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A review of supervised inhalation services in Canada

News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Substance Use, Uncategorized / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What supervised inhalation services are available in Canada and what are their characteristics?
What are the best practices that provide evidence supporting supervised inhalation services as a harm reduction approach?

Key take-home messages

Reports from different Canadian

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Factors associated with methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men

Mental Health, News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Substance Use / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What are the predictors of methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men?

Key take-home messages

An abundance of literature details problematic sexualized drug use among men who have sex with men (1–3); additionally, several interventions

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Person using syringe on yellow substance

A review of structural, process, and outcome measures for supervised consumption services

Care, Co-infections, Comorbidities, Engagement, News, People who use Drugs, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Substance Use, Testing, Uncategorized / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What structural, process, and outcome measures are used to monitor and evaluate the impact of supervised consumption services (SCS)?

Key take-home messages

A 2019 systematic review identified several types of outcomes from scientific literature that guide assessment

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Men sitting around a sunlit table talking

Communicating the harms of methamphetamine use to men who have sex with men

Men who Have Sex with Men, News, People Living with HIV, People who use Drugs, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Substance Use / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What are best practices for communicating the harms of methamphetamine use to men who have sex with men in order to prevent its uptake?

Key take-home messages

Focus groups within the community can provide useful insight on

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Effectiveness of take-home naloxone programs and availability of naloxone nasal spray in different jurisdictions

News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Substance Use, Uncategorized / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What is the evidence of the effectiveness of take-home naloxone programs and administration of naloxone by laypeople?
Which jurisdictions provide take-home naloxone programs?
What is the current availability of naloxone nasal spray in different jurisdictions?

Key take-home

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Possible benefits of providing safe supply of substances to people who use drugs during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic

News, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Substance Use, Uncategorized / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What are possible benefits of providing a safe supply of substances to people who use drugs during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic?

Key take-home messages

Safe supply is an approach that focuses on saving

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Plane flying in clouds the colour of rainbows.

Sexualized drug use (chemsex and methamphetamine) and men who have sex with men

Men who Have Sex with Men, Mental Health, News, People Living with HIV, People who use Drugs, Prevention, Rapid Responses, Slider, Stigma, Substance Use, Uncategorized / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What is the impact of sexualized drug use (specifically of chemsex and methamphetamine) on the health of men who have sex with men?
What are effective interventions and/or services that address chemsex and methamphetamine use among men

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Interventions to reduce stigma among health care providers working with substance users

Mental Health, People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Stigma, Substance Use / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What are effective interventions for reducing stigma among health care providers who work with substance users?

Key take-home messages

The attitudes and behaviours of practitioners have been linked to a variety of clinical outcomes in different patient

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Picture of NARCAN box and spray

NARCAN® Nasal Spray efficacy for emergency treatment of opioid overdose

People who use Drugs, Rapid Responses, Slider, Substance Use / By Danielle Giliauskas

Questions

What is the difference in efficacy between NARCAN® Nasal Spray and naloxone administered by intramuscular injection?
What are the considerations regarding ease of use of NARCAN® Nasal Spray?
What is the possible impact of nasal passage blockage

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Synthesized HIV/AIDS Research Evidence (external link)

Care, Co-infections, Employment, Engagement, External Links, Food Security, Housing, Indigenous Peoples, Intimate Partner Violence, Men who Have Sex with Men, Mental Health, Neurocognitive Disorders, Other Comorbidities, People Living with HIV, People who use Drugs, Prevention, Stigma, Substance Use / By OHTN

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Endgame Fall 2022-2023 Grants announcedSeptember 21, 2022
A review of supervised inhalation services in CanadaJuly 21, 2022
OHTN announces results of 2021-2022 HIV Endgame Funding Program competitionJune 23, 2022
Announcing the HIV Endgame Spring 2022-2023 GrantsJune 9, 2022
Best practices to increase the uptake of HIV and HCV testing among people who use drugsApril 26, 2022

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