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High prevalence of syringe sharing among street involved youth

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Pages 353-358 | Received 29 Oct 2007, Accepted 20 Nov 2007, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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Lucia Dahlby, Jade Boyd, Rod Knight, Morgan Philbin, Will Small, Thomas Kerr & Ryan McNeil. (2023) The perspectives of street-involved youth who use drugs regarding the acceptability and feasibility of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: a qualitative study. AIDS Care 35:4, pages 480-487.
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Hudson Reddon, M.-J. Milloy, Evan Wood, Ekaterina Nosova, Thomas Kerr & Kora DeBeck. (2021) High-intensity cannabis use and hospitalization: a prospective cohort study of street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada. Harm Reduction Journal 18:1.
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Ayden I. Scheim, Geoff Bardwell, Beth Rachlis, Sanjana Mitra & Thomas Kerr. (2018) Syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in London, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health 109:2, pages 174-182.
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Hudson Reddon, Kora DeBeck, Maria Eugenia Socias, Huiru Dong, Evan Wood, Julio Montaner, Thomas Kerr & Michael-John Milloy. (2018) Cannabis use is associated with lower rates of initiation of injection drug use among street-involved youth: A longitudinal analysis. Drug and Alcohol Review 37:3, pages 421-428.
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Jade Boyd, Danya Fast, Megan Hobbins, Ryan McNeil & Will Small. (2017) Social-structural factors influencing periods of injection cessation among marginalized youth who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: an ethno-epidemiological study. Harm Reduction Journal 14:1.
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Andreas Pilarinos, Mary Clare Kennedy, Ryan McNeil, Huiru Dong, Thomas Kerr & Kora DeBeck. (2017) The association between residential eviction and syringe sharing among a prospective cohort of street-involved youth. Harm Reduction Journal 14:1.
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Nikki Bozinoff, Evan Wood, Huiru Dong, Lindsey Richardson, Thomas Kerr & Kora DeBeck. (2017) Syringe Sharing Among a Prospective Cohort of Street-Involved Youth: Implications for Needle Distribution Programs. AIDS and Behavior 21:9, pages 2717-2725.
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Nikki Bozinoff, Will Small, Cathy Long, Kora DeBeck & Danya Fast. (2017) Still “at risk”: An examination of how street-involved young people understand, experience, and engage with “harm reduction” in Vancouver’s inner city. International Journal of Drug Policy 45, pages 33-39.
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Brittany Barker, Thomas Kerr, Paul Nguyen, Evan Wood & Kora DeBeck. (2015) Barriers to health and social services for street-involved youth in a Canadian setting. Journal of Public Health Policy 36:3, pages 350-363.
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Kora DeBeck, Thomas Kerr, Brandon D.L. Marshall, Annick Simo, Julio Montaner & Evan Wood. (2013) Risk factors for progression to regular injection drug use among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 133:2, pages 468-472.
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Cindy Feng, Kora DeBeck, Thomas Kerr, Steve Mathias, Julio Montaner & Evan Wood. (2013) Homelessness Independently Predicts Injection Drug Use Initiation Among Street-Involved Youth in a Canadian Setting. Journal of Adolescent Health 52:4, pages 499-501.
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Brandon D. L. Marshall, Jean A. Shoveller, Evan Wood, Thomas L. Patterson & Thomas Kerr. (2011) Difficulty Accessing Syringes Mediates the Relationship Between Methamphetamine Use and Syringe Sharing Among Young Injection Drug Users. AIDS and Behavior 15:7, pages 1546-1553.
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Lindsay M. Jenkins, Caleb J. Banta-Green, Charles Maynard, Susan Kingston, Michael Hanrahan, Joseph O. Merrill & Phillip O. Coffin. (2011) Risk Factors for Nonfatal Overdose at Seattle-Area Syringe Exchanges. Journal of Urban Health 88:1, pages 118-128.
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Danya Fast, Will Small, Andrea Krüsi, Evan Wood & Thomas Kerr. (2010) 'I guess my own fancy screwed me over': transitions in drug use and the context of choice among young people entrenched in an open drug scene. BMC Public Health 10:1.
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Danya Fast, Will Small, Evan Wood & Thomas Kerr. (2009) Coming ‘down here’: Young people's reflections on becoming entrenched in a local drug scene. Social Science & Medicine 69:8, pages 1204-1210.
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