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Rapid decline in HCV incidence among people who inject drugs associated with national scale-up in coverage of a combination of harm reduction interventions by Palmateer, Norah E, Taylor, Avril, Goldberg, David J, Munro, Alison, Aitken, Celia, Shepherd, Samantha J, McAllister, Georgina, Gunson, Rory, Hutchinson, Sharon J

“…Government policy has precipitated recent changes in the provision of harm reduction interventions - injecting equipment provision (IEP) and opiate…”
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Preventing blood-borne virus infection in people who inject drugs in the UK: systematic review, stakeholder interviews, psychosocial intervention development and feasibility randomised controlled trial by Gilchrist, Gail, Swan, Davina, Shaw, April, Keding, Ada, Towers, Sarah, Craine, Noel, Munro, Alison, Hughes, Elizabeth, Parrott, Steve, Mdege, Noreen, Strang, John, Taylor, Avril, Watson, Judith

“…Opioid substitution therapy and needle exchanges have reduced blood-borne viruses (BBVs) among people who inject drugs (PWID). Some PWID continue to share…”
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The provision of non-needle/syringe drug injecting paraphernalia in the primary prevention of HCV among IDU: a systematic review by Gillies, Michelle, Palmateer, Norah, Hutchinson, Sharon, Ahmed, Syed, Taylor, Avril, Goldberg, David

“…Sharing drug injecting paraphernalia other than needles and syringes (N/S) has been implicated in the transmission of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) among injecting…”
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Assessing the impact and cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe provision and opioid substitution therapy on hepatitis C transmission among people who inject drugs in the UK: an analysis of pooled data sets and economic modelling by Platt, Lucy, Sweeney, Sedona, Ward, Zoe, Guinness, Lorna, Hickman, Matthew, Hope, Vivian, Hutchinson, Sharon, Maher, Lisa, Iversen, Jenny, Craine, Noel, Taylor, Avril, Munro, Alison, Parry, John, Smith, Josie, Vickerman, Peter

“…Background There is limited evidence of the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) and opioid substitution therapy (OST) on hepatitis C virus (HCV)…”
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A framework to explore micronutrient deficiency in maternal and child health in Malawi, Southern Africa by Dickinson, Natalie, Gulliver, John, MacPherson, Gordon, Atkinson, John, Rankin, Jean, Cummings, Maria, Nisbet, Zoe, Hursthouse, Andrew, Taylor, Avril, Robertson, Chris, Burghardt, Wolfgang

“…Global food insecurity is associated with micronutrient deficiencies and it has been suggested that 4.5 billion people world-wide are affected by deficiencies…”
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“Once I’d done it once it was like writing your name”: Lived experience of take-home naloxone administration by people who inject drugs by McAuley, Andrew, Munro, Alison, Taylor, Avril

“…The supply of naloxone, the opioid antagonist, for peer administration (‘take-home naloxone’ (THN)) has been promoted as a means of preventing opioid-related…”
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Needle and syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing HCV transmission among people who inject drugs: findings from a Cochrane Review and meta‐analysis by Platt, Lucy, Minozzi, Silvia, Reed, Jennifer, Vickerman, Peter, Hagan, Holly, French, Clare, Jordan, Ashly, Degenhardt, Louisa, Hope, Vivian, Hutchinson, Sharon, Maher, Lisa, Palmateer, Norah, Taylor, Avril, Bruneau, Julie, Hickman, Matthew

“…Aims To estimate the effects of needle and syringe programmes (NSP) and opioid substitution therapy (OST), alone or in combination, for preventing acquisition…”
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Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs by Platt, Lucy, Minozzi, Silvia, Reed, Jennifer, Vickerman, Peter, Hagan, Holly, French, Clare, Jordan, Ashly, Degenhardt, Louisa, Hope, Vivian, Hutchinson, Sharon, Maher, Lisa, Palmateer, Norah, Taylor, Avril, Bruneau, Julie, Hickman, Matthew

“…Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugsNeedle syringe programmes (NSP) and…”
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Prevalence and determinants of hepatitis C virus infection among female drug injecting sex workers in Glasgow by Taylor, Avril, Hutchinson, Sharon J, Gilchrist, Gail, Cameron, Sheila, Carr, Susan, Goldberg, David J

“…Few studies of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have focussed on women who work as street sex workers to finance their drug use. The…”
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The experiences of people who inject drugs of skin and soft tissue infections and harm reduction: A qualitative study by Dunleavy, Karen, Hope, Vivian, Roy, Kirsty, Taylor, Avril

“…Bacterial skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) among people who inject drugs (PWID) are considered a public health concern. There is a lack of qualitative…”
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Interventions to prevent HIV and Hepatitis C in people who inject drugs: A review of reviews to assess evidence of effectiveness by MacArthur, Georgina J, van Velzen, Eva, Palmateer, Norah, Kimber, Jo, Pharris, Anastasia, Hope, Vivian, Taylor, Avril, Roy, Kirsty, Aspinall, Esther, Goldberg, David, Rhodes, Tim, Hedrich, Dagmar, Salminen, Mika, Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon J

“…Abstract Background Injecting drug use is a major risk factor for the acquisition and transmission of HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Prevention of these…”
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Association between harm reduction intervention uptake and skin and soft tissue infections among people who inject drugs by Dunleavy, Karen, Munro, Alison, Roy, Kirsty, Hutchinson, Sharon, Palmateer, Norah, Knox, Tony, Goldberg, David, Taylor, Avril

“…Highlights • Of the study sample, 28% (533/1876) had reported a skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) in the past year. • People who inject drugs (PWID) with…”
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Mapping the recovery stories of drinkers and drug users in Glasgow: Quality of life and its associations with measures of recovery capital by BEST, DAVID, GOW, JANE, KNOX, TONY, TAYLOR, AVRIL, GROSHKOVA, TEODORA, WHITE, WILLIAM

“…Introduction and Aims. The study investigates what ‘recovery’ means for those who describe themselves as in alcohol or drug recovery. Design and Methods. The…”
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Low incidence of hepatitis C virus among prisoners in Scotland by Taylor, Avril, Munro, Alison, Allen, Elizabeth, Dunleavy, Karen, Cameron, Sheila, Miller, Laura, Hickman, Matthew

“…Aims To estimate hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence and HCV risk among Scottish prisoners. Design National sero‐behavioural survey; dried blood spots were…”
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Modelling the impact of incarceration and prison‐based hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment on HCV transmission among people who inject drugs in Scotland by Stone, Jack, Martin, Natasha K., Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon J., Aspinall, Esther, Taylor, Avril, Munro, Alison, Dunleavy, Karen, Peters, Erica, Bramley, Peter, Hayes, Peter C., Goldberg, David J., Vickerman, Peter

“…Background and Aims People who inject drugs (PWID) experience high incarceration rates, and previous incarceration is associated with elevated hepatitis C…”
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The impact of needle and syringe provision and opiate substitution therapy on the incidence of hepatitis C virus in injecting drug users: pooling of UK evidence by Turner, Katy M. E., Hutchinson, Sharon, Vickerman, Peter, Hope, Vivian, Craine, Noel, Palmateer, Norah, May, Margaret, Taylor, Avril, De Angelis, Daniela, Cameron, Sheila, Parry, John, Lyons, Margaret, Goldberg, David, Allen, Elizabeth, Hickman, Matthew

“…ABSTRACT Aims  To investigate whether opiate substitution therapy (OST) and needle and syringe programmes (NSP) can reduce hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission…”
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‘Allowing the right’ and its currency in managing drug stigma in Greece by Fotopoulou, Maria, Munro, Alison, Taylor, Avril

“…Highlights • We explored experiences of managing addiction, drug and secondary stigma in Greece. • Not ‘allowing the right’ was reported as an active strategy…”
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Prison-based prescriptions aid Scotland's National Naloxone Programme by Bird, Sheila M, McAuley, Andrew, Munro, Alison, Hutchinson, Sharon J, Taylor, Avril

“…There was, however, a decrease in the proportion of take-home naloxone supplied to NESI respondents by Scottish prisons between 2013/14 and 2015/16 (p=0·0018),…”
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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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Modelling the prevalence of HCV amongst people who inject drugs: An investigation into the risks associated with injecting paraphernalia sharing by Corson, Stephen, Greenhalgh, David, Taylor, Avril, Palmateer, Norah, Goldberg, David, Hutchinson, Sharon

“…Abstract Background In order to prevent the spread of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) amongst people who inject drugs (PWID), it is imperative that any injecting…”
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