ArticleAIDS and behavior2014
"People knew they could come here to get help": an ethnographic study of assisted injection practices at a peer-run 'unsanctioned' supervised drug consumption room in a Canadian setting.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Implementation and sustainability of safe consumption sites: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis.Harm reduction journal · 2022Pooled it
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- The experience of initiating injection drug use and its social context: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Pooled it
- Public Health and Public Order Outcomes Associated with Supervised Drug Consumption Facilities: a Systematic Review.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2017Pooled it
- Assessing the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of a peer-delivered intervention to reduce harm and improve the well-being of people who experience homelessness with problem substance use: the SHARPS study.Harm reduction journal · 2022Trial
- A peer-delivered intervention to reduce harm and improve the well-being of homeless people with problem substance use: the SHARPS feasibility mixed-methods study.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2022Trial
- Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017-2024).Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Package of interventions for harm reduction among women who inject drugs in Nigeria.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Community-administered naloxone for overdose reversal: The role of sex worker-led programming and occupational violence in a community-based cohort (2018-2024).The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
- Four decades of overdose prevention centres: lessons for the future from a realist review.Harm reduction journal · 2025Review
- The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Overdose prevention centres as spaces of safety, trust and inclusion: A causal pathway based on a realist review.Drug and alcohol review · 2024Review
- "It's Like A Partnership": Exploring the Primary Care Experiences and Patient-Defined Goals of People Who Use Drugs.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- Characterizing Use of Supervised Consumption Services among Street-involved Youth and Young Adults in the Context of an Overdose Crisis.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Article
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- "We just don't have the space for it": Geographies of survival and spatial triage in overdose prevention sites.Health & place · 2023Article
- Community partner perspectives on the implementation of a novel safer supply program in Canada: a qualitative study of the MySafe Project.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- Women who use drugs: engagement in practices of harm reduction care.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
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- (Re)situating expertise in community-based overdose response: Insights from an ethnographic study of overdose prevention sites (OPS) in Vancouver, Canada.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Article
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Abstract
People who require help injecting are disproportionately vulnerable to drug-related harm, including HIV transmission. North America's only sanctioned SIF operates in Vancouver, Canada under an exemption to federal drug laws, which imposes operating regulations prohibiting assisted injections. In response, the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) launched a peer-run unsanctioned SIF in which trained peer volunteers provide assisted injections to increase the coverage of supervised injection services and minimize drug-related harm. We undertook qualitative interviews (n = 23) and ethnographic observation (50 h) to explore how this facility shaped assisted injection practices. Findings indicated that VANDU reshaped the social, structural, and spatial contexts of assisted injection practices in a manner that minimized HIV and other health risks, while allowing people who require help injecting to escape drug scene violence. Findings underscore the need for changes to regulatory frameworks governing SIFs to ensure that they accommodate people who require help injecting.
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