Sanjana Mitra
Biographic Data
| ID | 3926285 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sanjana Mitra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sanjana |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitra |
| SIGNATURE | MITRA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1783-076X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Police encounters among people who use drugs in Toronto, Canada
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on access to harm reduction and treatment services among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada
(230 words) The COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions exacerbated Canada’s ongoing drug toxicity overdose crisis. Opioid agonist therapy (OAT), safer opioid supply (SOS), and supervised consumption sites (SCS) are interventions that aim to reduce risk of morbidity and mortality from drug toxicity and were affected by COVID-19. Between September and October 2020, we conducted qualitative interviews with 24 people who inject drugs receiving se…
Patterns of opioid toxicity deaths after the implementation of Covid-19 emergency measures in Ontario, Canada
Patterns of socioeconomic marginalization and non-fatal overdose among people who use drugs
The decriminalization of illicit drugs in British Columbia
This evaluation will draw on implementation science research practices to evaluate and understand the full impacts of this novel drug policy experiment. Results will be widely disseminated through manuscripts, reports, presentations, and infographics, which will be adapted and tailored for specific audiences. The protocol identifies several anticipated challenges and limitations. This evaluation's evidence-based findings will be poised to offer p…
Patterns of Socioeconomic Marginalization among People Who Use Drugs
A Preliminary Assessment of Short-Term Social and Substance Use-Related Outcomes Among Clients of Integrated Safer Opioid Supply Pilot Programs in Toronto, Canada
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-023-01219-3
Pathways connecting socioeconomic marginalization and overdose
Socioeconomic marginalization and risk of overdose in a community-recruited cohort of people who use drugs
Public and semi-public injection drug use in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Although public injecting has been studied in large urban centres, little is known about the factors that drive public injecting in remote communities. This study sought to explore public and semi-public injection in Thunder Bay, a remote and mid-sized city in Northwestern Ontario. Peer researchers completed surveys with people who inject drugs. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine sociodemographic characteristics and behavioural…
Requiring help injecting among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada
Perceived Mistreatment in Health Care Settings and its Relationship with HIV Clinical Outcomes in HIV-positive People who Use Drugs in Vancouver, Canada
Assessing the Temporality Between Transitions onto Opioid Agonist Therapy and Engagement with Antiretroviral Therapy in a Cohort of HIV-Positive People Who Use Opioids Daily
The Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services Cohort Study of People Who Inject Drugs in Toronto, Canada (OiSIS-Toronto)
The Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services cohort in Toronto, Canada (OiSIS-Toronto) is an open prospective cohort of people who inject drugs (PWID). OiSIS-Toronto was established to evaluate the impacts of supervised consumption services (SCS) integrated within three community health agencies on health status and service use. The cohort includes PWID who do and do not use SCS, recruited via self-referral, snowball sampling, and communi…
Socioeconomic marginalization and opioid-related overdose
Elevated prevalence of self-reported unintentional exposure to fentanyl among women who use drugs in a Canadian setting
Potential use of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a remote and mid-size Canadian setting
Our findings suggest that SIS could play a role in addressing the harms of injection drug use in remote and mid-sized settings particularly for those who inject in public, as well as women and those who inject alone, who report higher expected frequency of SIS use. Design preferences of local PWID, in addition to differences according to gender should be taken into consideration to maximize the uptake of SIS, alongside existing health and social …
That's a double-edged sword”
Supervised consumption services (SCS) have been integrated into community health centres in Toronto. We draw on qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations to examine the implementation contexts of these SCS. Participants' perspectives on the integration of SCS within CHCs were mixed. Some participants identified the benefits of integrated SCS such as convenience and access to other health and social services. However, others identified …
Syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in London, Canada
Supervised injection facilities in Canada
Canada has long contended with harms arising from injection drug use. In response to epidemics of HIV infection and overdose in Vancouver in the mid-1990s, a range of actors advocated for the creation of supervised injection facilities (SIFs), and after several unsanctioned SIFs operated briefly and closed, Canada's first sanctioned SIF opened in 2003. However, while a large body of evidence highlights the successes of this SIF in reducing the he…
Assessing support for supervised injection services among community stakeholders in London, Canada
Examining the associations between HIV-related stigma and health outcomes in people living with HIV/Aids
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review and series of meta-analyses on the association between HIV-related stigma and health among people living with HIV. DATA SOURCES: A structured search was conducted on 6 electronic databases for journal articles reporting associations between HIV-related stigma and health-related outcomes published between 1996 and 2013. STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Controlled studies, cohort studies, case-control studies an…
That's a double-edged sword”
Supervised consumption services (SCS) have been integrated into community health centres in Toronto. We draw on qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations to examine the implementation contexts of these SCS. Participants' perspectives on the integration of SCS within CHCs were mixed. Some participants identified the benefits of integrated SCS such as convenience and access to other health and social services. However, others identified …
Patterns of socioeconomic marginalization and non-fatal overdose among people who use drugs
The Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services Cohort Study of People Who Inject Drugs in Toronto, Canada (OiSIS-Toronto)
The Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services cohort in Toronto, Canada (OiSIS-Toronto) is an open prospective cohort of people who inject drugs (PWID). OiSIS-Toronto was established to evaluate the impacts of supervised consumption services (SCS) integrated within three community health agencies on health status and service use. The cohort includes PWID who do and do not use SCS, recruited via self-referral, snowball sampling, and communi…
Syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in London, Canada
Examining the associations between HIV-related stigma and health outcomes in people living with HIV/Aids
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review and series of meta-analyses on the association between HIV-related stigma and health among people living with HIV. DATA SOURCES: A structured search was conducted on 6 electronic databases for journal articles reporting associations between HIV-related stigma and health-related outcomes published between 1996 and 2013. STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Controlled studies, cohort studies, case-control studies an…
Supervised injection facilities in Canada
Canada has long contended with harms arising from injection drug use. In response to epidemics of HIV infection and overdose in Vancouver in the mid-1990s, a range of actors advocated for the creation of supervised injection facilities (SIFs), and after several unsanctioned SIFs operated briefly and closed, Canada's first sanctioned SIF opened in 2003. However, while a large body of evidence highlights the successes of this SIF in reducing the he…
Assessing support for supervised injection services among community stakeholders in London, Canada
Syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in London, Canada
Potential use of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a remote and mid-size Canadian setting
Our findings suggest that SIS could play a role in addressing the harms of injection drug use in remote and mid-sized settings particularly for those who inject in public, as well as women and those who inject alone, who report higher expected frequency of SIS use. Design preferences of local PWID, in addition to differences according to gender should be taken into consideration to maximize the uptake of SIS, alongside existing health and social …
That's a double-edged sword”
Supervised consumption services (SCS) have been integrated into community health centres in Toronto. We draw on qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations to examine the implementation contexts of these SCS. Participants' perspectives on the integration of SCS within CHCs were mixed. Some participants identified the benefits of integrated SCS such as convenience and access to other health and social services. However, others identified …
Socioeconomic marginalization and opioid-related overdose
Elevated prevalence of self-reported unintentional exposure to fentanyl among women who use drugs in a Canadian setting
The Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services Cohort Study of People Who Inject Drugs in Toronto, Canada (OiSIS-Toronto)
The Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services cohort in Toronto, Canada (OiSIS-Toronto) is an open prospective cohort of people who inject drugs (PWID). OiSIS-Toronto was established to evaluate the impacts of supervised consumption services (SCS) integrated within three community health agencies on health status and service use. The cohort includes PWID who do and do not use SCS, recruited via self-referral, snowball sampling, and communi…
Public and semi-public injection drug use in Thunder Bay, Ontario
Although public injecting has been studied in large urban centres, little is known about the factors that drive public injecting in remote communities. This study sought to explore public and semi-public injection in Thunder Bay, a remote and mid-sized city in Northwestern Ontario. Peer researchers completed surveys with people who inject drugs. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine sociodemographic characteristics and behavioural…
Requiring help injecting among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada
Perceived Mistreatment in Health Care Settings and its Relationship with HIV Clinical Outcomes in HIV-positive People who Use Drugs in Vancouver, Canada
Assessing the Temporality Between Transitions onto Opioid Agonist Therapy and Engagement with Antiretroviral Therapy in a Cohort of HIV-Positive People Who Use Opioids Daily
A Preliminary Assessment of Short-Term Social and Substance Use-Related Outcomes Among Clients of Integrated Safer Opioid Supply Pilot Programs in Toronto, Canada
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-023-01219-3
Pathways connecting socioeconomic marginalization and overdose
Socioeconomic marginalization and risk of overdose in a community-recruited cohort of people who use drugs
The decriminalization of illicit drugs in British Columbia
This evaluation will draw on implementation science research practices to evaluate and understand the full impacts of this novel drug policy experiment. Results will be widely disseminated through manuscripts, reports, presentations, and infographics, which will be adapted and tailored for specific audiences. The protocol identifies several anticipated challenges and limitations. This evaluation's evidence-based findings will be poised to offer p…
Patterns of Socioeconomic Marginalization among People Who Use Drugs
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on access to harm reduction and treatment services among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada
(230 words) The COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions exacerbated Canada’s ongoing drug toxicity overdose crisis. Opioid agonist therapy (OAT), safer opioid supply (SOS), and supervised consumption sites (SCS) are interventions that aim to reduce risk of morbidity and mortality from drug toxicity and were affected by COVID-19. Between September and October 2020, we conducted qualitative interviews with 24 people who inject drugs receiving se…
Patterns of opioid toxicity deaths after the implementation of Covid-19 emergency measures in Ontario, Canada
Patterns of socioeconomic marginalization and non-fatal overdose among people who use drugs
Police encounters among people who use drugs in Toronto, Canada
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (18 works) · Medicine (18 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (17 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Family medicine (8 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Public health (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (7 works)