Select ICHWP Publications

  • Morris, H., Wild, C., Giovannoni, M., Haines-Saah, R., Koziel, J., Schulz, P., Bwala, H., Kunyk, D., Bubela, T., Hyshka, E. (2023). Canadian newspaper coverage on harm reduction featuring bereaved mothers: A mixed methods analysis. PLoS ONE 18(11): e0294608. [URL]

  • Haines-Saah, R. J., Morris, H., Schulz, P., Jenkins, E., & Hyshka, E. (2023). Engaging families and parent advocates in research on substance use and drug policy reform: Guiding principles from a Canadian community-academic partnership. Drug and Alcohol Review. [URL]

  • Galarneau, L., Speed, K., Taylor, M. & Hyshka, E. (2023). Operating an overdose prevention site within a temporary emergency shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Journal of Public Health, Special Section on COVID-19: Qualitative Research. [URL]

  • Haines-Saah, R., Morris, H., Schulz, P., Jenkins, E. & Hyshka, E. (2022). Engaging families and parent advocates in research on substance use and drug policy reform: Guiding principles from a Canadian academic/community partnership. Submitted to Drug and Alcohol Review Nov. 2022. Accepted for Publication October 2022 (with Revisions)

  • Morris, H., Bwala, H., Wesley, J. & Hyhska, E. (2022). Public support for safer supply programs: Analysis of a cross-sectional survey of Canadians in two provinces. Canadian Journal of Public Health July 2022 (Accepted with minor revisions Nov. 2022)

  • Gehring, N. D., Speed, K. A., Dong, K., Pauly, B., Salvalaggio, G., & Hyshka, E. (2022). Social service providers’ perspectives on caring for structurally vulnerable hospital patients who use drugs: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1138). [DOI URL]

  • Gehring, N. D., Speed, K. A., Wild, C., Pauly, B., Salvalaggio, G., Hyshka, E. (2022). Policy actor views on structural vulnerability in harm reduction and policymaking for illegal drugs: A qualitative study. International Journal of Drug Policy, 108. [DOI URL]

  • Salvalaggio, G., Hyshka, E., Brown, C., Pinto, A. D., Halas, G., Green, L., Kosteniuk, B., Perri, M., Le Chalifoux, N., Halas, G., Steiner, L., Cavett, T., Montesanti, S. (2022). A comparison of the COVID-19 response for urban underserved patients experiencing healthcare transitions in three Canadian cities. Canadian Journal of Public Health. [DOI URL]

  • Brooks, H. L., Salvalaggio, G., Pauly, B., Dong, K., Bubela, T., Taylor, M., Hyshka, E. (2022). “I have such a hard time hitting myself, I thought it’d be easier”: perspectives of hospitalized patients on injecting drugs into vascular access devices. Harm Reduction Journal, 19:54. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Salvalaggio, G., Ferguson, L., Brooks, H. L., Campbell, S., Gladue, V., Hyshka, E., Lam, L., Morris, H., Nixon, L., Springett, J. (2022). Impact of health system engagement on the health and well-being of people who use drugs: a realist review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 11:66. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Gehring, N. D., Speed, K. A., Launier, K., O’Brien, D., Campbell, S., Hyshka, E. (2022). The state of science on including inhalation within supervised consumption services: a scoping review of academic and grey literature. International Journal of Drug Policy, 102. [DOI URL]

  • Kosteniuk, B., Salvalaggio, G., Wild, T. C., Gelberg, L., Hyshka, E. (2021). Perceived unmet substance use and mental health care needs of acute care patients who use drugs: a cross-sectional analysis using the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations. Drug and Alcohol Review. [DOI URL]

  • Weicker, S. A., Speed, K. A., Hyshka, E., Mrochuk, M., Kosteniuk, B., Dong, K. (2021). Emergency department care for patients who use opioids during the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Morris, H., Schulz, P., Jenkins, E., Haines-Saah, R. J., & Hyshka, E. (2021). “I'm not your reality show:” Perspectives of bereaved mothers' engagement with the news media to advance drug policy reform. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 1, 100011. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Morris, H., Hyshka, E., Schulz, P., Jenkins, E., & Haines-Saah, R. J. (2021). “It’s a Bit of a Double-Edged Sword”: Motivation and Personal Impact of Bereaved Mothers’ Advocacy for Drug Policy Reform. Qualitative Health Research, 31(10), 1812-1822. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Kosteniuk, B., Salvalaggio, G., McNeil, R., Brooks, H. L., Dong, K., Twan, S., Brouwer, J., Hyshka, E. (2021). “You don’t have to squirrel away in a staircase”: Patient motivations for attending a novel supervised drug consumption service in acute care. International Journal of Drug Policy, 103275, ISSN 0955-3959. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Dong, K.A., Lavergne, K. J., Salvalaggio, G., Weber, S.M., Jiaxin Xue, C., Kestler, A., Kaczorowski, J., Orkin, A., Pugh, A., Hyshka, E. (2021). Emergency physician perspectives on initiating buprenorphine/naloxone in the emergency department: A qualitative study. JACEP Open, 2, e12409. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Magwood, O., Hanemaayer, A., Saad, A., Salvalaggio, G., Bloch, G., Moledina, A., ... & Kpade, V. (2020). Determinants of implementation of a clinical practice guideline for homeless health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(21), 7938. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Speed, K. A., Gehring, N. D., Launier, K., O’Brien, D., Campbell, S., & Hyshka, E. (2020). To what extent do supervised drug consumption services incorporate non-injection routes of administration? A systematic scoping review documenting existing facilities. Harm Reduction Journal, 17(1), 1-17. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Brooks, H. L., Husband, C., Taylor, M., Sherren, A., & Hyshka, E. (2020). Supporting the full participation of people who use drugs in policy fora: Provision of a temporary, conference-based overdose prevention site. International Journal of Drug Policy, 84, 102878. [ENG DOI URL]

  • Brooks, H. L., Husband, C., Taylor, M., Sherren, A., & Hyshka, E. (2020). Appuyer la pleine participation de consommateurs de drogues aux forums sur les politiques: Offre d’un site de prévention des surdoses temporaire dans le contexte de conférences. International Journal of Drug Policy, 84, 102878. [FR PDF]

  • Andermann, A., Bloch, G., Goel, R., Brcic, V., Salvalaggio, G., Twan, S., ... & Pottie, K. (2020). Caring for patients with lived experience of homelessness. Canadian Family Physician, 66(8), 563-570. [DOI URL]

  • Dong, K., Brouwer, J., Johnson, C., & Hyshka, E. (2020). Supervised consumption services for acute care hospital patients. CMAJ, 192(18), E476-E479. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Pottie, K., Kendall, C. E., Aubry, T., Magwood, O., Andermann, A., Salvalaggio, G., ... & Thavorn, K. (2020). Clinical guideline for homeless and vulnerably housed people, and people with lived homelessness experience. CMAJ, 192(10), E240-E254. [DOI URL]

  • McKinney, M., Smith, K. E., Dong, K. A., Babenko, O., Ross, S., Kelly, M. A., & Salvalaggio, G. (2020). Development of the Inner City attitudinal assessment tool (ICAAT) for learners across health care professions. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), 1-11. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Magwood, O., Salvalaggio, G., Beder, M., Kendall, C., Kpade, V., Daghmach, W., ... & Lennox, R. (2020). The effectiveness of substance use interventions for homeless and vulnerably housed persons: A systematic review of systematic reviews on supervised consumption facilities, managed alcohol programs, and pharmacological agents for opioid use disorder. PloS one, 15(1), e0227298. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Hyshka, E., Morris, H., Anderson-Baron, J., Nixon, L., Dong, K., & Salvalaggio, G. (2019). Patient perspectives on a harm reduction-oriented addiction medicine consultation team implemented in a large acute care hospital. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 204, 107523. [DOI URL]

  • Hyshka, E., Anderson-Baron, J., Pugh, A., Belle-Isle, L., Hathaway, A., Pauly, B., … Wild, T. C. (2019). Principles, practice, and policy vacuums: Policy actor views on provincial/territorial harm reduction policy in Canada. International Journal of Drug Policy. [DOI URL]

  • O’Brien, D. C., Dabbs, D., Dong, K., Veugelers, P. J., & Hyshka, E. (2019). Patient characteristics associated with being offered take home naloxone in a busy, urban emergency department: a retrospective chart review. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1), 1-12. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Morris, H., Hagen, L., Hyshka, E., & Francescutti, L.H. (2019). Empowering students and influencing policy change through experiential public health advocacy education. Journal of Nursing Education, 58(12), 698-703. [DOI URL]

  • Brooks, H. L., O’Brien, D. C., Salvalaggio, G., Dong, K., & Hyshka, E. (2019). Uptake into a bedside needle and syringe program for acute care inpatients who inject drugs. Drug and Alcohol Review, 38(4), 423–427. [DOI URL]

  • Brooks, H.L., Kassam, S., Salvalaggio, G., Hyshka, E. (2018). Implementing managed alcohol programs in hospital settings: A review of academic and grey literature. Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (Suppl 1), S145-S155. [DOI URL]

  • Hyshka, E., Anderson-Baron, J., Karekezi, K., Belle-Isle, L., Elliott, R., Pauly, B., … Wild, T. C. (2017). Harm reduction in name, but not substance: A comparative analysis of current Canadian provincial and territorial policy frameworks. Harm Reduction Journal, 14, 50. [DOI URL]

  • Wild, T. C., Pauly, B., Belle-Isle, L., Cavalieri, W., Elliott, R., Strike, C., … Hyshka, E. (2017). Canadian harm reduction policies: A comparative content analysis of provincial and territorial documents, 2000–2015. International Journal of Drug Policy, 45, 9-17. [DOI URL]

  • Salvalaggio, G., Dong, K. A., Hyshka, E., Nixon, L., Lavergne, K. J., Nichols, J., … Wild, C. T. (2016). Enhanced multidisciplinary care for inner city patients with high acute care use: Study protocol. Canadian Journal of Addiction, 7(3), 34. [DOI URL] [PDF]

  • Hyshka, E., Bubela, T., & Wild, T. C. (2013). Prospects for scaling-up supervised injection facilities in Canada: The role of evidence in legal and political decision-making. Addiction, 108(3), 468–476. [DOI URL]

  • Hyshka, E., Butler-McPhee, J., Elliott, R., Wood, E., & Kerr, T. (2012). Canada moving backwards on illegal drugs. Canadian Journal of Public Health / Revue Canadienne de Sante’e Publique, 103(2), 125–127. [DOI URL]

  • Hyshka E. (2009). The saga continues: Canadian legislative attempts to reform cannabis law in the twenty-first century. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 51(1), 73–91. [DOI URL]

  • Hyshka, E. (2009). Turning failure into success: What does the case of Western Australia tell us about Canadian cannabis policy-making? Policy Studies, 30(5), 513–531. [DOI URL]