Multivariate comparisons identified a number of variables (e.g., being male or transgender, homelessness, sex with a partner who has HIV, STI history, unemployment, job training access, housing instability, crime victimization, perceived community norms) that were significantly associated with exchange...
We computed sample proportions, or unweighted prevalence estimates, and three RDS-adjusted population proportions, or population prevalence estimates, for five key variables of interest: past 30-day use of heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine; homelessness in the past 6 months; and HCV positive anti...
This modeling study examines the potential long-term health effects of involuntary displacement among unsheltered people experiencing homelessness who
34 Urbanicity may be associated with homelessness, gender-related violence and abuse, risks associated with engagement in sex trade activities, and a lack of community support mechanisms.35 Moreover, community connection is especially important for Indigenous people,36 particularly for young Indigenous ...
date they last shared syringes and/or injection paraphernalia (i.e., cotton, cooker, rinse-water), city of residence and intention to move in the next year. A few ‘red herring’ questions (e.g., child care needs, homelessness, border crossing) were also included to prevent women from ...
Tolerance The body of the substance abuser begins to develop tolerance to the drug, needing more and more of it to get the same effects, and eventually needing it just to function. Physiological Dependence The body develops a chemical need for a drug. A person who has developed tolerance and...
Structural level interventions that address housing and economic resources as well as individual level targets may be needed to adequately address PrEP use barriers in WWID, many of whom are currently people who are experiencing homelessness. Additionally, participants highlighted a connection between ...
ATOD Euphoria: “high”; sense of well-being and pleasure brought on by some drugs. Dysphoria: unpleasant feelings that often follow drug-induced euphoria; “crash” Stage 3: Tolerance Tolerance: The body becomes used to a substance. A person needs more of a drug to produce the desired eff...
Per Fig. 1, of 701 OiSIS-Toronto participants, 519 unique participants consented to administrative data linkage and were successfully linked, of whom 52 were excluded due to missing data (most [n=45] were missing recent homelessness or incarceration due to a survey programming error). Consequent...
Busy-ness is a state of mind, not a fact. No matter how much or how little we're doing, we're always just doing what we're doing, simply living this one moment of our lives. That moment may seem long or short. Time is an internal, not external, reality. Have you noticed that ...