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Danya Fast

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Verified email at bccsu.ubc.ca
Cited by 1243

Coming 'down here': young people's reflections on becoming entrenched in a local drug scene

D Fast, W Small, E Wood, T Kerr - Social science & medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Recent research has highlighted the ways in which social structural processes and physical
environments operate to push young drug users towards risk. We undertook this study in …

Safety and danger in downtown Vancouver: understandings of place among young people entrenched in an urban drug scene

D Fast, J Shoveller, K Shannon, T Kerr - Health & place, 2010 - Elsevier
We undertook this qualitative study to examine young people's understandings of the
physical and social landscape of the downtown drug scene in Vancouver, Canada. In-depth …

Social and structural barriers to housing among street‐involved youth who use illicit drugs

A Krüsi, D Fast, W Small, E Wood… - Health & social care in …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In Canada, approximately 150 000 youth live on the street. Street‐involvement and homelessness
have been associated with various health risks, including increased substance use, …

Interventions to address substance use and sexual risk among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men who use methamphetamine: a systematic review

…, J Shoveller, N Fairbairn, E Wood, D Fast - Drug and Alcohol …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Methamphetamine use is common among some populations of gay, bisexual
and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM). This study reviewed the status of research …

The multiple truths about crystal meth among young people entrenched in an urban drug scene: A longitudinal ethnographic investigation

D Fast, T Kerr, E Wood, W Small - Social science & medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Transitions into more harmful forms of illicit drug use among youth have been identified as
important foci for research and intervention. In settings around the world, the transition to …

[HTML][HTML] “Something that actually works”: Cannabis use among young people in the context of street entrenchment

…, R Knight, MJ Milloy, B Howard, S Nelson, D Fast - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Cannabis is one of the most widely used substances among vulnerable young
people (<26 years of age) experiencing street entrenchment. Although previous research …

Going nowhere: ambivalence about drug treatment during an overdose public health emergency in Vancouver

D Fast - Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The declaration of an overdose public health emergency in Vancouver has generated an “affective
churn” of intervention across youth‐focused drug treatment settings, including the …

Still “at risk”: An examination of how street-involved young people understand, experience, and engage with “harm reduction” in Vancouver's inner city

…, W Small, C Long, K DeBeck, D Fast - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
… overlay panel Nikki Bozinoff a f , Will Small a b , Cathy Long c , Kora DeBeck a d , Danya
Fast a e … Danya Fast is supported by postdoctoral fellowship awards from CIHR and MSFHR. …

Interventions to reduce opioid use in youth at-risk and in treatment for substance use disorders: a scoping review

…, R Saah, R Knight, D Fast… - The Canadian …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Youth and young adults have been significantly impacted by the opioid overdose
and health crisis in North America. There is evidence of increasing morbidity and mortality …

[HTML][HTML] Social-structural factors influencing periods of injection cessation among marginalized youth who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: an ethno …

J Boyd, D Fast, M Hobbins, R McNeil, W Small - Harm reduction journal, 2017 - Springer
Background Injection drug use is associated with HIV and hepatitis C transmission, overdose,
and other preventable harms. These harms are heightened for structurally vulnerable …