Clifton Chow
Biographic Data
| ID | 4392370 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clifton Chow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clifton |
| FAMILY NAME | Chow |
| SIGNATURE | CHOW C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vancouver Coastal Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5040-727X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Testing the Multiple Streams Framework in US state legislatures
Despite a robust literature applying the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) to national government institutions, there remains a dearth of research examining the theory’s explanatory power in US state legislative contexts. This omission is problematic given the critical role state legislatures play in driving policy change in a host of policy domains, including healthcare, emergency preparedness and voting rights policy, to name a few. To fill this…
Language preferences and impact of labels on the lived experience of people who use heroin
Background: Non-judgmental language to refer to people who use drugs is replacing terms that can be stigmatizing. A study by Pivovarova and Stein (2019) found people in treatment for heroin use preferred person-first terms. Aim one of our study is to add to knowledge of term preferences among people in the US who use heroin by replicating the Pivovarova and Stein study with a sample of people who use heroin but are not in treatment. Aim two is to…
Strategies for engaging policy stakeholders to translate research knowledge into practice more effectively: Lessons learned from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project
The Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project: Findings from a review of provincial and territorial alcohol policies
Alcohol retail privatisation in Canadian provinces between 2012 and 2017. Is decision making oriented to harm reduction
Measurement of Perceived and Technical Quality of Care for Depression in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Groups
Withdrawn: Can providing alcohol to drinkers reduce harm? an evaluation of a canadian managed alcohol program
Sexual identity and drug use harm among high-risk, active substance users
Research shows that sexual minorities are at greater risk for illicit substance use and related harm than their heterosexual counterparts. This study examines a group of active drug users to assess whether sexual identity predicts increased risk of substance use and harm from ecstasy, ketamine, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and crack. Structured interviews were conducted with participants aged 15 years and older in Vancouver and Victoria, BC, Canad…
An examination of injection drug use trends in Victoria and Vancouver, BC after the closure of Victoria's only fixed-site needle and syringe programme
Ethno-Cultural Differences in the Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs: Evidence from the Vancouver Youth Drug Reporting System
This article reports on ethno-cultural differences in the use of alcohol and other drugs by using data derived from the Vancouver Youth Drug Reporting System. Data were collected between May and August 2006 among a sample of 514 youth aged 16 to 25. Statistically significant ethno-cultural differences were reported for "lifetime" alcohol and other drugs prevalence; alcohol and other drugs experience in the peer group; parental attitudes; and in t…
The British Columbia Alcohol and other Drug Monitoring System: Overview and Early Progress
This pilot project is a province-wide and nationally=supported collaboration intended to add value to existing monitoring and surveillance exercises that currently exist and are being developed in Canada. The fundamental aim is to create a system that generates a timely flow of data on hazardous patterns of substance use and related harms so as to inform public debate, to support effective policy, and to facilitate policy-relevant epidemiological…
The Canadian Recreational Drug Use Survey: Aims, Methods and First Results
In late 2006, pilot research was initiated in two western Canadian sites (Vancouver and Victoria) to systematically monitor patterns and trends in three specific illicit drug user populations: club and rave party attendees, adolescent street involved injection and non-injection drug users, and adult injection drug users. These sentinel groups were selected because of elevated rates of alcohol and other drug use within these populations and contex…
Community Response to Sars in Hong Kong: A Fresh Research Agenda
The cause of immense social cohesion among Hong Kong citizens and organisations during the SARS epidemic and the existing literature were reviewed. The authors argue that the key to success in community involvement and mobilisation toward infectious disease control requires a closer research study especially by psychosocial professionals working in synchrony with the medical and scientific community. The agenda for such fresh area of research mus…
The British Columbia Alcohol and other Drug Monitoring System: Overview and Early Progress
This pilot project is a province-wide and nationally=supported collaboration intended to add value to existing monitoring and surveillance exercises that currently exist and are being developed in Canada. The fundamental aim is to create a system that generates a timely flow of data on hazardous patterns of substance use and related harms so as to inform public debate, to support effective policy, and to facilitate policy-relevant epidemiological…
Community Response to Sars in Hong Kong: A Fresh Research Agenda
The cause of immense social cohesion among Hong Kong citizens and organisations during the SARS epidemic and the existing literature were reviewed. The authors argue that the key to success in community involvement and mobilisation toward infectious disease control requires a closer research study especially by psychosocial professionals working in synchrony with the medical and scientific community. The agenda for such fresh area of research mus…
The British Columbia Alcohol and other Drug Monitoring System: Overview and Early Progress
This pilot project is a province-wide and nationally=supported collaboration intended to add value to existing monitoring and surveillance exercises that currently exist and are being developed in Canada. The fundamental aim is to create a system that generates a timely flow of data on hazardous patterns of substance use and related harms so as to inform public debate, to support effective policy, and to facilitate policy-relevant epidemiological…
The Canadian Recreational Drug Use Survey: Aims, Methods and First Results
In late 2006, pilot research was initiated in two western Canadian sites (Vancouver and Victoria) to systematically monitor patterns and trends in three specific illicit drug user populations: club and rave party attendees, adolescent street involved injection and non-injection drug users, and adult injection drug users. These sentinel groups were selected because of elevated rates of alcohol and other drug use within these populations and contex…
Ethno-Cultural Differences in the Use of Alcohol and Other Drugs: Evidence from the Vancouver Youth Drug Reporting System
This article reports on ethno-cultural differences in the use of alcohol and other drugs by using data derived from the Vancouver Youth Drug Reporting System. Data were collected between May and August 2006 among a sample of 514 youth aged 16 to 25. Statistically significant ethno-cultural differences were reported for "lifetime" alcohol and other drugs prevalence; alcohol and other drugs experience in the peer group; parental attitudes; and in t…
An examination of injection drug use trends in Victoria and Vancouver, BC after the closure of Victoria's only fixed-site needle and syringe programme
Sexual identity and drug use harm among high-risk, active substance users
Research shows that sexual minorities are at greater risk for illicit substance use and related harm than their heterosexual counterparts. This study examines a group of active drug users to assess whether sexual identity predicts increased risk of substance use and harm from ecstasy, ketamine, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and crack. Structured interviews were conducted with participants aged 15 years and older in Vancouver and Victoria, BC, Canad…
Withdrawn: Can providing alcohol to drinkers reduce harm? an evaluation of a canadian managed alcohol program
Measurement of Perceived and Technical Quality of Care for Depression in Racially and Ethnically Diverse Groups
The Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project: Findings from a review of provincial and territorial alcohol policies
Alcohol retail privatisation in Canadian provinces between 2012 and 2017. Is decision making oriented to harm reduction
Strategies for engaging policy stakeholders to translate research knowledge into practice more effectively: Lessons learned from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project
Language preferences and impact of labels on the lived experience of people who use heroin
Background: Non-judgmental language to refer to people who use drugs is replacing terms that can be stigmatizing. A study by Pivovarova and Stein (2019) found people in treatment for heroin use preferred person-first terms. Aim one of our study is to add to knowledge of term preferences among people in the US who use heroin by replicating the Pivovarova and Stein study with a sample of people who use heroin but are not in treatment. Aim two is to…
Testing the Multiple Streams Framework in US state legislatures
Despite a robust literature applying the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) to national government institutions, there remains a dearth of research examining the theory’s explanatory power in US state legislative contexts. This omission is problematic given the critical role state legislatures play in driving policy change in a host of policy domains, including healthcare, emergency preparedness and voting rights policy, to name a few. To fill this…
Political science (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (9 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Harm (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works)