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A safer downtown for all: The inclusion of people who use drugs in community safety
Ottawa Inner City Health implemented a peer-led “Block Leader” program to restore peer norms, reduce visible disorder, and strengthen multi-sector relationships in the downtown core. Co-designed with people who use drugs, the program recruited and trained unhoused peer leaders to perform short…
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HCV-infected individuals have higher prevalence of comorbidity and multimorbidity: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract Background Almost 1% of Canadians are hepatitis C (HCV)-infected. The liver-specific complications of HCV are established but the extra-hepatic comorbidity, multimorbidity, and its relationship with HCV treatment, is less well known. We describe the morbidity burden for people with HCV and…
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Correction to: HCV-infected individuals have higher prevalence of comorbidity and multimorbidity: a retrospective cohort study
After publication of the original article [1], we were notified that an author’s name has been incorrectly spelled. Jeff Kwong’s full name is Jeffery C. Kwong.
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A cross-sectional study of factors associated with unstable housing among marginalized people who use drugs in Ottawa, Canada
Introduction: Housing affects an individual’s physical and mental health, particularly among people who use substances. Understanding the association between individual characteristics and housing status can inform housing policy and help optimize the care of people who use drugs. The objective of…
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The changing role of substances: trends, characteristics of individuals and prior healthcare utilization among individuals with accidental substance-related toxicity deaths in Ontario Canada
Objective: To investigate trends and the circumstances surrounding fatal substance-related toxicities directly attributed to alcohol, stimulants, benzodiazepines or opioids and combinations of substances in Ontario, Canada. Methods: We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study of all…
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Characterizing trends and patterns in benzodiazepine-related toxicity deaths in Ontario: A descriptive cross-sectional study
Objectives: The unregulated drug supply in Canada increasingly contains benzodiazepines, particularly those not approved for medical use, raising concerns about toxicity risk, especially when combined with opioids. Therefore, we aimed to describe trends in benzodiazepine-related toxicity deaths and…
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The refinement paradox and cumulative cultural evolution: Complex products of collective improvement favor conformist outcomes, blind copying, and hyper-credulity
Social learning is common in nature, yet cumulative culture (where knowledge and technology increase in complexity and diversity over time) appears restricted to humans. To understand why, we organized a computer tournament in which programmed entries specified when to learn new knowledge and when…
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Primary health care engagement among marginalized people who use drugs in Ottawa, Canada
Introduction Engagement in primary health care may be lower among marginalized people who use drugs (PWUD) compared to the general population, despite having greater mental and physical healthcare needs as evidenced by higher co-morbidity, and more frequent use of emergency department care…
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Engagement in primary health care among marginalized people who use drugs in Ottawa, Canada
Abstract Background There may be less primary health care engagement among people who use drugs (PWUD) than among the general population, even though the former have greater comorbidity and more frequent use of emergency department care. We investigated factors associated with primary care…
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A cohort study examining emergency department visits and hospital admissions among people who use drugs in Ottawa, Canada
Abstract Background The health of people who use drugs (PWUD) is characterized by multimorbidity and chronicity of health conditions, necessitating an understanding of their health care utilization. The objective of this study was to evaluate emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions…