Mark Stoovè
Biographic Data
| ID | 140080 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Stoovè |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Stoovè |
| SIGNATURE | STOOVÈ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Burnet Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2887-1409 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 69 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 69 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Ten-year longitudinal study of incarceration among a community-based cohort of people who inject drugs
People who inject drugs are over-represented among incarcerated populations. However, there are few studies elucidating patterns of incarceration among people who inject drugs, especially among community-based cohorts. Furthermore, data on drug use and injecting risk behaviours in carceral settings are limited globally. We aimed to describe lifetime patterns of incarceration, as well as drug use and injecting risk behaviours while incarcerated, a…
Stakeholder perspectives on task shifting to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B: A qualitative exploration of midwife- and nurse-led interventions in Vanuatu
In Vanuatu, the management of hepatitis B is limited to hospital settings whilst antenatal care is decentralised to primary care settings, overseen by nurses and midwives. Scale up of interventions during pregnancy to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of hepatitis B in Vanuatu therefore requires task shifting of care for hepatitis B. This study aims to understand stakeholder perspectives on task shifting hepatitis B PMTCT interventions…
Leveraging social networks to expand HIV self-testing among culturally diverse MSM in Australia: Insights from a CFIR-informed process evaluation
Background: HIV self-testing (HIVST) can help overcome barriers to clinic-based testing among men who have sex with men (MSM). Peer-led distribution through existing social networks may further extend reach and acceptability. Objective: Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), this study evaluated a social network-based HIVST intervention in Australia, in which "test promoters" distributed HIVST kits to friends and…
Research as resistance: Operationalizing epistemic justice in domestic, family, and sexual violence research with criminalized women who use drugs
Background Epistemic justice requires that people hold meaningful authority over knowledge that concerns them. For criminalized women who use drugs, this authority is denied: overlapping credibility deficits across drug use, criminalization, and domestic, family, and sexual violence (DFSV) domains render their knowledge illegitimate, their accounts not credible, and their definitions of the problem absent from research. Existing lived experience …
Time for tailored harm reduction focus on new initiates to injecting drug use
The risk of drug overdose and disease acquisition is highly elevated for those recently initiated into injecting drug use. Despite this, there are few harm reduction interventions developed specifically for new initiates. Further, international technical documents have historically provided little guidance on how to appropriately meet the needs of what is an inexperienced and difficult to engage sub-population. However, the recently updated opera…
Presence, absence, and contingent engagement: Mobilising care in the endgame of hepatitis C elimination
BACKGROUND: In the 'endgame' of hepatitis C elimination, mobile and other decentralised care models instrumentalise point-of-care testing and direct-acting antivirals to innovate care pathways for underserved populations. While implementation science evidences their 'effectiveness', less is known about how these interventions work in practice and how their effects are produced in specific settings. APPROACH: This ethnographic case study traced a …
Initiation, cessation and resumption of attendance at the Melbourne supervised injecting room among a cohort of people who inject drugs
We found high MSIR service uptake, relative to cessation. Attendance was higher among men, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, and those recently homeless, with frequent attenders injecting more often and those on OAT less likely to attend frequently
Dynamic shifts in crystal methamphetamine and heroin price and purity in metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria, Australia, 2009-2020
Overall declines in both crystal methamphetamine and heroin purity-adjusted prices in Victoria suggests that, by 2019, people who purchased these drugs received more drug for a given purchase than in previous years. These changes closely match trends seen in some key harms such as opioid overdose
Epistemic preparedness
Preparedness strategies for emergent infectious diseases have focused on microbial surveillance, medical stockpiling and healthcare infrastructure resilience. But what does it mean to be epistemically or cognitively prepared for the next disease outbreak? Taking stock of lessons for data practices and statistical modelling in the wake of COVID-19, we propose a reconceptualising of preparedness in global health, focusing on ecological and sociolog…
Changing patterns of opioid agonist therapy prescribing in a network of specialised clinics providing care to people with opioid use disorder in Victoria , Australia , 2015 to 2023
Disproportionate, differential and targeted treatment: People who use drugs’ experiences of policing during the Covid-19 pandemic
Using the socioecological model to guide service delivery improvements to the prison needle exchange program in Canada: Insights from multi-level stakeholders
Several multi-level modifiable barriers to improving PNEP uptake in Canadian federal prisons were shared among key stakeholders. Structural changes to PNEP delivery, including supervised/safe injecting sites and peer-led programs, were proposed as solution-driven enablers to increasing PNEP uptake among incarcerated people who inject drugs. These data will inform Canadian efforts to expand PNEP provision
Generative tension and social risk management surrounding sexualised drug use practice among men who have sex with men in highly stigmatised environments: A qualitative study from Jakarta, Indonesia
Programmatic responses seeking to mitigate the risks associated with SDU practice among sexual minority men should incorporate established mechanisms of peer networks and virtual spaces into their design to maximise reach and intervention acceptability and effectiveness
HIV self-testing knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Asian-born gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Australia: A qualitative study
Background: Achieving virtual elimination of HIV transmission in Australia requires a combination of high treatment rates and high testing coverage among individuals at risk of acquiring HIV. HIV self-testing (HIVST) is an additional testing approach for key populations. Objective: We aimed to examine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of HIVST among Asian-born gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). Methods: This qualitat…
The health effects of non‐prescribed anabolic–androgenic steroid use: Findings from The Performance and image‐enhancing drugs UseRS' Health (Push) audit
Re‐examining mandatory drug testing in Australian prisons
Mandatory drug testing is commonly used in Australian prisons to detect and deter drug use. In this commentary, we review the limited evidence for mandatory drug testing programs, highlight potential harms associated with their implementation and provide recommendations for drug surveillance in prisons concordant with a harm minimisation framework
Parents who inject drugs: Demographics, care arrangements and correlates for child placement in out‐of‐home care
Characterizing Socioecological Markers of Differentiated HIV Risk Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Indonesia
HIV prevention programs typically focus on changing individuals' risk behaviors, often without considering the socioecological factors that can moderate this risk. We characterized HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Indonesia (n = 1314) using latent class analysis and used multinomial logistic regression to identify latent class relationships with demographics, social/sexual networks, and community-level socioecological indicators …
Using nominal group technique to identify perceived barriers and facilitators to improving uptake of the Prison Needle Exchange Program in Canadian federal prisons by correctional officers and healthc…
Multiple modifiable barriers and solutions to improving PNEP uptake in Canadian federal prisons were identified by correctional employees. Both participant groups identified the potential for safe injection sites and education to correctional officers as enabling PNEP uptake. These data will inform Canadian efforts to improve engagement and to expand PNEP coverage
Using nominal group technique with people who are incarcerated in Canadian federal prisons to identify barriers and solutions to improving Prison Needle Exchange Program uptake
Barriers to increasing PNEP coverage in Canadian federal prisons proposed by participants highlight the importance of trust and perceived repercussions surrounding program participation. These barriers and proposed solutions highlight a need for changes in implementation to PNEP delivery if the potential health benefits of PNEPs are to be realised
Reimbursing incarcerated individuals for participation in research: A scoping review
Point-of-care HCV RNA testing improves hepatitis C testing rates and allows rapid treatment initiation among people who inject drugs attending a medically supervised injecting facility
Inclusion of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Covid-19 Public Health Research: Research Design Adaptations to Seek Different Perspectives in Victoria, Australia
Participation of people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in public health research is often limited by challenges with recruitment, retention and second-language data collection. Consequently, people from CALD communities are at risk of their needs being marginalised in public health interventions. This paper presents intrinsic case analyses of two studies which were adapted to increase the cultural competence of rese…
Evaluation of a person-centred, nurse-led model of care delivering hepatitis C testing and treatment in priority settings: A mixed-methods evaluation of the Tasmanian Eliminate Hepatitis C Australia O…
Providing outreach hepatitis C services in community-based services was effective in engaging people living with and at-risk of hepatitis C, in education, testing, and care. Nurse-led, person-centred care was critical to the success of the project. Our evaluation underscores the importance of employing a partnership approach when delivering hepatitis C models of care in community settings, and incorporating workforce education and capacity-buildi…
Trust and service engagement among people who inject drugs after release from prison
I Lost Me Visits”: A Critical Examination of Prison Drug Policy and Its Effects on Connection to Family for Incarcerated Young Men With Histories of Injecting Drug Use
Utilizing Bacchi’s poststructuralist approach, “What’s the problem represented to be?,” we critically examine how the “problem” of drug use in prison is represented within a key initiative—the Identified Drug User program (IDUP)—of prison drug policy in one Australian jurisdiction. We use two data sources for our analysis: interview transcripts of recently incarcerated young men (aged 19–24) with histories of injecting drug use and selected priso…
The Prison and Transition Health (Path) Cohort Study: Study Protocol and Baseline Characteristics of a Cohort of Men with a History of Injecting Drug Use Leaving Prison in Australia
People who inject drugs (PWID) are disproportionately represented among individuals who experience imprisonment and often have more complex physical and mental health needs than people in prison without injecting histories. The trajectories of PWID after prison release are poorly understood, hampering the development of effective strategies to address their distinct health needs. The Prison and Transition Health (PATH) Cohort Study is characteris…
Socioeconomic consequences of the Covid ‐19 pandemic for people who use drugs
The COVID‐19 pandemic triggered widespread socioeconomic hardship, disproportionately impacting disadvantaged populations. People who use illicit drugs are more likely to experience unemployment, homelessness, criminal justice involvement and poorer health outcomes than the general community, yet little is known about the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic on their lives. To address this gap in the literature, we conducted in‐depth interviews …
No Drama: Key Elements to the Success of an HIV/STI-Prevention Mass-Media Campaign
We qualitatively examined gay men's reactions to the national "Drama Downunder" HIV/STI social marketing campaign targeting gay men in Australia to identify key campaign elements that underpinned the demonstrated effectiveness of the campaign. We present findings from six qualitative focus groups held with 49 participants as part of the evaluation of the sexual-health-promotion campaign over 2008-2009. Participants identified attention-grabbing i…
A survey of regular ecstasy users’ knowledge and practices around determining pill content and purity: Implications for policy and practice
Stigmatization of Aids Patients: Disentangling Thai Nursing Students’ Attitudes Towards HIV/Aids, Drug Use, and Commercial Sex
Monitoring emerging drug trends: Psychometrics and validity in earlier warning systems
Within the drug trend monitoring arena, there is an increasing emphasis on the need for more timely identification and reporting of new patterns in drug consumption for policy-making purposes. However, there are documented problems with establishing the reliability and validity of results from emerging drug trend monitoring systems (EDTMS), which tend to be multi-indicator and use mixed methods. The aim of this article is to present a standardise…
The Australian national binge drinking campaign: Campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinking
Whilst a high proportion of the target group recognised the campaign, our analysis suggests that participants that reported frequent RSOD - and thus the most important group to target - had statistically significantly lower odds of recognising the campaign message
The Difference in Self-Reported and Biological Measured HIV Prevalence: Implications for HIV Prevention
P2-511 The relationship between alcohol use and injecting drug use: Impacts on health and social functioning
Introduction Alcohol is a major risk factor for heroin overdose, but the effects of alcohol consumption on other health and social outcomes for people who inject drugs have not been systematically evaluated. In this paper we explore the effects of alcohol on health and social outcomes for people who inject drugs. Methods Data were obtained from 655 people who inject drugs as part of the Melbourne Injecting Drug User cohort study (MIX). AUDIT-C sc…
An exploration of self-perceived non-problematic use as a barrier to professional support for methamphetamine users
An urgent need to scale-up injecting drug harm reduction services in Tanzania: Prevalence of blood-borne viruses among drug users in Temeke District, Dar-es-Salaam, 2011
Chlamydia Prevalence and Associated Behaviours Among Female Sex Workers in Vanuatu: Results from an Integrated Bio-behavioural Survey, 2011
No Drama: Key Elements to the Success of an HIV/STI-Prevention Mass-Media Campaign
We qualitatively examined gay men's reactions to the national "Drama Downunder" HIV/STI social marketing campaign targeting gay men in Australia to identify key campaign elements that underpinned the demonstrated effectiveness of the campaign. We present findings from six qualitative focus groups held with 49 participants as part of the evaluation of the sexual-health-promotion campaign over 2008-2009. Participants identified attention-grabbing i…
Improving the identification of priority populations to increase hepatitis B testing rates, 2012
CHB infection is an important long-term health issue in Australia and strategies to increase appropriate and timely testing are required. The study was effective at identifying whether Asian-born patients and patients of Asian had been tested or vaccinated for HBV; however the intervention was not effective at increasing HBV testing
The use of social networking platforms for sexual health promotion: Identifying key strategies for successful user engagement
Online social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have grown rapidly in popularity, with opportunities for interaction enhancing their health promotion potential. Such platforms are being used for sexual health promotion but with varying success in reaching and engaging users. We aimed to identify Facebook and Twitter profiles that were able to engage large numbers of users, and to identify strategies used to successfully attract an…
How do drug market changes affect characteristics of injecting initiation and subsequent patterns of drug use? Findings from a cohort of regular heroin and methamphetamine injectors in Melbourne, Aust…
Acceptability and HIV Prevention Benefits of a Peer-Based Model of Rapid Point of Care HIV Testing for Australian Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men
Frequent HIV testing among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM) is a strategic priority for HIV prevention in Australia. To overcome barriers to testing in conventional clinical services, Australia recently introduced peer HIV rapid point of care (RPOC) testing services for GBM. This mixed methods evaluation describes client acceptability and HIV prevention benefits of a peer HIV testing model. Most aspects of the service model…
Frequent emergency department presentations among people who inject drugs: A record linkage study
Lifetime prevalence and correlates of self-harm and suicide attempts among male prisoners with histories of injecting drug use
BACKGROUND: Histories of self-harm and suicide attempts are common among people in prison in Australia, and substance dependence is an established risk factor for these lifetime experiences. We describe the prevalence of self-reported history of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicide attempts in a cohort of men with recent histories of injecting drug use (IDU) imprisoned in Victoria, Australia. Baseline interviews from the Prison and Transit…
The associations of poor psychiatric well-being among incarcerated men with injecting drug use histories in Victoria, Australia
BACKGROUND: Dual substance dependence and psychiatric and psychological morbidities are overrepresented in prison populations and associated with reoffending. In the context of an increasing prison population in Australia, investigating the needs of vulnerable people in prison with a dual diagnosis can help inform in-prison screening and treatment and improve prison and community service integration and continuation of care. In this study we quan…
Comfort Relying on HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Treatment as Prevention for Condomless Sex: Results of an Online Survey of Australian Gay and Bisexual Men
Acceptability of Peer-Delivered HIV Testing and Counselling Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) and Transgender Women (TW) in Myanmar
Implications of survey labels and categorisations for understanding drug use in the context of sex among gay and bisexual men in Melbourne, Australia
I Lost Me Visits”: A Critical Examination of Prison Drug Policy and Its Effects on Connection to Family for Incarcerated Young Men With Histories of Injecting Drug Use
Utilizing Bacchi’s poststructuralist approach, “What’s the problem represented to be?,” we critically examine how the “problem” of drug use in prison is represented within a key initiative—the Identified Drug User program (IDUP)—of prison drug policy in one Australian jurisdiction. We use two data sources for our analysis: interview transcripts of recently incarcerated young men (aged 19–24) with histories of injecting drug use and selected priso…
“We are not gays… don’t tell me those things”: Engaging ‘hidden’ men who have sex with men and transgender women in HIV prevention in Myanmar
Hidden MSM face multiple barriers to HIV testing and prevention. Strategies cognizant of concerns for anonymity and privacy, such as One-Stop Shop services and online-based health promotion, can discretely provide services appropriate for hidden MSM. Enhanced capacity of peer-service providers and mainstream health staff to identify and respond to the psychosocial challenges reported by hidden MSM in this study may further encourage service engag…
Point-of-care hepatitis C testing from needle and syringe programs: An Australian feasibility study
The Prison and Transition Health (Path) Cohort Study: Study Protocol and Baseline Characteristics of a Cohort of Men with a History of Injecting Drug Use Leaving Prison in Australia
People who inject drugs (PWID) are disproportionately represented among individuals who experience imprisonment and often have more complex physical and mental health needs than people in prison without injecting histories. The trajectories of PWID after prison release are poorly understood, hampering the development of effective strategies to address their distinct health needs. The Prison and Transition Health (PATH) Cohort Study is characteris…
Treading lightly: Finding the best way to use public health surveillance of hepatitis C diagnoses to increase access to cure
Medicine (52 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (40 works) · Psychology (34 works) · Family medicine (25 works) · Public health (25 works) · Nursing (24 works) · Psychiatry (23 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (19 works) · Internal Medicine (19 works) · Sociology (19 works)