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Injection of drug residue as a potential risk factor for HCV acquisition among Montréal young injection drug users
Author(s): Elise Roy, Nelson Arruda, Pascale Leclerc, Nancy Haley, Julie Bruneau, Jean-François Boivin
Publication Date: 2012
Background Preparing drugs or medications for injection may leave residues in containers and filters used by injection drug users (IDUs). Little is known about the specific practice of injecting someone else's drug residue as a possible route of HCV transmission. Methods A prospective cohort study of street youth aged 14–23 years old was carried out between July 2001 and December 2005. For this analysis, youth who injected in the six mon...
Characteristics of adolescent street youth with a history of pregnancy
Author(s): Nancy Haley, Elise Roy, Pascale Leclerc, Jean-François Boudreau, Jean-François Boivin
Publication Date: 2004
Abstract: This study examines characteristics of adolescent street youth with histories of pregnancy and documents important factors that merit consideration when providing global sexual health care. Study objective: To determine social and behavioral factors associated with a history of pregnancy among adolescent street youth. Design, setting, participants: In a prospective cohort study, female adolescent street youth (14–19 years) ever preg...
The health of street youth: a Canadian perspective
Author(s): Jean-François Boivin, Nancy Haley, Guillaume Galbaud du Fort, Elise Roy
Publication Date: 2005
OBJECTIVE: To review epidemiologic studies of the health of street youth in industrialized countries, with a special focus on Canadian youth.  METHODS: We identified 52 peer-reviewed studies from searches of the MEDLINE database and bibliographies of published papers, for data on blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections, mental health problems, pregnancy, violence and mortality.  RESULTS: Rates of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV infectio...
2.4 The Health of Street Youth in Canada: A Review of the Literature
Author(s): Jean-François Boivin, Elise Roy, Nancy Haley, Guillaume Galbaud du Fort
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2009
This chapter contains a review of 52 studies on data on blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections, mental health problems, pregnancy, violence, and mortality among street youth. The studies show that rates of hepatitis B and C and HIV infection, as well as mental health problems, pregnancies, and assault are higher among street youth than among non-street youth and that the mortality rate for street youth is 11 times higher the expected rat...
Hepatitis B Virus Infection Among Street Youths in Montreal
Author(s): Elise Roy, Nancy Haley, Nicole Lemire, Jean-François Boivin, Pascale Leclerc, Jean Vincelette, Canada
Publication Date: 1999
Background: Street youths are at high risk for many health problems, including sexually transmitted diseases and bloodborne infections. The authors conducted a cross-sectional anonymous study from December 1995 to September 1996 involving street youths in Montreal to estimate the prevalence of risk behaviours for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and of markers of past and present HBV infection. Methods: Participants were 437 youths aged 14 to...
Drug Injection Among Street Youth: the First Time.
Author(s): Élise Roy, Nancy Haley, Pascale Leclerc, Lyne Cédras, Jean-François Boivin
Publication Date: 2002
this article is a cohort study conducted in 1995-2000 and describe the circumstances of the first drug injection among street youth aged 14-25 years old, in all major Montreal organizations offering free services to street youth. Youth completed questions on the circumstances of their first injection (calendar time, location, type of relationship with the initiator, presence of others, drug first injected, source of needle and use of clean needle...
Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Street Youths
Author(s): Elise Roy, Nancy Haley, Pascale Leclerc, Jean-François Boivin, Lyne Cédras, Jean Vincelette
Publication Date: 2001
Background: The relative contributions to risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection resulting from unsafe sexual behaviours and exposures to blood (e.g., tattooing, body piercing and injection drug use) among youths at risk are not well known. We interviewed street youths about risk factors for HCV infection and documented their HCV antibody status.