Category Archives: Drug use behaviours/harm reduction

Minority stress and stimulant use among US adult sexual minority men: A systematic review

2025

Purpose Minority stress theory posits health disparities among sexual minority men (SMM; i.e., non-heterosexual) result from experiences of sexual minority stigma (SMS). This systematic review synthesizes quantitative findings on the...

Sexualized drug use (chemsex and methamphetamine) among men who have sex with men

2025

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Vending machines for reducing harm associated with substance use and use disorders, and co-occurring conditions: A systematic review

2025

Background To stem rising fatal overdoses and other substance use/use disorder (SUD)-related harms, communities are turning to low-barrier harm reduction strategies, such as harm reduction-focused vending machines (VMs) that distribute...

Safer opioid supply clients’ values and preferences: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research

2025

QUESTION: What are the values and preferences of safer opioid supply clients? STUDY SELECTION AND ANALYSIS: We conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies on safer opioid supply client experiences...

Cannabis use and HIV among Black sexually minoritized men: A systematic review and narrative analysis

2025

Objective: We conducted a systematic review evaluating the extant literature examining the impacts of cannabis use on HIV-related outcomes among Black sexual minoritized men (BSMM). Design: A systematic review. Methods: We conducted a...

Harms associated with injecting in public spaces: A global systematic review and meta-analysis

2025

BACKGROUND: Despite increasing backlash against harm reduction efforts and the need to understand the risk environments encountered by people who inject drugs (PWID), a quantitative systematic review on public injecting...

Social and structural determinants of health influencing HIV risk and participation across the HIV care cascade

2025

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The impact of homelessness and housing insecurity on HIV

2025

Homelessness is a global problem with wide-ranging causes and contexts. People experiencing homelessness and unstable housing (HUH) are disproportionately affected by HIV and face worse treatment outcomes than those with...

Use of behavior change techniques in digital HIV prevention programs for adolescents and young people: Systematic review

2025

BACKGROUND: HIV infections have caused severe public health and economic burdens to the world. Adolescents and young people continue to constitute a large proportion of newly diagnosed HIV cases. Digital...

Gender-based violence syndemics in global health: A systematic review

2025

Global guidance indicates that protections for gender and equity issues, such as gender-based violence (GBV), should be mainstreamed across sectors. One novel strategy that can be leveraged to illustrate the...

Four decades of overdose prevention centres: Lessons for the future from a realist review

2025

BACKGROUND: Overdose prevention centres (OPCs) are spaces where people can consume previously obtained illicit drugs under the supervision of staff who can intervene to prevent and manage overdose.AÿThey have been...

Global, regional, and national estimates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection incidence among people who inject drugs and number of new annual HCV infections attributable to injecting drug use: A multi-stage analysis

2025

Background: Measuring progress towards the WHO 2030 target for hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination among people who inject drugs (PWID)-an incidence of two or fewer infections per 100 person-years-has been challenging...

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