Linn Gjersing
Biographic Data
| ID | 7446620 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linn Gjersing |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linn |
| FAMILY NAME | Gjersing |
| SIGNATURE | GJERSING L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian Institute of Public Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0829-2020 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Hooked on the needle”
Injecting drug use is one of the leading risk factors for infections and drug-related deaths. Despite these risks, many people who inject drugs (PWID) continue to inject despite access to alternative intake methods. In this study, we explore this seemingly paradoxical attraction. We conducted 80 qualitative interviews with PWID, recruited from low threshold settings in five Norwegian cities, where we focus on the process of injection initiation a…
A Covid-19 Survey among People Who Use Drugs in Norway
there was generally a high compliance towards COVID-19 recommendations, but one quarter of the sample was sceptical towards COVID-19 vaccination. This indicates a need for targeted and tailored information and well-designed vaccination roll-out programs to reach all PWUD
Increasing trend in accidental pharmaceutical opioid overdose deaths and diverging overdose death correlates following the opioid prescription policy liberalization in Norway 2010–2018
Injecting Alone is More Common among Men, Frequent Injectors and Polysubstance Users in a Sample of People Who Inject Drugs
Background Injecting alone increases the risk of a fatal overdose. We examined the extent of such behavior in a sample of people who inject drugs (PWID) and the typical characteristics of those injecting alone at least once during the past four weeks. Design A cross-sectional study. PWID recruited from the street and from low-threshold services in seven Norwegian cities in September 2017 (n = 359). Associations between characteristics and injecti…
Characteristics and risk of incarceration among “hard-to-reach” people who use drugs
How may alternative drug policy settings influence criminal charges? A longitudinal study of cannabis patients and a general population sample
Open drug scenes
Prevention, harm reduction and treatment should be combined with law enforcement based on cooperation between police, health care and social services. The aim should be "coexistence" between society and users of illegal substances and the strategy based on several years planning and conjoint efforts. The solutions are found in appropriate combinations of harm reduction and restrictive measures
Gender differences in mortality and risk factors in a 13-year cohort study of street-recruited injecting drug users
There were gender differences in mortality and risk factors; sex work and prison were gender specific risk factors. These factors should be investigated further to better design future preventive measures
Cross-cultural adaptation of research instruments
BACKGROUND: Research questionnaires are not always translated appropriately before they are used in new temporal, cultural or linguistic settings. The results based on such instruments may therefore not accurately reflect what they are supposed to measure. This paper aims to illustrate the process and required steps involved in the cross-cultural adaptation of a research instrument using the adaptation process of an attitudinal instrument as an e…
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Cross-cultural adaptation of research instruments
BACKGROUND: Research questionnaires are not always translated appropriately before they are used in new temporal, cultural or linguistic settings. The results based on such instruments may therefore not accurately reflect what they are supposed to measure. This paper aims to illustrate the process and required steps involved in the cross-cultural adaptation of a research instrument using the adaptation process of an attitudinal instrument as an e…
Open drug scenes
Prevention, harm reduction and treatment should be combined with law enforcement based on cooperation between police, health care and social services. The aim should be "coexistence" between society and users of illegal substances and the strategy based on several years planning and conjoint efforts. The solutions are found in appropriate combinations of harm reduction and restrictive measures
Gender differences in mortality and risk factors in a 13-year cohort study of street-recruited injecting drug users
There were gender differences in mortality and risk factors; sex work and prison were gender specific risk factors. These factors should be investigated further to better design future preventive measures
How may alternative drug policy settings influence criminal charges? A longitudinal study of cannabis patients and a general population sample
Injecting Alone is More Common among Men, Frequent Injectors and Polysubstance Users in a Sample of People Who Inject Drugs
Background Injecting alone increases the risk of a fatal overdose. We examined the extent of such behavior in a sample of people who inject drugs (PWID) and the typical characteristics of those injecting alone at least once during the past four weeks. Design A cross-sectional study. PWID recruited from the street and from low-threshold services in seven Norwegian cities in September 2017 (n = 359). Associations between characteristics and injecti…
Characteristics and risk of incarceration among “hard-to-reach” people who use drugs
“Hooked on the needle”
Injecting drug use is one of the leading risk factors for infections and drug-related deaths. Despite these risks, many people who inject drugs (PWID) continue to inject despite access to alternative intake methods. In this study, we explore this seemingly paradoxical attraction. We conducted 80 qualitative interviews with PWID, recruited from low threshold settings in five Norwegian cities, where we focus on the process of injection initiation a…
A Covid-19 Survey among People Who Use Drugs in Norway
there was generally a high compliance towards COVID-19 recommendations, but one quarter of the sample was sceptical towards COVID-19 vaccination. This indicates a need for targeted and tailored information and well-designed vaccination roll-out programs to reach all PWUD
Increasing trend in accidental pharmaceutical opioid overdose deaths and diverging overdose death correlates following the opioid prescription policy liberalization in Norway 2010–2018
Medicine (9 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (6 works) · Norwegian (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Drug (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works)