Ginetta Salvalaggio
Biographic Data
| ID | 1540895 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ginetta Salvalaggio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ginetta |
| FAMILY NAME | Salvalaggio |
| SIGNATURE | SALVALAGGIO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6597-5998 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Understanding the Link Between Housing and Drug Use
BACKGROUND: This article investigates the potential links between housing instability and unregulated drug use at the intersection of the housing affordability crisis, drug poisoning emergency, and the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: = 406, April-September 2023). This study examines the associations between housing instability, the severity of individual drug use patterns, as measured through the Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT) score, …
Navigating the CBD
Trapped in the labyrinth
This paper examines how systems of income support for Canadians living with chronic pain operate as forms of structural violence. Drawing on a secondary analysis of data from an institutional ethnographic study of chronic pain and marginalization, the paper traces the everyday “work” required to access and maintain Long-Term Disability and Workers’ Compensation benefits. Through analysis of 28 interviews with people who identified as both socioec…
Flawed reports can harm
Supervised consumption services have been scaled up within Canada and internationally as an ethical imperative in the context of a public health emergency. A large body of peer-reviewed evidence demonstrates that these services prevent poisoning deaths, reduce infectious disease transmission risk behaviour, and facilitate clients' connections to other health and social services. In 2019, the Alberta government commissioned a review of the socioec…
Perceived unmet substance use and mental health care needs of acute care patients who use drugs
Policy actor views on structural vulnerability in harm reduction and policymaking for illegal drugs
Co-Designing Relational Continuity Interventions for Urban Underserved Patients Experiencing Hospital-Primary Care Transitions
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
A comparison of the Covid-19 response for urban underserved patients experiencing healthcare transitions in three Canadian cities
The pandemic response has exposed inequities for urban underserved populations experiencing care transitions; however, it has also exposed system strengths and opportunities for improvement to inform future policy direction
Connect 2 Care, a Novel Community Outreach Program for Vulnerably Housed Patients With High Acute Care Use
Introduction: Vulnerably housed individuals, especially those experiencing homelessness, have higher acute care use compared with the general population. Despite available primary care and social services, many face significant challenges accessing needed services. Connect 2 Care (C2C) is a novel transitional case management program that includes registered nurses and health navigators with complementary expertise in chronic disease management, m…
You don’t have to squirrel away in a staircase”
PWUD in this study attended the hospital-based SCS in an attempt to reduce risks associated with their hospital stay. However, we note a number of access barriers that should be addressed to ensure optimal uptake. Wider provision of SCS in acute care requires both changes to the hospital environment and broader drug policy reform
Determinants of Implementation of a Clinical Practice Guideline for Homeless Health
Clinical practice guidelines can improve the clinical and social care for marginalized populations, thereby improving health equity. The aim of this study is to identify determinants of guideline implementation from the perspective of patients and practitioner stakeholders for a homeless health guideline. We completed a mixed-method study to identify determinants of equitable implementation of homeless health guidelines, focusing on the Grading o…
Patient vs. Community Engagement
BACKGROUND: The value proposition of including patients at each step of the research process is that patient perspectives and preferences can have a positive impact on both the science and the outcomes of comparative effectiveness research. How to accomplish engagement and the extent to which approaches to community engagement inform strategies for effective patient engagement need to be examined to address conducting and accelerating comparative…
Patient-Provider Rapport in the Health Care of People Who Inject Drugs
Little research has described determinants and consequences of patient-provider rapport among people who inject drugs (PWIDs). This mixed-method study (a) qualitatively described facilitators, barriers, and consequences to rapport development between PWIDs and their health care providers and (b) quantitatively tested the hypothesis that quality of rapport is associated with positive patterns of service use. Two exploratory focus groups with PWIDs…
Flawed reports can harm
Supervised consumption services have been scaled up within Canada and internationally as an ethical imperative in the context of a public health emergency. A large body of peer-reviewed evidence demonstrates that these services prevent poisoning deaths, reduce infectious disease transmission risk behaviour, and facilitate clients' connections to other health and social services. In 2019, the Alberta government commissioned a review of the socioec…
A comparison of the Covid-19 response for urban underserved patients experiencing healthcare transitions in three Canadian cities
The pandemic response has exposed inequities for urban underserved populations experiencing care transitions; however, it has also exposed system strengths and opportunities for improvement to inform future policy direction
Patient-Provider Rapport in the Health Care of People Who Inject Drugs
Little research has described determinants and consequences of patient-provider rapport among people who inject drugs (PWIDs). This mixed-method study (a) qualitatively described facilitators, barriers, and consequences to rapport development between PWIDs and their health care providers and (b) quantitatively tested the hypothesis that quality of rapport is associated with positive patterns of service use. Two exploratory focus groups with PWIDs…
Patient-Provider Rapport in the Health Care of People Who Inject Drugs
Little research has described determinants and consequences of patient-provider rapport among people who inject drugs (PWIDs). This mixed-method study (a) qualitatively described facilitators, barriers, and consequences to rapport development between PWIDs and their health care providers and (b) quantitatively tested the hypothesis that quality of rapport is associated with positive patterns of service use. Two exploratory focus groups with PWIDs…
Patient vs. Community Engagement
BACKGROUND: The value proposition of including patients at each step of the research process is that patient perspectives and preferences can have a positive impact on both the science and the outcomes of comparative effectiveness research. How to accomplish engagement and the extent to which approaches to community engagement inform strategies for effective patient engagement need to be examined to address conducting and accelerating comparative…
Determinants of Implementation of a Clinical Practice Guideline for Homeless Health
Clinical practice guidelines can improve the clinical and social care for marginalized populations, thereby improving health equity. The aim of this study is to identify determinants of guideline implementation from the perspective of patients and practitioner stakeholders for a homeless health guideline. We completed a mixed-method study to identify determinants of equitable implementation of homeless health guidelines, focusing on the Grading o…
Connect 2 Care, a Novel Community Outreach Program for Vulnerably Housed Patients With High Acute Care Use
Introduction: Vulnerably housed individuals, especially those experiencing homelessness, have higher acute care use compared with the general population. Despite available primary care and social services, many face significant challenges accessing needed services. Connect 2 Care (C2C) is a novel transitional case management program that includes registered nurses and health navigators with complementary expertise in chronic disease management, m…
You don’t have to squirrel away in a staircase”
PWUD in this study attended the hospital-based SCS in an attempt to reduce risks associated with their hospital stay. However, we note a number of access barriers that should be addressed to ensure optimal uptake. Wider provision of SCS in acute care requires both changes to the hospital environment and broader drug policy reform
Perceived unmet substance use and mental health care needs of acute care patients who use drugs
Policy actor views on structural vulnerability in harm reduction and policymaking for illegal drugs
Co-Designing Relational Continuity Interventions for Urban Underserved Patients Experiencing Hospital-Primary Care Transitions
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
A comparison of the Covid-19 response for urban underserved patients experiencing healthcare transitions in three Canadian cities
The pandemic response has exposed inequities for urban underserved populations experiencing care transitions; however, it has also exposed system strengths and opportunities for improvement to inform future policy direction
Flawed reports can harm
Supervised consumption services have been scaled up within Canada and internationally as an ethical imperative in the context of a public health emergency. A large body of peer-reviewed evidence demonstrates that these services prevent poisoning deaths, reduce infectious disease transmission risk behaviour, and facilitate clients' connections to other health and social services. In 2019, the Alberta government commissioned a review of the socioec…
Understanding the Link Between Housing and Drug Use
BACKGROUND: This article investigates the potential links between housing instability and unregulated drug use at the intersection of the housing affordability crisis, drug poisoning emergency, and the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: = 406, April-September 2023). This study examines the associations between housing instability, the severity of individual drug use patterns, as measured through the Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT) score, …
Navigating the CBD
Trapped in the labyrinth
This paper examines how systems of income support for Canadians living with chronic pain operate as forms of structural violence. Drawing on a secondary analysis of data from an institutional ethnographic study of chronic pain and marginalization, the paper traces the everyday “work” required to access and maintain Long-Term Disability and Workers’ Compensation benefits. Through analysis of 28 interviews with people who identified as both socioec…
Medicine (10 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (7 works) · Health care (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (5 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works)