Background In August 2012, the British Columbia Take Home Naloxone (BCTHN) program
was introduced to help to reduce opioid overdose and its consequences. This study …

Health policies and programs are increasingly being driven by people from the community
to more effectively address their needs. While a large body of evidence supports peer …

Objectives Street-involved youth are at high risk for acquiring HIV and hepatitis C infection
due to potential engagement in high-risk behaviours, including injection drug use. The Youth …

Background In British Columbia (BC), understanding of high-risk drug use trends is largely
based on survey and cohort study data from two major cities, which may not be representative …

Background The Youth Injection Prevention (YIP) project aimed to identify factors associated
with the prevention of transitioning to injection drug use (IDU) among street-involved youth (…

… Jennifer Nicol, Ian Wishart and Despina Tzemis collected the data from the medical records.
Despina Tzemis contributed to the interpretation of the data. Graham Jones and Walter …

This article uses a Positive Youth Development framework to explore the experiences of six
experiential youth coresearchers (YCs) in the Youth Injection Prevention (YIP) participatory …

This study identifies factors associated with self-perceived HIV-related stigma (stigma) among
a cohort of individuals accessing antiretroviral therapy in British Columbia, Canada. Data …

With significant reductions in AIDS-related morbidity and mortality, HIV is increasingly viewed
as a chronic condition. However, people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) are experiencing …

Background Harm reduction programs are often vulnerable to political and vocal opposition
despite documented evidence of their effectiveness and economic benefit. It is not well …