Safer Injection Facilities (SIFs) for Injection Drug Users (IDUs) in Canada: A Review and Call for an Evidence-focused Pilot Trial

The dire need for effective responses to the desperate situation related to injection drug use has led a number of health research and policy authorities to call for the establishment of Safer Injection Facilities (SIFs) in Canada. SIFs could become a valuable and instructive example of an evidence-...

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Published inCanadian journal of public health Vol. 93; no. 5; pp. 336 - 338
Main Authors Fischer, Benedikt, Rehm, Jürgen, Kim, Gregory, Robins, Amanda
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa, ON Canadian Public Health Association 01.09.2002
Springer Nature B.V
Springer International Publishing
Subjects
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Addiction
Addictive behaviors
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
AIDS
Antivirals
Biological and medical sciences
Canada - epidemiology
COMMENTARY/COMMENTAIRE
Community Health Centers - organization & administration
Drug addiction
Drug use
Evidence-Based Medicine
Facilities
Feasibility Studies
Hepatitis C - epidemiology
Hepatitis C - etiology
Hepatitis C - prevention & control
HIV
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - etiology
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Humans
Hypodermic needles
Injections
Intervention
Medical sciences
Mental health
Needle Sharing - adverse effects
Needle-Exchange Programs - organization & administration
Opiates
Overdose
Pilot Projects
Population estimates
Prevention
Prevention and actions
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public Health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications
Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology
Canada
North America
America
Exchange
Human
Prevention
Evaluation
Drug addiction
Intravenous administration
Syringe
Public health
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Summary:The dire need for effective responses to the desperate situation related to injection drug use has led a number of health research and policy authorities to call for the establishment of Safer Injection Facilities (SIFs) in Canada. SIFs could become a valuable and instructive example of an evidence-based public health intervention in Canada.
ISSN:0008-4263
1920-7476
DOI:10.1007/BF03404564