@CarePrevent

Promoting skin & soft tissue infection care and preventing AA amyloidosis among people who inject drugs in the UK. 🇬🇧 @LSHTM 🦟🦠

 London, England
lshtm.ac.uk
Joined February 2019
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Our latest Care & Prevent paper is out! We report on a high prevalence of albuminuria amongst PWID: nature.com/articles/s41598-0… Very proud of this one! @NiceSkunk @WrightTalen @pwidpride @DanCiccarone @JScottUoB @SciReports @nature @DEPTH_LSHTM @LSHTM

High prevalence of albuminuria amongst people who inject drugs: A cross-sectional study

Scientific Reports - High prevalence of albuminuria amongst people who inject drugs: A cross-sectional study

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📣 Excellent opportunity to join a fantastic team @KingsAddictions. Who wouldn’t want to work with @PollyRadcliffe, @HelenCheyne, and @Jo_S_Neale ?! jobs.ac.uk/job/CIM265/resear…
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Sian Harries@sianharries_10 Mar 2021
I don't have a wife or a daughter so it's really weird how I ended up believing all women should be treated with respect.
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Read the excellent thread from @adriannakmurphy asking: 'What could we achieve if resources mobilized for #Covid19 were applied to improving access to other essential medicines?' 💊🤔👏 @MSF_access @ncdalliance @IADA_diabetes @ResolveTSL @LSHTM
Adrianna Murphy@adriannakmurphy22 Feb 2021
The resources mobilized for the COVID-19 vaccine are unprecedented. In @GlobalHealthBMJ, @LilianMbau @Karaghanson @martinmckee @ElsTorreele and I ask what we could achieve if similar resources were devoted to improving access to essential medicines. gh.bmj.com/content/6/2/e0051…
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Charlie Witzel@TC_Witzel20 Feb 2021
V excited to be on @CBCQuirks discussing trans men & trans women’s experiences of HIV self-testing and sexual health services. Hope this serves as a regular reminder that it is critical to involve trans people in designing services that meet their needs. cbc.ca/radio/quirks/feb-20-m…

HIV testing study of trans people in the U.K. reveals health-care gaps | CBC Radio

Researchers have found HIV testing rates skyrocket in transgender people, an at-risk group, when they are supplied with self-testing kits — but that promising sign also points to a bigger problem in...

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Jason Grebely@jasongrebely10 Nov 2020
“COVID-19 and the health of people who use drugs: What is and what could be?” Commentary with @Magda_Cerda @tim__rhodes now out highlighting @ijdrugpolicy COVID-19 special issue and emerging evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on the health of PWID - sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Jenny Scott@JScottUoB25 Oct 2020
More practical outcomes from @CarePrevent led by @pwidpride.
Exchange Supplies@ReducingHarm23 Oct 2020
Hot off the press! Injecting tips #3 staying safe on the street: produced with Magdalena Harris an output of Care and Prevent Study. Available now: bit.ly/3dVaGeP
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Hot off the press! Written with @pwidpride - more much needed information inspired by the care & prevent study. bit.ly/2FHS0lZ
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Magdalena Harris@pwidpride9 Sep 2020
Thank you Karen and to @NHS_SPS for the opportunity to present with @JScottUoB on this important topic. Time to revolutionise care for people who use illicit opiates in hospital (and other) settings!
KH@KHarrowinT9 Sep 2020
Such a powerful slide @NHS_SPS - need formal education to undo unconscious bias towards treating people as medical patients without considering the context
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Tommy Brothers@tdbrothers17 Aug 2020
“It’s crucial that water for injection... is made available for the unstably housed & harm reduction messaging is tailored to speak to the everyday realities of people who prepare and inject drugs in public spaces” @pwidpride @DanCiccarone @CarePrevent harmreductionjournal.biomedc…

Navigating environmental constraints to injection preparation: the use of saliva and other altern...

Harm Reduction Journal - The United Kingdom is experiencing an increase in drug-related deaths and serious bacterial infections among its most vulnerable citizens. Cuts to essential services,...

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ProfVivHope@VivProf15 Jul 2020
Worryingly this paper by @LJMUPHI using data from @PHI_IMS indicates that the coverage of needle & syringe programmes in England has halved since the COVID-19 restrictions were introduced sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Magdalena Harris@pwidpride15 Jul 2020
Just out from @CarePrevent! Of our 455 participants, 78% street homeless history, 64% abscess/cellulitis & 47% related hospitalisation. High hospitalisation rates for treatable & preventable conditions highlights a broken & discriminatory system. journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…

Prevalence and severity of abscesses and cellulitis, and their associations with other health...

Background Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) are a common but preventable cause of morbidity and mortality among people who inject drugs (PWID). They can be severe, and hospitalisations of PWID...

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I would also add that people read @pwidpride's paper on delayed healthcare seeking and normalised pain, with interview data taken from the @CarePrevent study. The paper and our participants' words add deeper context than numbers alone could ever provide. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Online now!: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… New paper from @CarePrevent with fellow co-authors @VivProf @DanCiccarone @danlewer @JScottUoB and @pwidpride 1/3

Prevalence and severity of abscesses and cellulitis, and their associations with other health...

Background Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) are a common but preventable cause of morbidity and mortality among people who inject drugs (PWID). They can be severe, and hospitalisations of PWID...

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Magdalena Harris@pwidpride14 Jul 2020
Open access in SSM, pre-proof version. This article means a lot, for so many reasons. Hard & so important to do justice to these heart-rending accounts. Thank you to all the participants & in particular memory of those deceased since we spoke. @CarePrevent sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Magdalena Harris@pwidpride25 Jun 2020
Crack & covid advocacy paper published! :) have just changed to open access, might take 24hrs. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…

An urgent impetus for action: safe inhalation interventions to reduce COVID-19 transmission and...

Crack cocaine use is rising in the United Kingdom (UK), with smoking the primary form of administration. Provision of safe inhalation equipment for crack cocaine is prohibited under UK law. Pipes...

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Jenny Scott@JScottUoB19 Jun 2020
Great presentation from @pwidpride on @CarePrevent work in @SDFnews webinar on care of injecting related wounds. Highlighted role of using too much citric in skin & soft tissue infections in ppl who inject drugs.
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Check out this #podcast @LSHTM alumni @LandonKuester @KingsCollegeLon who talks with Dr Emily Finch, Addictions Clinical Director @MaudsleyNHS about the impact that #COVID19 #coronavirus is having on access to drug services: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… @CarePrevent #health #research

Accessing Drug Services During COVID-19

Podcast Episode · Relations Radio · 8 April 2020 · 23min

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Magdalena Harris@pwidpride10 Jun 2020
Thank you to @DrugAlcoholDep, @PHE_uk for UAM data & @JasonRDoran for conducting the analysis. We found a strong relationship between venous access difficulty and SSTI among PWID in the UK. @VivProf, @WrightTalen , @ellenheinsbroek, @CarePrevent sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Massive congratulations to our fabulous PI @pwidpride 🎉🎉
Magdalena Harris@pwidpride27 May 2020
Thank you @SSA_Addiction! addiction-ssa.org/funding/im…
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