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What impact does opioid agonist treatment have on mortality at a population level?
Matthew Hickman, Annick Borquez and Louisa Degenhardt on using linked government data to demonstrate...
Created On: 18 August 2022   (Last updated: 18 August 2022)
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QMJC June 2022: Timelines and life-grid methods
The latest Qualitative Methods Journal Club is now online. This month, the discussion focused...
Created On: 11 August 2022   (Last updated: 04 February 2024)
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Can the ‘ageing cohort theory’ account for the increase in drug-related deaths?
Dr Dan Lewer writes about the causes of increased drug-related deaths
Created On: 20 July 2022   (Last updated: 02 August 2022)
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QMJC May 2022: Investigating the practice of microdosing psychedelics
The latest discussion from the Qualitative Methods Journal Club is now available online...
Created On: 15 July 2022   (Last updated: 06 February 2024)
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Stigmatising language in academic manuscripts: the view from a reader and peer-reviewer
Dr. Stephen Parkin shares his observations about the use of stigmatising words and phrases...
Created On: 28 June 2022   (Last updated: 28 June 2022)
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Quick read: How does naloxone work?
Many people will be aware that naloxone reverses overdoses, but how...
Created On: 16 June 2022   (Last updated: 07 February 2024)
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A short history of gambling laws and regulations
With a new government ‘white paper’ on the horizon, Natalie Davies and Rob Calder...
Created On: 25 May 2022   (Last updated: 29 January 2024)
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QMJC April 2022: ‘Key informants’ and intersectionality in mixed-methods research
The latest discussion from the Qualitative Methods Journal Club (QMJC) is now available online...
Created On: 16 May 2022   (Last updated: 06 February 2024)
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Hepatitis C, injecting drug use, and the ‘syndemics’ framework
Everyone is now familiar with pandemics and epidemics, but what is a ‘syndemic’?
Created On: 06 May 2022   (Last updated: 06 May 2022)
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Understanding the health impacts of smoke-free prison policies
Dr Emily Tweed blogs for the SSA website about an evaluation of smoke-free prisons...
Created On: 25 April 2022   (Last updated: 26 April 2022)