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ISSUES IN INJECTION DRUG USE

[429P] GOING BEYOND INDIVIDUAL HIV-RELATED RISK BEHAVIOURS AND PRACTICES AMONG OTTAWA IDUs: THE IMPORTANCE OF HIV-RELATED RISK CONDITIONS
Lynne E Leonard¹, Christine Navarro², Robert S Remis^3
1Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; ²Community Health Research Unit, University of Ottawa; ³Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto

[430P] WOMEN WITH SAME-SEX PARTNERS WHO INJECT DRUGS AT INCREASED RISK OF HIV INFECTION
Lynne E Leonard¹, Christine Navarro², Catherine Hankins^3
1Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; ²Community Health Research Unit, University of Ottawa; ³Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University; Institut national de santé publique du Québec

[431P] MODELLING THE POTENTIAL HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTING A MEDICALLY PRESCRIBED HEROIN PROGRAM AMONG CHRONIC INJECTION DRUG USERS IN A CANADIAN SETTING
Cari L Miller, Martin T Schechter, Patricia M Spittal, Nancy Laliberte, Kathy Li, Michael V O’Shaughnessy, Julio SG Montaner, Robert S Hogg

[432P] EXCHANGE VS DISTRIBUTION: THE CHALLENGE OF MANAGING ACCESS TO CLEAN SYRINGES IN THE CONTEXT OF AN ONGOING HIV EPIDEMIC IN VANCOUVER
PM Spittal^1,2, W Small^1,4, N Laliberte¹, MV O’Shaughnessy^1,3, MT Schechter^1,2
1British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS; ²Department of Health Care & Epidemiology; ³Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology; ⁴Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

[433P] INCARCERATION AND ADDICTION: CRIMINAL VULNERABILITY, HIV RISKS, AND INJECTION DRUG USE WITHIN CORRECTIONS IN BC
W Small¹, S Kain¹, N Laliberte¹, RS Hogg^1,2, M Tyndall^1,2, M O’Shaughnessy^1,3, MT Schechter^1,2, PM Spittal^1,2
1British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS; ²Department of Health Care & Epidemiology; ³Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology; ⁴Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

[434P] THE WINNIPEG SOCIAL NETWORK INJECTION DRUG USE STUDY: FOCUS GROUP RESULTS
Maureen Heaman¹, Arlene Elliott, John Wylie², Ann Jolly³, Margaret Ormond, Magdy Dawood^2
1Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba; ²Cadham Provincial Laboratory, Manitoba Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba; ³Bureau of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario