The impact of COVID-19 public health measures on attendance and overdose at supervised injecting facilities in Australia

The impact of COVID-19 public health measures on attendance and overdose at supervised injecting facilities in Australia

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted service provision of harm reduction and drug treatment services for people who inject drugs in many countries. The two supervised injecting facilities (SIFs) in Sydney and Melbourne were differentially impacted by the pandemic, requiring local procedural c...

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Main Authors: Roxburgh, A., Livingston, Michael, Dietze, Paul, Nielsen, S., Cogger, S., Bartlett, M., Day, C., Latimer, J., Jauncey, M., Clark, N.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
COVID-19
Harm reduction
Injecting drug use
Overdose
Supervised injecting facilities
Time series
Humans
Drug Overdose
Australia
Substance Abuse, Intravenous
Needle-Exchange Programs
Harm Reduction
Interrupted Time Series Analysis
SARS-CoV-2
Pandemics
Public Health
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173505
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96544

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http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173505
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96544

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