Patricia Spittal
Biographic Data
| ID | 1734387 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia Spittal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia |
| FAMILY NAME | Spittal |
| SIGNATURE | SPITTAL P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Navigating concurrent public health emergencies
Connection and resilience are critical to the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples who use drugs (IPWUD): connection to family, cultural supports, safer coping mechanisms and circles of care. Urban IPWUD are more likely to face multiple harms from emergency public health restrictions alongside ongoing toxic drug and housing crises in British Columbia. This paper aims to amplify the experiences of urban IPWUD as they navigated the COVID-19 p…
Cedar Project
The Cedar Project is an interdisciplinary, community-driven research project responding to the crises of HIV and Hepatitis C infection and contributing to the healing of young Indigenous people who use or have used drugs. We are a collective membership of Indigenous Elders, health/social service experts, researchers, and non-Indigenous allies. We situate our work in the context of strength, resilience, and rights to self-determination for Indigen…
The Cedar Project
Little information exists on the use of condoms as protective barriers to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among indigenous people in Canada. This study explores risk factors of inconsistent condom use (during consensual sex) over time among participants in the Cedar Project, a prospective cohort study of indigenous young people living in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia, who use drugs. Due to the serial measurements for each s…
Sexual mixing patterns among social networks of HIV-positive and HIV-negative Beijing men who have sex with men
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are of immediate concern in China's HIV epidemic. In 2008, approximately 2.5-6.5% of China's eight million MSM were HIV positive, while MSM represented 11% of all new HIV cases. Two factors that will in-part determine HIV-transmission dynamics among MSM, are sexual mixing patterns and the social networks which shape them. Sexual mixing patterns and social networks of Chinese MSM, however, remain poorly understood w…
War, Displacement and Productive Occupations in Northern Uganda
Prolonged war and internal displacement in Northern Uganda forced nearly 90% of the population out of their lives as rural agriculturalists and into displacement camps, where they experienced both occupational change and occupational deprivation. Drawing on data from two applied ethnographic health research studies, one conducted during war time and the second during resettlement, this paper presents an analysis of occupation-related narratives e…
Characteristics and Response to Treatment among Aboriginal People Receiving Heroin-assisted Treatment
Women and drugs across the globe
Intensive injection cocaine use as the primary risk factor in the Vancouver HIV-1 epidemic
OBJECTIVES: The explosive and ongoing injecting drug use-related HIV-1 epidemic in Vancouver continues to receive international attention. This study was conducted to determine how patterns of cocaine use influence the risk of HIV infection. METHODS: The Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study is an open prospective cohort of injecting drug users that began in May 1996. At enrollment and at semi-annual follow-up visits an interviewer administers a d…
Sexual violence among a cohort of injection drug users
Sexual violence among a cohort of injection drug users
War, Displacement and Productive Occupations in Northern Uganda
Prolonged war and internal displacement in Northern Uganda forced nearly 90% of the population out of their lives as rural agriculturalists and into displacement camps, where they experienced both occupational change and occupational deprivation. Drawing on data from two applied ethnographic health research studies, one conducted during war time and the second during resettlement, this paper presents an analysis of occupation-related narratives e…
Intensive injection cocaine use as the primary risk factor in the Vancouver HIV-1 epidemic
OBJECTIVES: The explosive and ongoing injecting drug use-related HIV-1 epidemic in Vancouver continues to receive international attention. This study was conducted to determine how patterns of cocaine use influence the risk of HIV infection. METHODS: The Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study is an open prospective cohort of injecting drug users that began in May 1996. At enrollment and at semi-annual follow-up visits an interviewer administers a d…
Sexual violence among a cohort of injection drug users
Women and drugs across the globe
Characteristics and Response to Treatment among Aboriginal People Receiving Heroin-assisted Treatment
Sexual mixing patterns among social networks of HIV-positive and HIV-negative Beijing men who have sex with men
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are of immediate concern in China's HIV epidemic. In 2008, approximately 2.5-6.5% of China's eight million MSM were HIV positive, while MSM represented 11% of all new HIV cases. Two factors that will in-part determine HIV-transmission dynamics among MSM, are sexual mixing patterns and the social networks which shape them. Sexual mixing patterns and social networks of Chinese MSM, however, remain poorly understood w…
War, Displacement and Productive Occupations in Northern Uganda
Prolonged war and internal displacement in Northern Uganda forced nearly 90% of the population out of their lives as rural agriculturalists and into displacement camps, where they experienced both occupational change and occupational deprivation. Drawing on data from two applied ethnographic health research studies, one conducted during war time and the second during resettlement, this paper presents an analysis of occupation-related narratives e…
The Cedar Project
Little information exists on the use of condoms as protective barriers to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among indigenous people in Canada. This study explores risk factors of inconsistent condom use (during consensual sex) over time among participants in the Cedar Project, a prospective cohort study of indigenous young people living in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia, who use drugs. Due to the serial measurements for each s…
Cedar Project
The Cedar Project is an interdisciplinary, community-driven research project responding to the crises of HIV and Hepatitis C infection and contributing to the healing of young Indigenous people who use or have used drugs. We are a collective membership of Indigenous Elders, health/social service experts, researchers, and non-Indigenous allies. We situate our work in the context of strength, resilience, and rights to self-determination for Indigen…
Navigating concurrent public health emergencies
Connection and resilience are critical to the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples who use drugs (IPWUD): connection to family, cultural supports, safer coping mechanisms and circles of care. Urban IPWUD are more likely to face multiple harms from emergency public health restrictions alongside ongoing toxic drug and housing crises in British Columbia. This paper aims to amplify the experiences of urban IPWUD as they navigated the COVID-19 p…
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Demography (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Population (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Cohort (3 works) · Cohort study (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works)