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Melissa Perri

University of Toronto
Verified email at mail.utoronto.ca
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[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and people experiencing homelessness: challenges and mitigation strategies

M Perri, N Dosani, SW Hwang - Cmaj, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
• Individuals experiencing homelessness are at increased risk of infection with severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 owing to their lack of safe housing and are also at …

[BOOK][B] Escaping the build trap: How effective product management creates real value

M Perri - 2018 - books.google.com
… In this book, Melissa Perri explains how laying the foundation for great product management
can help companies solve real customer problems while achieving business goals. By …

[HTML][HTML] Social determinants of COVID-19 incidence and outcomes: A rapid review

TL Upshaw, C Brown, R Smith, M Perri, C Ziegler… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Early reports indicate that the social determinants of health are implicated in COVID-19 incidence
and outcomes. To inform the ongoing response to the pandemic, we conducted a rapid …

A gap in knowledge surrounding urban housing interventions: a call for gender redistribution

M Perri, P O'Campo - Health Promotion International, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Using gender-sensitive (ensures that resource distribution considers gender) and gender-redistributive
(aims to develop balanced gendered relationships through redistributing …

[HTML][HTML] A qualitative study on overdose response in the era of COVID-19 and beyond: how to spot someone so they never have to use alone

M Perri, N Kaminski, M Bonn, G Kolla, A Guta… - Harm reduction …, 2021 - Springer
Background Spotting is an informal practice among people who use drugs (PWUD) where
they witness other people using drugs and respond if an overdose occurs. During COVID-19 …

COVID-19 economic response and recovery: a rapid scoping review

…, C Muntaner, S Wanigaratne, M Perri… - … Journal of Health …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This rapid scoping review of existing evidence and research gaps addressed the following
question: what research evidence exists and what are the research gaps at global, regional, …

[PDF][PDF] The state of women's housing need & homelessness in Canada

K Schwan, A Versteegh, M Perri, R Caplan… - Retrieved from Toronto …, 2020 - academia.edu
Homelessness amongst women, girls, and gender diverse peoples1 is a crisis in Canada–hiding
in plain sight. In all provinces and territories, women, girls, and gender diverse peoples …

COVID-19 and the opportunity for gender-responsive virtual and remote substance use treatment and harm reduction services

M Perri, RA Schmidt, A Guta, N Kaminski… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the uptake of virtual and remote service delivery in
the substance use field, which was previously uncommon. This swift uptake of virtual …

'I don't chase drugs as much anymore, and I'm not dead': Client reported outcomes associated with safer opioid supply programs in Ontario, Canada

…, DT Kryszajtys, K Rudzinski, M Perri… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… Kryszajtys or Melissa Perri) and checked by a second team member to ensure … Melissa
Perri is supported by a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship. Adrian Guta has no competing …

Double jeopardy: Maintaining livelihoods or preserving health? The tough choices sex workers faced during the COVID-19 pandemic

…, M Hassan, P Buhariwala, M Perri… - Journal of Primary …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health preventive measures such as
lockdown and home confinement have posed unique challenges to female sex workers (FSW) …