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

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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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