Calvin Lai
Biographic Data
| ID | 6063800 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Calvin Lai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Calvin |
| FAMILY NAME | Lai |
| SIGNATURE | LAI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | St. Paul's Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The ‘Smart City’ between urban narrative and empty signifier
The article consists in an in-depth interpretative study of Smart City in the case of the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, China. It proposes a framework of analysis as a heuristic tool to interpret narratives in general and those of Smart City Hong Kong in particular. The capacity of a narrative to confer meaning draws upon three criteria: its originality (degree of endogeneity); its sincerity (internal validity and trustworthiness), …
Reports of evidence planting by police among a community-based sample of injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand
BACKGROUND: Drug policy in Thailand has relied heavily on law enforcement-based approaches. Qualitative reports indicate that police in Thailand have resorted to planting drugs on suspected drug users to extort money or provide grounds for arrest. The present study sought to describe the prevalence and factors associated with this form of evidence planting by police among injection drug users (IDU) in Bangkok. METHODS: Multivariate logistic regre…
Incarceration experiences among a community-recruited sample of injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand
Over three-quarters of the IDU participating in this study reported a history of incarceration, and 30% of these individuals reported injection drug use within prison. Further, an alarmingly high level of syringe sharing within prison was reported, and incarceration was not associated with reductions in drug use. These findings provide further evidence of the need for community diversion strategies, as well as harm reduction programs, in Thai pri…
Nurse-delivered safer injection education among a cohort of injection drug users
Directly observed therapy programmes for anti-retroviral treatment amongst injection drug users in Vancouver
Circumstances of First Injection Among Illicit Drug Users Accessing a Medically Supervised Safer Injection Facility
There have been concerns that safer injecting facilities may promote initiation into injection drug use. We examined length of injecting career and circumstances surrounding initiation into injection drug use among 1065 users of North America’s first safer injecting facility and found that the median years of injection drug use were 15.9 years, and that only 1 individual reported performing a first injection at the safer injecting facility. These…
The impact of unregulated single room occupancy hotels on the health status of illicit drug users in Vancouver
Drug-related overdoses within a medically supervised safer injection facility
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The impact of unregulated single room occupancy hotels on the health status of illicit drug users in Vancouver
Drug-related overdoses within a medically supervised safer injection facility
Directly observed therapy programmes for anti-retroviral treatment amongst injection drug users in Vancouver
Circumstances of First Injection Among Illicit Drug Users Accessing a Medically Supervised Safer Injection Facility
There have been concerns that safer injecting facilities may promote initiation into injection drug use. We examined length of injecting career and circumstances surrounding initiation into injection drug use among 1065 users of North America’s first safer injecting facility and found that the median years of injection drug use were 15.9 years, and that only 1 individual reported performing a first injection at the safer injecting facility. These…
Nurse-delivered safer injection education among a cohort of injection drug users
Reports of evidence planting by police among a community-based sample of injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand
BACKGROUND: Drug policy in Thailand has relied heavily on law enforcement-based approaches. Qualitative reports indicate that police in Thailand have resorted to planting drugs on suspected drug users to extort money or provide grounds for arrest. The present study sought to describe the prevalence and factors associated with this form of evidence planting by police among injection drug users (IDU) in Bangkok. METHODS: Multivariate logistic regre…
Incarceration experiences among a community-recruited sample of injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand
Over three-quarters of the IDU participating in this study reported a history of incarceration, and 30% of these individuals reported injection drug use within prison. Further, an alarmingly high level of syringe sharing within prison was reported, and incarceration was not associated with reductions in drug use. These findings provide further evidence of the need for community diversion strategies, as well as harm reduction programs, in Thai pri…
The ‘Smart City’ between urban narrative and empty signifier
The article consists in an in-depth interpretative study of Smart City in the case of the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, China. It proposes a framework of analysis as a heuristic tool to interpret narratives in general and those of Smart City Hong Kong in particular. The capacity of a narrative to confer meaning draws upon three criteria: its originality (degree of endogeneity); its sincerity (internal validity and trustworthiness), …
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Cohort (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Drug (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works)