whitfield, Mark, Morgan, Gareth, Acreman, Dean, Smith, Josie

“…Introduction and Aims Historically, people who inject image and performance enhancing drugs (IPED) were not perceived as being at high risk of HIV or hepatitis…”
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‘Slamming’ among men who have sex with men accessing general drug services, in response to Schmidt, AJ et al., 2016, Illicit drug use among gay and bisexual men in 44 cities: Findings from the European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS) by Glass, Rachel, Hope, Vivian D., Tanner, Claire, Desai, Monica

“…Schmidt et al. (2016) findings suggested high levels of sexualised drug use among men who have sex with men (MSM) in a number of UK cities, namely Brighton,…”
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Access to needle and syringe programs by people who inject image and performance enhancing drugs by Iversen, Jenny, Hope, Vivian, McVeigh, Jim

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