Combining respondent-driven sampling with a community-based participatory action study of people who smoke drugs in two cities in British Columbia, Canada

• Main Authors: Sulaf Elkhalifa (Author), Ehsan Jozaghi (Author), Samona Marsh (Author), Erica Thomson (Author), Delilah Gregg (Author), Jane Buxton (Author), Ann Jolly (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background The smoking of illicit drugs presents a serious social and economic burden in Canada. People who smoke drugs (PWSD) are at increased risk of contracting multiple infections through risky drug practices. Peer-led harm reduction activities, and the resulting social networks that fo...