List of works - Ruth Zhang

A comparison of drug use and risk behavior profiles among younger and older street youth.

scientific article published on 21 March 2011

A dose-dependent relationship between exposure to a street-based drug scene and health-related harms among people who use injection drugs

scientific article

Adherence and plasma HIV RNA response to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-seropositive injection drug users in a Canadian setting

scientific article

Associations between childhood maltreatment and sex work in a cohort of drug-using youth

scientific article

Attendance at Supervised Injecting Facilities and Use of Detoxification Services

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Attendance, drug use patterns, and referrals made from North America's first supervised injection facility

scientific article

Burden of HIV infection among aboriginal injection drug users in Vancouver, British Columbia

article

Circumstances of first crystal methamphetamine use and initiation of injection drug use among high-risk youth

scientific article published in May 2008

Circumstances of first injection among illicit drug users accessing a medically supervised safer injection facility

scientific article published on 30 May 2007

Compulsory drug detention center experiences among a community-based sample of injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand ⬇️

scientific article published on October 20, 2011

Crystal methamphetamine injection predicts slower HIV RNA suppression among injection drug users ⬇️

scientific article published on February 13, 2011

DETERMINANTS OF CUTANEOUS INJECTION-RELATED INFECTIONS AMONG INJECTION DRUG USERS AT AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

scientific article published on January 2012

Dermatologic manifestations of underlying infectious disease among illicit injection-drug users

scientific article published in March 2008

Determinants of cutaneous injection-related infection care at a supervised injecting facility

scientific article published on 11 April 2009

Determinants of hospitalization for a cutaneous injection-related infection among injection drug users: a cohort study

scientific article

Difficulty accessing crack pipes and crack pipe sharing among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada ⬇️

scientific article published on December 30, 2011

Difficulty accessing syringes and syringe borrowing among injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand

scientific article published on March 2010

Directly observed therapy programmes for anti-retroviral treatment amongst injection drug users in Vancouver: Access, adherence and outcomes

scientific article published on 27 December 2006

Does initiation of HIV antiretroviral therapy influence patterns of syringe lending among injection drug users?

scientific article

Emergency Department Utilization among a Cohort of HIV-positive Injecting Drug Users in a Canadian Setting ⬇️

scientific article published on June 29, 2011

Employment among users of a medically supervised safer injection facility

scientific article published in January 2008

Expanding the reach of harm reduction in Thailand: experiences with a drug user-run drop-in centre

scientific article published on 18 September 2009

Factors associated with difficulty accessing crack cocaine pipes in a Canadian setting ⬇️

scientific article published on March 30, 2012

Female gender predicts lower access and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a setting of free healthcare

scientific article

HIV seroprevalence among participants at a Supervised Injection Facility in Vancouver, Canada: implications for prevention, care and treatment

scientific article published on 18 December 2006

High prevalence of syringe sharing among street involved youth

journal article; published in Addiction Research & Theory in 2008

High rates of homelessness among a cohort of street-involved youth

scientific article published on 08 February 2008

Homelessness and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among a cohort of HIV-infected injection drug users

scientific article

Impact of HIV testing on uptake of HIV therapy among antiretroviral naive HIV-infected injection drug users

article

Impact of a medically supervised safer injection facility on community drug use patterns: a before and after study

scientific article

Impact of accessing methadone on the time to initiating HIV treatment among antiretroviral-naive HIV-infected injection drug users

article

Inability to access addiction treatment and risk of HIV infection among injection drug users recruited from a supervised injection facility.

scientific article

Incidence and risk factors for non-fatal overdose among a cohort of recently incarcerated illicit drug users

scientific article published on 7 February 2012

Injection Drug Use and HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Discontinuation in A Canadian Setting ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Injection drug use among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting.

scientific article

Injection drug use cessation and use of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility

scientific article published on 30 August 2010

Injection drug users' perceptions regarding use of a medically supervised safer injecting facility

scientific article published on 22 August 2006

Longitudinal community plasma HIV-1 RNA concentrations and incidence of HIV-1 among injecting drug users: prospective cohort study.

scientific article published on 30 April 2009

Methadone maintenance therapy promotes initiation of antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users

scientific article

Methamphetamine injection independently predicts hepatitis C infection among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting

scientific article

Methamphetamine use and malnutrition among street-involved youth

scientific article

No evidence of increased sexual risk behaviour after initiating antiretroviral therapy among people who inject drugs

scientific article

Non-fatal overdose among a cohort of active injection drug users recruited from a supervised injection facility.

scientific article published in January 2008

Ongoing drug use and outcomes from highly active antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users in a Canadian setting

scientific article published in January 2010

Patterns of heroin and cocaine injection and plasma HIV-1 RNA suppression among a long-term cohort of injection drug users

scientific article published on 14 January 2012

Physician experience and rates of plasma HIV-1 RNA suppression among illicit drug users: an observational study ⬇️

scientific article published on January 25, 2012

Police and public health partnerships: evidence from the evaluation of Vancouver's supervised injection facility

scientific article

Rate of detoxification service use and its impact among a cohort of supervised injecting facility users

scientific article

Risk factors for developing a cutaneous injection-related infection among injection drug users: a cohort study

scientific article

Safer injecting education for HIV prevention within a medically supervised safer injecting facility

article

Service uptake and characteristics of injection drug users utilizing North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility

scientific article published on 29 March 2006

Severe food insecurity is associated with elevated unprotected sex among HIV-seropositive injection drug users independent of HAART use ⬇️

scientific article published on October 23, 2011

Slower uptake of HIV antiretroviral therapy among Aboriginal injection drug users

article

Survival sex work and increased HIV risk among sexual minority street-involved youth

scientific article published on April 2010

Survival sex work involvement among street-involved youth who use drugs in a Canadian setting

scientific article

Survival sex work involvement as a primary risk factor for hepatitis C virus acquisition in drug-using youths in a canadian setting

scientific article

Syringe sharing and HIV incidence among injection drug users and increased access to sterile syringes

scientific article published on 17 June 2010

Unstable housing and hepatitis C incidence among injection drug users in a Canadian setting

scientific article published on 29 July 2009

Validity of self-reported antiretroviral therapy use among injection drug users

scientific article published in April 2006

Young age predicts poor antiretroviral adherence and viral load suppression among injection drug users

scientific article

List of works by Ruth Zhang

A comparison of drug use and risk behavior profiles among younger and older street youth.

A dose-dependent relationship between exposure to a street-based drug scene and health-related harms among people who use injection drugs

Adherence and plasma HIV RNA response to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-seropositive injection drug users in a Canadian setting

Associations between childhood maltreatment and sex work in a cohort of drug-using youth

Attendance at Supervised Injecting Facilities and Use of Detoxification Services

Attendance, drug use patterns, and referrals made from North America's first supervised injection facility

Burden of HIV infection among aboriginal injection drug users in Vancouver, British Columbia

Circumstances of first crystal methamphetamine use and initiation of injection drug use among high-risk youth

Circumstances of first injection among illicit drug users accessing a medically supervised safer injection facility

Compulsory drug detention center experiences among a community-based sample of injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand ⬇️

Crystal methamphetamine injection predicts slower HIV RNA suppression among injection drug users ⬇️

DETERMINANTS OF CUTANEOUS INJECTION-RELATED INFECTIONS AMONG INJECTION DRUG USERS AT AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

Dermatologic manifestations of underlying infectious disease among illicit injection-drug users

Determinants of cutaneous injection-related infection care at a supervised injecting facility

Determinants of hospitalization for a cutaneous injection-related infection among injection drug users: a cohort study

Difficulty accessing crack pipes and crack pipe sharing among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada ⬇️

Difficulty accessing syringes and syringe borrowing among injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand

Directly observed therapy programmes for anti-retroviral treatment amongst injection drug users in Vancouver: Access, adherence and outcomes

Does initiation of HIV antiretroviral therapy influence patterns of syringe lending among injection drug users?

Emergency Department Utilization among a Cohort of HIV-positive Injecting Drug Users in a Canadian Setting ⬇️

Employment among users of a medically supervised safer injection facility

Expanding the reach of harm reduction in Thailand: experiences with a drug user-run drop-in centre

Factors associated with difficulty accessing crack cocaine pipes in a Canadian setting ⬇️

Female gender predicts lower access and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a setting of free healthcare

HIV seroprevalence among participants at a Supervised Injection Facility in Vancouver, Canada: implications for prevention, care and treatment

High prevalence of syringe sharing among street involved youth

High rates of homelessness among a cohort of street-involved youth

Homelessness and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among a cohort of HIV-infected injection drug users

Impact of HIV testing on uptake of HIV therapy among antiretroviral naive HIV-infected injection drug users

Impact of a medically supervised safer injection facility on community drug use patterns: a before and after study

Impact of accessing methadone on the time to initiating HIV treatment among antiretroviral-naive HIV-infected injection drug users

Inability to access addiction treatment and risk of HIV infection among injection drug users recruited from a supervised injection facility.

Incidence and risk factors for non-fatal overdose among a cohort of recently incarcerated illicit drug users

Injection Drug Use and HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Discontinuation in A Canadian Setting ⬇️

Injection drug use among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting.

Injection drug use cessation and use of North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility

Injection drug users' perceptions regarding use of a medically supervised safer injecting facility

Longitudinal community plasma HIV-1 RNA concentrations and incidence of HIV-1 among injecting drug users: prospective cohort study.

Methadone maintenance therapy promotes initiation of antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users

Methamphetamine injection independently predicts hepatitis C infection among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting

Methamphetamine use and malnutrition among street-involved youth

No evidence of increased sexual risk behaviour after initiating antiretroviral therapy among people who inject drugs

Non-fatal overdose among a cohort of active injection drug users recruited from a supervised injection facility.

Ongoing drug use and outcomes from highly active antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users in a Canadian setting

Patterns of heroin and cocaine injection and plasma HIV-1 RNA suppression among a long-term cohort of injection drug users

Physician experience and rates of plasma HIV-1 RNA suppression among illicit drug users: an observational study ⬇️

Police and public health partnerships: evidence from the evaluation of Vancouver's supervised injection facility

Rate of detoxification service use and its impact among a cohort of supervised injecting facility users

Risk factors for developing a cutaneous injection-related infection among injection drug users: a cohort study

Safer injecting education for HIV prevention within a medically supervised safer injecting facility

Service uptake and characteristics of injection drug users utilizing North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility

Severe food insecurity is associated with elevated unprotected sex among HIV-seropositive injection drug users independent of HAART use ⬇️

Slower uptake of HIV antiretroviral therapy among Aboriginal injection drug users

Survival sex work and increased HIV risk among sexual minority street-involved youth

Survival sex work involvement among street-involved youth who use drugs in a Canadian setting

Survival sex work involvement as a primary risk factor for hepatitis C virus acquisition in drug-using youths in a canadian setting

Syringe sharing and HIV incidence among injection drug users and increased access to sterile syringes

Unstable housing and hepatitis C incidence among injection drug users in a Canadian setting

Validity of self-reported antiretroviral therapy use among injection drug users

Young age predicts poor antiretroviral adherence and viral load suppression among injection drug users