Peter Higgs
@higgspg.bsky.social
Burnet Institute Principal Fellow LaTrobe A/Prof Dept Public Health (Honorary) #HarmReduction
APSAD_DAR Editorial Board HRV_Aust Board
APSAD_DAR Editorial Board HRV_Aust Board
And listen here to a recent interview Sam & Ash (lead authors) did with public radio legend Douglas McVay on KBOO radio in Portland, Oregon - kboo.fm/media/133617...
June 16, 2026 at 3:18 AM
And listen here to a recent interview Sam & Ash (lead authors) did with public radio legend Douglas McVay on KBOO radio in Portland, Oregon - kboo.fm/media/133617...
New publication from @burnetinstitute.bsky.social #NDRI @curtinuniversity.bsky.social colleagues
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Violence Against Women Who Inject Drugs
This cohort study uses survey data linked with administrative health records and qualitative interviews to quantify and contextualize experiences of violence and assault among Australian women who inj...
jamanetwork.com
March 22, 2026 at 4:23 AM
New publication from @burnetinstitute.bsky.social #NDRI @curtinuniversity.bsky.social colleagues
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Now out in #Addiction @monashuniversity.bsky.social #PhD scholar Dr Lucy Attwood & team ‘Qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators to healthcare engagement for people with injecting‐related invasive infections using a social ecological framework’
doi.org/10.1111/add....
doi.org/10.1111/add....
August 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Now out in #Addiction @monashuniversity.bsky.social #PhD scholar Dr Lucy Attwood & team ‘Qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators to healthcare engagement for people with injecting‐related invasive infections using a social ecological framework’
doi.org/10.1111/add....
doi.org/10.1111/add....
Excited to see this has been purchased by @cityofmelbourne.bsky.social public #library and I’m the first to borrow it … @garthmullins.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Excited to see this has been purchased by @cityofmelbourne.bsky.social public #library and I’m the first to borrow it … @garthmullins.bsky.social
Reposted by Peter Higgs
An Australian-first study published in @mja.com.au found every dollar invested in Australian prison needle and syringe programs could save more than two dollars in treatment costs for hepatitis C and injection-related infections www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...
Prison needle programs could save double what they cost – our new modelling shows how
www.burnet.edu.au
April 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
An Australian-first study published in @mja.com.au found every dollar invested in Australian prison needle and syringe programs could save more than two dollars in treatment costs for hepatitis C and injection-related infections www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...
Nice piece in #TheConversation from @shelleyjwalker.bsky.social #LisaMaher & #PaulDiezte @burnetinstitute.bsky.social #KirbyInstitute #NDRI theconversation.com/5-years-afte...
5 years after COVID began, outstanding fines mean marginalised Australians are still paying the highest price
In our new study, people told us they’d been fined for leaving home to access drug treatment programs – and still couldn’t afford to pay, years later.
theconversation.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Reposted by Peter Higgs
“Motivations for and perspectives of medication diversion among clients of a safer opioid supply program in Toronto, Canada” by Lucas Martignetti and colleagues (2025) via IJDP…have your thoughts on diversion changed?
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Diversion #Saves #Lives
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Diversion #Saves #Lives
December 11, 2024 at 4:18 AM
“Motivations for and perspectives of medication diversion among clients of a safer opioid supply program in Toronto, Canada” by Lucas Martignetti and colleagues (2025) via IJDP…have your thoughts on diversion changed?
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Diversion #Saves #Lives
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Diversion #Saves #Lives