User profiles for Andreas Pilarinos

Andreas Pilarinos

British Columbia Centre on Substance Use
Verified email at bccsu.ubc.ca
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[HTML][HTML] Navigating opioid agonist therapy among young people who use illicit opioids in Vancouver, Canada

A Pilarinos, Y Kwa, R Joe, M Thulien, JA Buxton… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Opioid agonist therapy (OAT) has been shown to reduce opioid use and related
harms. However, many young people are not accessing OAT. This study sought to explore …

[HTML][HTML] Digital health interventions for delivery of mental health care: systematic and comprehensive meta-review

…, A Jackson, ME Koblanski, E Liow, A Pilarinos… - JMIR mental …, 2022 - mental.jmir.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted mental health care delivery to digital
platforms, videoconferencing, and other mobile communications. However, existing reviews of …

Initiation of opioid agonist treatment and subsequent substance use and other patterns among adolescents and young adults in Vancouver, Canada

A Pilarinos, D Fast, E Nosova, Y Kwa, R Joe… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Andreas Pilarinos wrote this manuscript with significant support from Dr. Kora DeBeck and
Dr. Jane Buxton, who guided the conceptualization of the analyses, interpretation of results, …

Interest in using buprenorphine-naloxone among a prospective cohort of street-involved young people in Vancouver, Canada

A Pilarinos, B Bingham, Y Kwa, R Joe, C Grant… - Journal of Substance …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Limited research examines buprenorphine-naloxone interest among adolescents
and young adults (AYA). This longitudinal study examined factors associated with initial …

Coercion into addiction treatment and subsequent substance use patterns among people who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, Canada

A Pilarinos, B Barker, E Nosova, MJ Milloy… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Many people who use drugs (PWUD) are coerced into receiving
treatment. This study aimed to assess changes in substance use and related outcomes before …

[HTML][HTML] Latent patterns of polysubstance use among people who use opioids: A systematic review

M Karamouzian, A Pilarinos, K Hayashi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background A mounting body of evidence suggests that polysubstance use (PSU) is common
among people who use opioids (PWUO). Measuring PSU, however, is statistically and …

Access to medications for opioid use disorder and associated factors among adolescents and young adults: a systematic review

A Pilarinos, DJ Bromberg, M Karamouzian - JAMA pediatrics, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The ongoing overdose crisis continues to adversely affect adolescents and young
adults (AYAs) and has led to numerous preventable deaths. Medications for opioid use …

Methadone maintenance treatment discontinuation among young people who use opioids in Vancouver, Canada

A Pilarinos, Y Kwa, R Joe, H Dong… - The Canadian …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Retaining adolescents and young adults (AYA) in medications for opioid use disorder
(MOUD), like methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), is critical to reducing toxic drug …

A qualitative exploration of Indigenous patients' experiences of racism and perspectives on improving cultural safety within health care

A Pilarinos, S Field, K Vasarhelyi, D Hall… - … Open Access Journal, 2023 - cmajopen.ca
Background: In Canada, Indigenous Peoples continue to experience persistent health
inequities, resulting in disproportionately poorer health outcomes compared with non-Indigenous …

[HTML][HTML] Reply to Letters to CMAJ Commentary 'Secure care: more harm than good'

K DeBeck, P Kendall, D Fast, A Pilarinos - 2024 - Can Med Assoc
We thank Clark and colleagues for their presentation of an ethical perspective on secure care
in response to our previously published commentary on this topic (1, 2). We fully agree that …