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Who are we and what do we want? Critical participatory action research with people who use illegal drugs Ghent University
Self-control as conceptual framework to understand and support people who use drugs during sex Institute of Tropical Medicine
Few theory-informed interventions to support people who use drugs during sex have been conceptualized and developed. We conceptualize sexualized drug use, also referred to as chemsex or pharmacosex, as a self-control challenge, and draw on extant theory and research to propose intervention approaches that can be tailored to meet the differing needs of people who engage in sexualized drug use. We draw on a continuum perspective of sexualized ...
Exploring and (re)negotiating the question of (not) being : narrative identity constructions of people who use illegal drugs Ghent University
Co-researching narrative identity constructions by and with people who use illegal drugs : reflections on critical participatory action research Ghent University
Monitoring quality and coverage of harm reduction services for people who use drugs: a consensus study KU Leuven
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Despite advances in our knowledge of effective services for people who use drugs over the last decades globally, coverage remains poor in most countries, while quality is often unknown. This paper aims to discuss the historical development of successful epidemiological indicators and to present a framework for extending them with additional indicators of coverage and quality of harm reduction services, for monitoring and ...
Belgian experience with direct acting antivirals in people who inject drugs Hasselt University KU Leuven University of Antwerp Ghent University
Background and aim: Hepatitis C viral infection (HCV) has become a curable disease due to the development of direct acting antivirals (DAA). The WHO has set a target to eliminate HCV completely. Therefore, people who inject drugs (PWID) also need to be treated. In this study, we compared the real-life uptake and outcome of DAA treatment for HCV in PWID and non-PWID. Methods: We performed a nation-wide, retrospective cohort study in 15 hospitals. ...
Belgian Experience with Direct Acting Antivirals in People Who Inject Drugs. Hasselt University KU Leuven
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Hepatitis C viral infection (HCV) has become a curable disease due to the development of direct acting antivirals (DAA). The WHO has set a target to eliminate HCV completely. Therefore, people who inject drugs (PWID) also need to be treated. In this study, we compared the real-life uptake and outcome of DAA treatment for HCV in PWID and non-PWID. METHODS: We performed a nation-wide, retrospective cohort study in 15 hospitals. ...