Kelsey A Speed
Biographic Data
| ID | 5411514 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelsey A Speed |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelsey A |
| FAMILY NAME | Speed |
| SIGNATURE | SPEED K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5728-5209 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Confiscations, public health obstructions, and perpetual displacement
Our findings illustrate how harmful law enforcement practices that target people who use criminalized drugs, particularly those relying on public spaces for survival, persisted during the evolving drug policy periods. Together, these law enforcement practices along with the lack of understanding regarding the shifting Decriminalization Pilot, may have undermined the potential success of a policy dedicated to decriminalizing drug possession in BC
‘It just doesn't stop’
Defining a public health approach to substance use
Our coherent and comprehensive framework incorporates international literature and is informed by contemporary values and goals with the aim of promoting a consensus understanding of this critical practice area. This framework can guide efforts to design, implement, and evaluate public health interventions that maximize benefits and mitigate harm associated with psychoactive substances
Decriminalization undone
Preferred pharmaceutical-grade opioids to reduce the use of unregulated opioids
Operating an overdose prevention site within a temporary emergency shelter during the Covid-19 pandemic
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…
Policy actor views on structural vulnerability in harm reduction and policymaking for illegal drugs
The state of science on including inhalation within supervised consumption services
Response to “Operational and contextual barriers to accessing supervised consumption services in two Canadian cities”
“They hold on tight to the healthy eating, we hold on tight to our food safety, and how do we bridge that?”
Food safety and food security are two important public health sectors within Canada, which aim to address foodborne disease and food insecurity, respectively. While these sectors are often siloed within public health organizations, the actions of the two sectors often interact and conflict at the program level despite their common goal of improving population health. The objective of the present study was to identify determinants that influenced …
Decriminalization undone
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…
“They hold on tight to the healthy eating, we hold on tight to our food safety, and how do we bridge that?”
Food safety and food security are two important public health sectors within Canada, which aim to address foodborne disease and food insecurity, respectively. While these sectors are often siloed within public health organizations, the actions of the two sectors often interact and conflict at the program level despite their common goal of improving population health. The objective of the present study was to identify determinants that influenced …
Policy actor views on structural vulnerability in harm reduction and policymaking for illegal drugs
The state of science on including inhalation within supervised consumption services
Response to “Operational and contextual barriers to accessing supervised consumption services in two Canadian cities”
Operating an overdose prevention site within a temporary emergency shelter during the Covid-19 pandemic
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…
Preferred pharmaceutical-grade opioids to reduce the use of unregulated opioids
‘It just doesn't stop’
Defining a public health approach to substance use
Our coherent and comprehensive framework incorporates international literature and is informed by contemporary values and goals with the aim of promoting a consensus understanding of this critical practice area. This framework can guide efforts to design, implement, and evaluate public health interventions that maximize benefits and mitigate harm associated with psychoactive substances
Decriminalization undone
Confiscations, public health obstructions, and perpetual displacement
Our findings illustrate how harmful law enforcement practices that target people who use criminalized drugs, particularly those relying on public spaces for survival, persisted during the evolving drug policy periods. Together, these law enforcement practices along with the lack of understanding regarding the shifting Decriminalization Pilot, may have undermined the potential success of a policy dedicated to decriminalizing drug possession in BC
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (10 works) · Public health (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Harm (4 works)