Scientific Evaluation of Supervised Injecting cohort (SEOSI)
The SEOSI cohort was designed to evaluate the impact of the Safer Injection Facility Insite in Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, Canada. The study recruited a representative sample of intravenous drug users (IDUs) from Insite, aged 19 - 64 years, who generally resided in Vancouver, Canada. At baseline, over 1,000 people were included in the SEOSI cohort. Participants were interviewed at baseline and followed up at least once. Several sub-studies were conducted with various groups of SEOSI cohort participants.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,065 (participants)
Age at first data collection
19 - 64 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Vancouver safer injection facilities (SIFs), known as InSite users.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2003
Primary Institutions
British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU)
Portland Hotel Society (PHS)
Providence Health Care (PHC)
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Vancouver Coastal Health
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, IRSC)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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