Jason Altenberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 6680236 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jason Altenberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jason |
| FAMILY NAME | Altenberg |
| SIGNATURE | ALTENBERG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Regent Park Community Health Centre |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Everybody is impacted. Everybody's hurting”
Our study highlights opportunities for organizational practices that better support harm reduction workers, including formal emotional supports and community-based supportive care services. Improvement to the socio-economic-political determinants of work such as adequate compensation and access to full benefit packages are also needed in the harm reduction sector for all workers
Association of Illicit Fentanyl Use with Injection Risk Practices Among People who Inject Drugs
Challenges, Skepticism, and Recommendations from Police about Working in Collaboration with Supervised Consumption Services
Background The operation of supervised consumption services (SCS), programs that offer supervised locations for the consumption of drugs such as heroin, other opioids, cocaine, other stimulants, and other drugs, is contingent on cooperative relationships with police. In this manuscript, we focus on an under studied topic: how active duty police officers understand their role with respect to SCS, and their recommendations for improving relationshi…
That's a double-edged sword”
Supervised consumption services (SCS) have been integrated into community health centres in Toronto. We draw on qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations to examine the implementation contexts of these SCS. Participants' perspectives on the integration of SCS within CHCs were mixed. Some participants identified the benefits of integrated SCS such as convenience and access to other health and social services. However, others identified …
Healthcare needs and health service utilization by Syrian refugee women in Toronto
Responding to the healthcare needs of Syrian newcomer women in a timely and comprehensive manner requires coordinated, multi-sector initiatives that can address the financial, social, and structural barriers to their access and use of services
Understanding real-world adherence in the directly acting antiviral era
This study demonstrates that strong adherence and SVR with DAAs is achievable, with appropriate supports, even in the context of substance use, and complex health/social issues
Beyond viral response
That's a double-edged sword”
Supervised consumption services (SCS) have been integrated into community health centres in Toronto. We draw on qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations to examine the implementation contexts of these SCS. Participants' perspectives on the integration of SCS within CHCs were mixed. Some participants identified the benefits of integrated SCS such as convenience and access to other health and social services. However, others identified …
Beyond viral response
Understanding real-world adherence in the directly acting antiviral era
This study demonstrates that strong adherence and SVR with DAAs is achievable, with appropriate supports, even in the context of substance use, and complex health/social issues
Healthcare needs and health service utilization by Syrian refugee women in Toronto
Responding to the healthcare needs of Syrian newcomer women in a timely and comprehensive manner requires coordinated, multi-sector initiatives that can address the financial, social, and structural barriers to their access and use of services
That's a double-edged sword”
Supervised consumption services (SCS) have been integrated into community health centres in Toronto. We draw on qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations to examine the implementation contexts of these SCS. Participants' perspectives on the integration of SCS within CHCs were mixed. Some participants identified the benefits of integrated SCS such as convenience and access to other health and social services. However, others identified …
Challenges, Skepticism, and Recommendations from Police about Working in Collaboration with Supervised Consumption Services
Background The operation of supervised consumption services (SCS), programs that offer supervised locations for the consumption of drugs such as heroin, other opioids, cocaine, other stimulants, and other drugs, is contingent on cooperative relationships with police. In this manuscript, we focus on an under studied topic: how active duty police officers understand their role with respect to SCS, and their recommendations for improving relationshi…
Association of Illicit Fentanyl Use with Injection Risk Practices Among People who Inject Drugs
“Everybody is impacted. Everybody's hurting”
Our study highlights opportunities for organizational practices that better support harm reduction workers, including formal emotional supports and community-based supportive care services. Improvement to the socio-economic-political determinants of work such as adequate compensation and access to full benefit packages are also needed in the harm reduction sector for all workers
Medicine (5 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Hepatitis C (2 works) · Hepatitis C virus research (2 works)