Kora Debeck
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1728093 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kora Debeck |
| PRENOMES | Kora |
| SOBRENOME | Debeck |
| ASSINATURA | DEBECK K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Simon Fraser University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2045-1653 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 71 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 52 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 71 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Prevalence and Correlates of Reporting a Gabapentin Prescription for Pain Among People Who Use Opioids
Gender differences in the association between housing status and violence among people who report exposure to benzodiazepines
BACKGROUND: Benzodiazepine exposure through the contaminated unregulated drug supply is associated with heightened risk of violent victimization, particularly for women. It is critical to identify the structural factors that intersect with drug toxicity and condition vulnerability to violence. As such, we conducted a gender-based analysis of the impacts of stable housing on violence among a sample of people exposed to benzodiazepines. METHODS: Us…
Willingness to use microbicides among females who use unregulated drugs in Vancouver, Canada
Microbicides are an emerging HIV-focused biomedical intervention offering protection against HIV. Despite potential benefits, willingness to use these products has not been well studied, especially among females who use unregulated drugs. Between June 2021 and May 2022, data were drawn from two prospective cohorts of people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada. Analyses focused on participants who were female sex at birth and sexually active. Multi…
Difficulty accessing substance use treatment among Indigenous people in a Canadian inner city setting
Objectives: Indigenous people in Canada continue to suffer from higher rates of opioid overdose death than non-Indigenous groups. Although substance use treatment remains a key strategy in the context of the overdose crisis, the barriers to timely substance use treatment access among Indigenous people have not been well-characterized. This study aims to identify factors affecting treatment access for Indigenous residents in Vancouver, BC. Methods…
Cannabis use and illicit opioid cessation among people who use drugs living with chronic pain
Longitudinal polysubstance use patterns and non-fatal overdose
Policing and access to harm reduction services among young people who use drugs and young Indigenous people who use drugs before and after the pilot implementation of decriminalization of personal pos…
Among young PWUD, we observed relative reductions in experiencing policing-related barriers to harm reduction services after the pilot implementation of decriminalization, and this benefit extended to young Indigenous PWUD
Preferred pharmaceutical-grade opioids to reduce the use of unregulated opioids
Characterizing Use of Supervised Consumption Services among Street-involved Youth and Young Adults in the Context of an Overdose Crisis
Longitudinal latent polysubstance use patterns among a cohort of people who use opioids in Vancouver, Canada
Latent polydrug use patterns and the provision of injection initiation assistance among people who inject drugs in three North American settings
Experiences of violence during the Covid-19 pandemic among people who use drugs in a Canadian setting
Our study results suggest economic conditions and gender were major factors associated with experiencing violence among our sample of PWUD during COVID-19. These findings highlight criminalization of drug use and widespread socioeconomic challenges as barriers to addressing violence among PWUD during periods of crisis
Food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada
Objective: To examine prevalence and factors associated with food insecurity among people who use drugs (PWUD) during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the overdose crisis. Design: This cross-sectional study employs multivariable logistic regression to identify factors associated with self-reported food insecurity. Participants: PWUD who are part of three community-recruited cohorts. Setting: Interviews conducted in Vancouver, Canada, v…
Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on enrollment in medications for opioid use disorder (Moud) in Vancouver, Canada
Despite immediate improvements in MOUD enrollment in the post-COVID-19 period, this beneficial trend reversed over time. RMG opioids appeared to have provided additional benefits to sustain retention in OUD care
Decriminalization thresholds for drug possession
Cannabis use to manage opioid cravings among people who use unregulated opioids during a drug toxicity crisis
Knowledge of a Drug-Related Good Samaritan Law Among People Who Use Drugs, Vancouver, Canada
BACKGROUND: Across the United States and Canada drug-related Good Samaritan laws (GSLs) have been enacted to encourage observers of acute drug overdose events to contact emergency medical services (EMS) without fear of legal repercussions. However, little is known about the working knowledge of GSLs among people who use illicit drugs (PWUD). We sought to evaluate the prevalence and factors associated with accurate knowledge of a GSL among PWUD in…
Social-Structural Predictors of Fentanyl Exposure among Street Involved Youth
ObjectiveThe emergence of synthetic fentanyl has been a main contributor to North America’s rising overdose death rates. While increasing attention has been given to drug-related harm among youth, little is known about how social-structural conditions influence their risk of fentanyl exposure. Therefore, we evaluated potential relationships between social-structural conditions and fentanyl exposure among youth who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, …
Gender and the first‐time provision of injection initiation assistance among people who inject drugs across two distinct North American contexts
Psychedelic use is associated with reduced daily opioid use among people who use illicit drugs in a Canadian setting
Navigating Opioid Agonist Therapy among Young People who use Illicit Opioids in Vancouver, Canada
Findings underscore the importance of working collaboratively with young people to develop treatment plans and timelines, and suggest that OAT engagement and retention among young people could be improved by expanding access to the full range of OAT; updating clinical guidelines to improve access to safer prescription alternatives to the increasingly poisonous, unregulated drug supply; addressing treatment gaps arising from missed doses and take-…
Migration Patterns from an Open Illicit Drug Scene and Emergency Department Visits among People Who Use Illicit Drugs in Vancouver, Canada
BACKGROUND: People who use illicit drugs (PWUD) experience various adverse health outcomes leading to increased healthcare service utilization. PWUD are also a highly mobile population which poses challenges to healthcare delivery. The objective of this study was to identify migration patterns from the Downtown Eastside (DTES), an urban illicit drug scene in Vancouver and to estimate the impact of different migration patterns on two outcomes: a) …
Self‐perception of assisting with future injection drug initiation
Non‐medical prescription opioid use and in‐hospital illicit drug use among people who use drugs
Investigating a bidirectional relationship between overdose and provision of injection initiation assistance among persons who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada and Tijuana, Mexico
Reclaiming Indigenous identities
Socioeconomic marginalisation in the structural production of vulnerability to violence among people who use illicit drugs
OBJECTIVE: Many people who use illicit drugs (PWUD) face challenges to their financial stability. Resulting activities that PWUD undertake to generate income may increase their vulnerability to violence. We therefore examined the relationship between income generation and exposure to violence across a wide range of income generating activities among HIV-positive and HIV-negative PWUD living in Vancouver, Canada. METHODS: Data were derived from co…
Transitions into and out of homelessness among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting
Criminalizing Sex Work Clients and Rushed Negotiations among Sex Workers Who Use Drugs in a Canadian Setting
Public injecting among a cohort of injecting drug users in Vancouver, Canada
BACKGROUND: Despite the implementation of policy interventions to address open drug consumption, public injecting continues to occur in many urban settings. This study sought to examine public injecting among a community-recruited cohort of injecting drug users (IDUs) in Vancouver. METHODS: The prevalence and correlates of recent public injecting among participants enrolled in the Vancouver Injection Drug User Study during the period of 1 Decembe…
Use of Cannabis for Harm Reduction Among People at High Risk for Overdose in Vancouver, Canada (2016–2018)
Objectives. To characterize the prevalence and reasons for the use of cannabis as a strategy to reduce the harms arising from other substances. Methods. We drew data about recent cannabis use and intentions from 3 prospective cohort studies of marginalized people who use drugs based in Vancouver, Canada, from June 2016 to May 2018. The primary outcome was “use of cannabis for harm reduction,” defined as using cannabis for substitution for licit o…
Perceived Devaluation and STI Testing Uptake among a Cohort of Street-Involved Youth in a Canadian Setting
The relationship between violence and engagement in drug dealing and sex work among street-involved youth
Frequent Cannabis Use and Cessation of Injection of Opioids, Vancouver, Canada, 2005–2018
Objectives. To evaluate the impact of frequent cannabis use on injection cessation and injection relapse among people who inject drugs (PWID). Methods. Three prospective cohorts of PWID from Vancouver, Canada, provided the data for these analyses. We used extended Cox regression analysis with time-updated covariates to analyze the association between cannabis use and injection cessation and injection relapse. Results. Between 2005 and 2018, at-le…
Patterns of Non-injection Drug Use Associated with Injection Cessation among Street-Involved Youth in Vancouver, Canada
Between a rock and a hard place
Increased drug use and the timing of social assistance receipt among people who use illicit drugs
Income generating activities of people who inject drugs
Law enforcement and Australia's 2001 heroin shortage
Canada's new federal ‘National Anti-Drug Strategy’
Public injecting among a cohort of injecting drug users in Vancouver, Canada
BACKGROUND: Despite the implementation of policy interventions to address open drug consumption, public injecting continues to occur in many urban settings. This study sought to examine public injecting among a community-recruited cohort of injecting drug users (IDUs) in Vancouver. METHODS: The prevalence and correlates of recent public injecting among participants enrolled in the Vancouver Injection Drug User Study during the period of 1 Decembe…
Developing Canada’s Research Base for Harm Reduction and Health Equity Approaches to HIV Prevention and Treatment
Interest in low-threshold employment among people who inject illicit drugs
A Dose-Dependent Relationship between Exposure to a Street-Based Drug Scene and Health-Related Harms among People Who Use Injection Drugs
While the community impacts of drug-related street disorder have been well described, lesser attention has been given to the potential health and social implications of drug scene exposure on street-involved people who use illicit drugs. Therefore, we sought to assess the impacts of exposure to a street-based drug scene among injection drug users (IDU) in a Canadian setting. Data were derived from a prospective cohort study known as the Vancouver…
Transitions into and out of homelessness among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting
Binge drug use among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting
The prevalence of reporting binge drug use among the youth was high in this setting and was independently associated with a range of high-risk activities and markers of vulnerability. Querying high-risk youth about binge drug use may help prioritize those in greatest need of addiction treatment strategies and public health interventions
High prevalence of exposure to the child welfare system among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting
Youth with a history of being in government care appear to be at high-risk of adverse illicit substance-related behaviours. Evidence-based interventions are required to better support vulnerable children and youth with histories of being in the child welfare system, and prevent problematic substance use and street-involvement among this population
Incarceration among street-involved youth in a Canadian study
Income level and drug related harm among people who use injection drugs in a Canadian setting
Substance use patterns and unprotected sex among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting
Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and unplanned pregnancy are high among youth. While the intersection between drug and alcohol use and unprotected sex is well recognized, few studies have examined the relationship between substance use patterns and unprotected sex among high risk-populations such as street-involved youth. Data were derived from the At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS), a prospective cohort of street-involved youth from Vancou…
High Prevalence of Assisted Injection Among Street-Involved Youth in a Canadian Setting
Increasing awareness about HIV prevention among young people who initiated injection drug use in a Canadian setting, 1988–2014
High school incompletion and childhood maltreatment among street-involved young people in Vancouver, Canada
While the link between educational attainment and future health and wellness is well understood, little investigation has considered the potential impacts of distinct forms of childhood maltreatment on high school completion. In the present study, the relationship between five categories of childhood maltreatment (physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and physical and emotional neglect) and completion of high school education were examined using…
Socioeconomic marginalisation in the structural production of vulnerability to violence among people who use illicit drugs
OBJECTIVE: Many people who use illicit drugs (PWUD) face challenges to their financial stability. Resulting activities that PWUD undertake to generate income may increase their vulnerability to violence. We therefore examined the relationship between income generation and exposure to violence across a wide range of income generating activities among HIV-positive and HIV-negative PWUD living in Vancouver, Canada. METHODS: Data were derived from co…
Non-medical prescription opioid use among youth
High prevalence of risky income generation among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting
Non-medical prescription opioid use predicts injection initiation among street-involved youth
The relationship between violence and engagement in drug dealing and sex work among street-involved youth
Increased drug use and the timing of social assistance receipt among people who use illicit drugs
HIV and the criminalisation of drug use among people who inject drugs
Unsafe sexual behaviour associated with hazardous alcohol use among street-involved youth
While risky sexual behaviours related to illicit drug use among street youth have been explored, the impacts of alcohol use have received less attention. This longitudinal study examined hazardous alcohol use among a population of street-involved youth, with particular attention to sexual and drug-related risk behaviours. Data were derived from the At-Risk Youth Study, a prospective cohort of street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada. The outcom…
Getting out of downtown”
Policies and programming interventions that can facilitate young people's efforts to reduce engagement with Vancouver's inner-city drug scene are critically needed, including meaningful educational and/or occupational training opportunities, 'low threshold' addiction treatment services, as well as access to supportive housing outside of the scene
Medicine (64 obras) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (52 obras) · Psychiatry (50 obras) · Environmental health (36 obras) · Demography (35 obras) · Internal Medicine (33 obras) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (33 obras) · Drug (28 obras) · Homelessness and Social Issues (26 obras) · Psychology (25 obras)