Samantha Young
Biographic Data
| ID | 5409896 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samantha Young |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samantha |
| FAMILY NAME | Young |
| SIGNATURE | YOUNG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | St. Paul's Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4064-0884 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on initiations of opioid agonist therapy in Ontario
BACKGROUND: Maintaining access to opioid agonist therapy (OAT) was a key concern at the COVID-19 pandemic onset. Consequently, Ontario introduced guidance for changes to OAT delivery, including relaxed take-home dosing and expanded virtual care. We examined how the pandemic influenced OAT initiation trends. METHODS: We conducted a population-based, retrospective interrupted time series analysis using linked administrative health data from March 2…
Embedding the Depict Model Within an Integrated Arts-Based Knowledge Translation Framework
Community-engaged research and integrated arts-based knowledge translation share a drive to expand ways of cultivating and sharing knowledge beyond the boundaries of Western academic norms. Both approaches involve diverse voices and practices that require a flexible and interdisciplinary approach, which can feel difficult to execute and be rendered illegible within the rigid institutional processes and expectations of public health and health sci…
Mental health and sentencing
In England and Wales, s.45A of the Mental Health Act 1983 allows a judge to pass a sentence including both an immediate direction to hospital as well as a punitive custodial element. R v Vowles provides four specific considerations for judges to attend to when considering such sentences (referred to as the 'Vowles statements'). The section, however, remains infrequently used. The present study adopted an online experimental methodology to explore…
Challenges with buprenorphine inductions in the context of the fentanyl overdose crisis
“They have their security, we have our community”
Unaffordable housing is a growing crisis in Canada, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet perspectives of people living outdoors in encampments have primarily gone unheard. We conducted qualitative interviews with encampment residents to explore how mutual support occurred within the social context of encampments. We found that mutually supportive interactions helped residents meet basic survival needs, as well as health and social needs, and…
Characterizing safer supply prescribing of immediate release hydromorphone for individuals with opioid use disorder across Ontario, Canada
Expanding supervised injection facilities across Canada
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Expanding supervised injection facilities across Canada
Challenges with buprenorphine inductions in the context of the fentanyl overdose crisis
“They have their security, we have our community”
Unaffordable housing is a growing crisis in Canada, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet perspectives of people living outdoors in encampments have primarily gone unheard. We conducted qualitative interviews with encampment residents to explore how mutual support occurred within the social context of encampments. We found that mutually supportive interactions helped residents meet basic survival needs, as well as health and social needs, and…
Characterizing safer supply prescribing of immediate release hydromorphone for individuals with opioid use disorder across Ontario, Canada
Mental health and sentencing
In England and Wales, s.45A of the Mental Health Act 1983 allows a judge to pass a sentence including both an immediate direction to hospital as well as a punitive custodial element. R v Vowles provides four specific considerations for judges to attend to when considering such sentences (referred to as the 'Vowles statements'). The section, however, remains infrequently used. The present study adopted an online experimental methodology to explore…
Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on initiations of opioid agonist therapy in Ontario
BACKGROUND: Maintaining access to opioid agonist therapy (OAT) was a key concern at the COVID-19 pandemic onset. Consequently, Ontario introduced guidance for changes to OAT delivery, including relaxed take-home dosing and expanded virtual care. We examined how the pandemic influenced OAT initiation trends. METHODS: We conducted a population-based, retrospective interrupted time series analysis using linked administrative health data from March 2…
Embedding the Depict Model Within an Integrated Arts-Based Knowledge Translation Framework
Community-engaged research and integrated arts-based knowledge translation share a drive to expand ways of cultivating and sharing knowledge beyond the boundaries of Western academic norms. Both approaches involve diverse voices and practices that require a flexible and interdisciplinary approach, which can feel difficult to execute and be rendered illegible within the rigid institutional processes and expectations of public health and health sci…
Medicine (4 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (4 works) · Opioid (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works) · Addiction (2 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Occupational safety and health (2 works) · Opioid use disorder (2 works)