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Addressing digital exclusion to improve access to HIV and viral hepatitis care for people who experience criminalization: a mixed methods evaluation of a quality improvement project Open
Background People who experience criminalization, such as those who use drugs, are incarcerated, and are affected by homelessness, have a high prevalence of HIV and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and low treatment uptake in British C…
Addressing digital exclusion to improve access to HIV and viral hepatitis care for people who experience criminalization: A mixed methods evaluation of a quality improvement project Open
Background People who experience criminalization, such as those who use drugs, are incarcerated, and are affected by homelessness, have a high prevalence of HIV and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and low treatment uptake in British C…
Engagement of people with lived and living experience in the editorial process: reflections on the special series on the unregulated drug toxicity crisis in Canada Open
Unregulated drug toxicity deaths (or "overdoses" or "poisonings") remain an ongoing national public health emergency in Canada.
“They Give you a bus Ticket and They Kick you Loose”: A Qualitative Analysis of Post-Release Experiences among Recently Incarcerated Women Living with HIV in Metro Vancouver, Canada Open
To explore the transition from correctional facilities to community among women living with HIV in Vancouver, Canada, we interviewed 19 recently incarcerated women and 6 service providers. Findings highlighted heightened risk of violence a…
“Shared experience makes this all possible”: documenting the guiding principles of staff providing peer-led services for people released from prison Open
Background: There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of peer-led services in supporting community reintegration for people released from prison. This study aims to describe the guiding principles that Unlocking t…
Test, Link, Call Project: Prescribing Phones to People Who Experience Criminalization to Improve Access to Hepatitis C Care Open
Background: People who experience criminalization, including people who use drugs and people who experience homelessness, have higher rates of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and lower rates of HCV treatment uptake compared to the general Canadian…
Association of Mental Health Services Access and Reincarceration Among Adults Released From Prison in British Columbia, Canada Open
Importance Diagnosis of mental disorder is prevalent among people who have been incarcerated. Nevertheless, community mental health services are often limited following release from prison, and reincarceration rates are high. The prevalenc…
Stimulant use disorder diagnosis and opioid agonist treatment dispensation following release from prison: a cohort study Open
Background Concurrent opioid and stimulant use is on the rise in North America. This increasing trend of use has been observed in the general population, and among people released from prison in British Columbia (BC), who face an elevated …
Transformative Community: Gathering the Untold Stories of Collaborative Research and Community Re-integration for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, Post-Incarceration and Beyond Open
The Canadian carceral system is purposefully designed to disconnect and isolate people. Ongoing colonialism in Canada at the intersection of carceral, social service, health and child welfare systems has resulted in the disproportionate an…