Patrick O'Byrne
Biographic Data
| ID | 4559755 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick O'Byrne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Byrne |
| SIGNATURE | BYRNE P O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Safer supply programs: Discussions on medication diversion, sharing, and selling
Discussions with participants highlighted the importance of understanding why medication diversion occurs. Important factors influencing medication diversion included the need for safety, compassion, meeting needs, survival, and coercion faced by people who use drugs. Ultimately, medication diversion can be best understood as a measure implemented by people who use drugs to protect and care for their underserved community
Resisting Public Health Surveillance: Anonymous HIV Testing and the Imperative of Health
To date, there has been little research published about public health surveillance and HIV testing/prevention. Accordingly, an exploratory project was undertaken, involving a detailed review of local public health law, and the distribution of surveys about self-reported STI testing/diagnosis, HIV testing practices, and sexual behaviours among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. A review of the public health law indicated that, in …
Desire, drug use and unsafe sex: A qualitative examination of gay men who attend gay circuit parties
Recently, there has been an increase in research dedicated to the topic of drug/alcohol use and unsafe sex among gay men. Findings of this work suggest that drug/alcohol use is particularly common within gay circuit parties (GCPs). More recently, this work has begun to suggest that further exploration is needed to understand the desires of gay men who use drugs and alcohol and who engage in unsafe sex. Based on the foregoing, an ethnographic stud…
M3S Squad: Considering Cyborgs for Future Sexual Health Prevention Programs
Amidst fiscal constraint and burgeoning health care demands, an innovative response to sexually transmitted infections was piloted in Quebec (Canada). This response arose out of the relationship of man and machine and resulted in the creation of cyborgs as a communication medium for the dissemination of safer sex messaging. These cyborgs physically carried the prevention message to a traditionally ‘at-risk’ audience, engaged their attention, and …
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Mixing Methods: An Analysis of Combining Traditional and Autoethnographic Approaches
Although mixed- and multiple-method research designs are currently gaining momentum and popularity, it is essential that researchers undertake a critical analysis of the process of mixing 'mainstream' research designs with newer methods before commencing. In ethnography, not only are there multiple approaches to data collection, but each approach also spans the competing paradigms, thus making the term mainstream ambiguous because these mainstrea…
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Mixing Methods: An Analysis of Combining Traditional and Autoethnographic Approaches
Although mixed- and multiple-method research designs are currently gaining momentum and popularity, it is essential that researchers undertake a critical analysis of the process of mixing 'mainstream' research designs with newer methods before commencing. In ethnography, not only are there multiple approaches to data collection, but each approach also spans the competing paradigms, thus making the term mainstream ambiguous because these mainstrea…
Resisting Public Health Surveillance: Anonymous HIV Testing and the Imperative of Health
To date, there has been little research published about public health surveillance and HIV testing/prevention. Accordingly, an exploratory project was undertaken, involving a detailed review of local public health law, and the distribution of surveys about self-reported STI testing/diagnosis, HIV testing practices, and sexual behaviours among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. A review of the public health law indicated that, in …
M3S Squad: Considering Cyborgs for Future Sexual Health Prevention Programs
Amidst fiscal constraint and burgeoning health care demands, an innovative response to sexually transmitted infections was piloted in Quebec (Canada). This response arose out of the relationship of man and machine and resulted in the creation of cyborgs as a communication medium for the dissemination of safer sex messaging. These cyborgs physically carried the prevention message to a traditionally ‘at-risk’ audience, engaged their attention, and …
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Mixing Methods: An Analysis of Combining Traditional and Autoethnographic Approaches
Although mixed- and multiple-method research designs are currently gaining momentum and popularity, it is essential that researchers undertake a critical analysis of the process of mixing 'mainstream' research designs with newer methods before commencing. In ethnography, not only are there multiple approaches to data collection, but each approach also spans the competing paradigms, thus making the term mainstream ambiguous because these mainstrea…
Desire, drug use and unsafe sex: A qualitative examination of gay men who attend gay circuit parties
Recently, there has been an increase in research dedicated to the topic of drug/alcohol use and unsafe sex among gay men. Findings of this work suggest that drug/alcohol use is particularly common within gay circuit parties (GCPs). More recently, this work has begun to suggest that further exploration is needed to understand the desires of gay men who use drugs and alcohol and who engage in unsafe sex. Based on the foregoing, an ethnographic stud…
Resisting Public Health Surveillance: Anonymous HIV Testing and the Imperative of Health
To date, there has been little research published about public health surveillance and HIV testing/prevention. Accordingly, an exploratory project was undertaken, involving a detailed review of local public health law, and the distribution of surveys about self-reported STI testing/diagnosis, HIV testing practices, and sexual behaviours among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. A review of the public health law indicated that, in …
Safer supply programs: Discussions on medication diversion, sharing, and selling
Discussions with participants highlighted the importance of understanding why medication diversion occurs. Important factors influencing medication diversion included the need for safety, compassion, meeting needs, survival, and coercion faced by people who use drugs. Ultimately, medication diversion can be best understood as a measure implemented by people who use drugs to protect and care for their underserved community
Psychology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Alcohol (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Autoethnography (1 works)