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The Mortality after Release from Incarceration Consortium (MARIC): Protocol for a multi-national, individual participant data meta-analysis. Open

Rohan Borschmann, Holly Tibble, Matthew J. Spittal, David B. Preen, Jane Pirkis , et al. · 2024

Introduction More than 30 million adults are released from incarceration globally each year. Many experience complex physical and mental health problems, and are at markedly increased risk of preventable mortality. Despite this, evidence r…

Correction to: Predicting the impact of placing an overdose prevention site in Philadelphia: a mathematical modeling approach Open

Joanna R. Wares, Jing Dong, Jana L. Gevertz, Ami Radunskaya, Kendra Viner , et al. · 2021

Predicting the impact of placing an overdose prevention site in Philadelphia: a mathematical modeling approach Open

Joanna R. Wares, Jing Dong, Jana L. Gevertz, Ami Radunskaya, Kendra Viner , et al. · 2021

Predicting the Impact of Placing an Overdose Prevention Site in Philadelphia: A Mathematical Modeling Approach Open

Joanna R. Wares, Jing Dong, Jana L. Gevertz, Ami Radunskaya, Kendra Viner , et al. · 2021

Background: Fatal overdoses from opioid use and substance disorders are increasing at an alarming rate. One proposed harm reduction strategy for reducing overdose fatalities is to place overdose prevention sites - commonly known as safe in…

Increasing presence of xylazine in heroin and/or fentanyl deaths, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010–2019 Open

Jewell Johnson, Lia Pizzicato, Caroline Johnson, Kendra Viner · 2021

Reports from active drug users state that xylazine, the veterinary tranquilliser, has been increasing in the illicit drug supply in Philadelphia. To describe trends and characteristics of unintentional deaths from heroin and/or fentanyl ov…

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Unintentional Fatal and Nonfatal Emergency Medical Services–Attended Opioid Overdoses During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Philadelphia Open

Utsha G. Khatri, Lia Pizzicato, Kendra Viner, Emily Bobyock, Monica Sun , et al. · 2021

This cross-sectional study describes the differential associations of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with opioid-related overdoses among racial/ethnic groups in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Susceptibility to Hepatitis A and B Virus Among Clients at a Syringe Services Program in Philadelphia, 2018 Open

Mary Figgatt, Jack Hildick-Smith, Eman Addish, Jennie Coleman, José Benitez , et al. · 2020

Objectives Although many people who use drugs meet criteria for vaccination against hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV), estimates of susceptibility (ie, lack of immunity) are not well established. This study sought to iden…

The Mortality After Release from Incarceration Consortium (MARIC): Protocol for a multi-national, individual participant data meta-analysis Open

Rohan Borschmann, Holly Tibble, Matthew J. Spittal, David B. Preen, Jane Pirkis , et al. · 2020

IntroductionMore than 30 million adults are released from incarceration globally each year. Many experience complex physical and mental health problems, and are at markedly increased risk of preventable mortality. Despite this, evidence re…

316. Hepatitis C and Engagement in Health Care Among Persons Who Inject Drugs and Persons Who Use Non-Injection Drugs, Philadelphia Open

Eman Addish, Hannah Zellman, Jay R. Kostman, Kendra Viner, Danica Kuncio , et al. · 2019

Background The growing opioid epidemic is driving increasing rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in the United States. HCV transmission is most frequently attributed to unsafe injection behaviors, but can occur via other unsafe dru…

Leveraging City Data to Understand the Opioid Epidemic in Philadelphia Open

Lia Pizzicato, Caroline Johnson, Kendra Viner · 2018

ObjectiveTo match fatal overdose information across city data sources to understand which systems overdose decedents may have interacted with prior to their deathIntroductionPhiladelphia is in the midst of a drug epidemic that killed 702 P…

Capture-Recapture: Using Existing Data Sources to Improve Perinatal Hepatitis B Surveillance, Philadelphia, 2008-2014 Open

Danica Kuncio, E. Claire Newbern, Liyuan Ma, Robbie Madera, Bruce Barlow , et al. · 2017

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the capture-recapture method used by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to enhance surveillance of perinatal hepatitis B virus (HBV), report on results and limitations of the…

Integrating Routine HCV Testing in Primary Care: Lessons Learned from Five Federally Qualified Health Centers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2012–2014 Open

Catelyn Coyle, Helena Kwakwa, Kendra Viner · 2016

Objective. An estimated 2.7–3.9 million Americans are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Despite being the most common blood-borne virus in the United States, routine HCV testing is not commonly practiced. To address this gap, we measu…

Varicella Vaccine Effectiveness in Preventing Community Transmission in the 2-Dose Era Open

Dana Perella, Chengbin Wang, Rachel Civen, Kendra Viner, Karen Kuguru , et al. · 2016

OBJECTIVES: We examined overall and incremental effectiveness of 2-dose varicella vaccination in preventing community transmission of varicella among children aged 4 to 18 years in 2 active surveillance sites. One-dose varicella vaccine ef…

Failure to Test and Identify Perinatally Infected Children Born to Hepatitis C Virus–Infected Women Open

Danica Kuncio, E. Claire Newbern, Caroline C. Johnson, Kendra Viner · 2016

These findings illustrate that a significant number of women giving birth in Philadelphia test positive for HCV and that most of their at-risk children remain untested. To successfully identify all HCV-infected children and integrate them …

Comparison of Risk-Based Hepatitis C Screening and the True Seroprevalence in an Urban Prison System Open

Danica Kuncio, E. Claire Newbern, Marcelo H. Fernandez-Viña, Bruce Herdman, Caroline C. Johnson , et al. · 2015

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