Walker, S., Seear, K., Stoove, M., A., Higgs, P. and Wilson, M. A spray bottle and a lollipop stick”: An examination of policy prohibiting sterile injecting equipment in prison and effects on young men with injecting drug use histories. International Journal of Drug Policy. [In Press] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.07.027 [RJ1513] View web page
McKetin, R., Dean, O., Turner, A., Kelly, P., Quinn, B., Lubman, D., Dietze, P., Carter, G., Higgs, P., Baker, A., Sinclair, B., Reid, D., Manning, V., te Pas, N., Liang, W., Thomas, T., Bathish, R., Kent, M., Raftery, D., Arunogiri, S. and Berk, M. (2019). A study protocol for the N-ICE trial: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study of the safety and efficacy of N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) as a pharmacotherapy for methamphetamine (ice) dependence. Trials, 20, (1). DOI: 10.1186/s13063-019-3450-0 [RJ1485] View web page
Walker, S., Higgs, P., Stoove, M., A. and Wilson, M. (2019). "They just don't care about us!": Police custody experiences for young men with histories of injecting drug use. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology. DOI: 10.1177/0004865819868004 [RJ1512] View web page
Walker, S., Stoove, M., A., Wilson, M. and Higgs, P. (2019). Understanding HIV and hepatitis C virus risk among incarcerated young men with histories of injecting drug use. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19, (2), pp. 130-131. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30801-6 [RJ1473] View web page
Walker, S., Lancaster, K., Stoove, M., A., Higgs, P. and Wilson, M. (2018). “I lost me visits”: A critical examination of prison drug policy and its effects on connection to family for incarcerated young men who inject drugs. Contemporary Drug Problems. DOI: 10.1177/0091450918777280 [RJ1413] View web page
Wright, C., Cogger, S., Hsieh, K., Goutzamanis, S., Hellard, M. and Higgs, P. (2018). “I’m obviously not dying so it’s not something I need to sort out today”: Considering hepatitis C treatment in the era of direct acting anti-virals. Infection, Disease & Health, 24, (2), pp. 58-66. DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2018.10.006 [RJ1171] View web page
Aitken, C., Agius, P., Higgs, P., Stoove, M., A., Bowden, S. and Dietze, P. (2017). The effects of needle-sharing and opioid substitution therapy on incidence of hepatitis C virus infection and reinfection in people who inject drugs. Epidemiology and Infection, 145, (4), pp. 796-801. DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816002892 [RJ1057] View web page
Bowring, A., Pasomsouk, N., Hughes, C., van Gemert, C., Higgs, P., Sychareun, V., Hellard, M. and Power, R. (2017). 'We might get some free beers': Experience and motivation for transactional sex among behaviourally bisexual men in Vientiane, Laos. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, (4), pp. 1047-1059. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-016-0705-7 [RJ1139] View web page
Scott, N., Carrotte, E., Higgs, P., Stoove, M., A., Aitken, C. and Dietze, P. (2017). Longitudinal changes in personal wellbeing in a cohort of people who inject drugs. PloS One, 12, (5). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178474 [RJ1170] View web page
Horyniak, D., Higgs, P., Cogger, S. and Dietze, P. (2017). The role of respect in interactions with police among substance-using African refugee young people in Melbourne, Australia. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 15, (2). DOI: 10.1080/15377938.2017.1297277 [RJ1163] View web page
Walker, S., Higgs, P., Stoove, M., A. and Wilson, M. (2017). Narratives of young men with injecting drug use histories leaving adult prison. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. pp. 1-27. DOI: 10.1177/0306624X17747829 [RJ1404] View web page
Higgs, P., Cogger, S., Kelsall, J., Gavin, N., Elmore, K., Francis, P. and Dietze, P. (2016). It stops with us: Peer responses increase availability of sterile injecting equipment. International Journal of Drug Policy, 29, (1), pp. 96-97. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.12.020 [RJ1172] View web page
Higgs, P., Wright, C. and Hellard, M. (2016). Letter: New treatment for hepatitis C has implications for people who inject drugs. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 43, (7), pp. 840-841. DOI: 10.1111/apt.13538 [RJ1174] View web page
Horyniak, D., Dietze, P., Degenhardt, L., Agius, P., Higgs, P., Bruno, R., Alati, R. and Burns, L. (2016). Age-related differences in patterns of criminal activity among a large sample of polydrug injectors in Australia. Journal of Substance Use, 21, (1), pp. 48-56. DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2014.950700 [RJ933] View web page
Horyniak, D., Higgs, P., Cogger, S., Dietze, P. and Bofu, T. (2016). Heavy alcohol consumption among marginalised African refugee young people in Melbourne, Australia: Motivations for drinking, experiences of alcohol-related problems, and strategies for managing drinking. Ethnicity and Health, 21, (3), pp. 284-299. DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2015.1061105 [RJ1058] View web page
Horyniak, D., Lim, M. and Higgs, P. (2016). News media reporting on substance use among people of African ethnicity in three Australian states, 2003-2013. Australasian Review of African Studies, 37, (2), pp. 56-79. DOI: 10.22160/22035184/ARAS-2016-37-2/56-79 [RJ1173] View web page
Nazari, S., Noroozi, M., Soori, H., Noroozi, A., Mehrabi, Y., Hajebi, A., Sharifi, H., Higgs, P. and Mirzazadeh, A. (2016). The effect of on-site and outreach-based needle and syringe programs in people who inject drugs in Kermanshah, Iran. International Journal of Drug Policy, 27, pp. 127-131. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.10.011 [RJ1105] View web page
Scott, N., Higgs, P., Caulkins, J., Aitken, C., Cogger, S. and Dietze, P. (2016). The introduction of CCTV and associated changes in heroin purchase and injection settings in Footscray, Victoria, Australia. Journal of Experimental Criminology. DOI: 10.1007/s11292-016-9259-x [RJ1060] View web page
Alam-mehrjerdi, Z., Abdollahi, M., Higgs, P. and Dolan, K. (2015). Drug use treatment and harm reduction programs in Iran: A unique model of health in the most populated Persian Gulf country. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 16, pp. 78-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2015.06.002 [RJ1104] View web page
Bowring, A., Pasomsouk, N., Higgs, P., Sychareun, V., Hellard, M. and Power, R. (2015). Factors influencing access to sexual healthcare among behaviourally bisexual men in Vientiane, Laos: a qualitative exploration. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 27, (8), pp. 820-834. DOI: 10.1177/1010539515612909 [RJ1062] View web page
Ferguson, C., Higgs, P. and Olsen, A. (2015). Jugular venipuncture and other innovative approaches to phlebotomy among people who inject drugs. Nursing & Health Sciences, 17, (4), pp. 539-541. DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12231 [RJ1074] View web page
Hellard, M., McBryde, E., Sacks-Davis, R., Rolls, D., Higgs, P., Aitken, C., Thompson, A., Doyle, J., Pattison, P. and Robins, G. (2015). Hepatitis C transmission and treatment as prevention – the role of the injecting network. International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, (10), pp. 958-962. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.05.006 [RJ1052] View web page
Higgs, P. (2015). Field research contextualizes local risk behaviors in northern Vietnam. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 31, (2), pp. 173-174. DOI: 10.1089/AID.2014.0310 [RJ1044] View web page
Higgs, P., Aitken, C., Sacks-Davis, R. and Hellard, M. (2015). How “hidden” are unobserved networks among people who inject drugs? American Journal of Public Health, 105, (6), pp. e3. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302667 [RJ1063] View web page
Higgs, P., Dwyer, R., Cogger, S., Hellard, M. and Maher, L. (2015). Behavioural research to inform understanding of hepatitis C resistance. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 15, (11), pp. 1260-1261. DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00352-7 [RJ1078] View web page
Horyniak, D., Agius, P., Degenhardt, L., Reddel, S., Higgs, P., Aitken, C., Stoove, M., A. and Dietze, P. (2015). Patterns of, and factors associated with, illicit pharmaceutical opioid analgesic use in a prospective cohort of people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia. Substance Use and Misuse, 50, (13), pp. 1650-1659. DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2015.1027928 [RJ986] View web page
Noroozi, M., Mirzazadeh, A., Noroozi, A., Mehrabi, Y., Hajebi, A., Zamani, S., Sharifi, H., Higgs, P. and Soori, H. (2015). Client-level coverage of needle and syringe program and high-risk injection behaviors: A case study of people who inject drugs in Kermanshah, Iran. Addiction and Health, 7, (3), pp. 164-172. [RJ1129] View web page
Olsen, A., Higgs, P. and Maher, L. (2015). A review of qualitative research in Drug and Alcohol Review. Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, (5), pp. 474-476. DOI: 10.1111/dar.12307 [RJ1082] View web page
Treloar, C., Baldry, E., Higgs, P., Dietze, P., Stoove, M., A. and Lloyd, A. (2015). Going tobacco free in Australian Prisons – increasing tattooing harm? International Journal of Prisoner Health, 11, (4). DOI: 10.1108/IJPH-04-2015-0011 [RJ1059] View web page
Truong, A., Higgs, P., Cogger, S., Burns, L., Jamieson, L. and Dietze, P. (2015). Oral health-related quality of life among an Australian sample of people who inject drugs. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 75, (3), pp. 218-224. DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12092 [RJ1024] View web page
Walker, S., Temple-Smith, M., Higgs, P. and Sanci, L. (2015). 'It's always just there in your face': Young people's views on porn. Sexual Health, 12, (3), pp. 200-206. DOI: 10.1071/SH14225 [RJ1029] View web page
White, N., Flaherty, I., Higgs, P., Larance, B., Degenhardt, L., Nielsen, S., Ali, R., L. and Lintzeris, N. (2015). Injecting buprenorphine-naloxone film: Findings from an explorative qualitative study. Drug and Alcohol Review, 34, (6), pp. 623-629. DOI: 10.1111/dar.12308 [RJ962] View web page
Aspinall, E., Weir, A., Sacks-Davis, R., Spelman, T., Grebely, J., Higgs, P., Hutchinson, S. and Hellard, M. (2014). Does informing people who inject drugs of their hepatitis C status influence their injecting behavior? Analysis of the Networks II study. International Journal of Drug Policy, 25, (1), pp. 179-182. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.08.005 [RJ959] View web page
Flynn, J., Sacks-Davis, R., Higgs, P., Aitken, C., Moneer, S., Suppiah, V., Tracy, L., French, R., Bowden, S., Drummer, H., George, J., Bharadwaj, M. and Hellard, M. (2014). Detection of HCV specific IFN-gamma responses in HCV antibody HCV RNA negative injecting drug users. Hepatitis Monthly, 14, (1), pp. e14678. DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.14678 [RJ957] View web page
Hellard, M., Rolls, D., Sacks-Davis, R., Robins, G., Pattison, P., Higgs, P., Aitken, C. and McBryde, E. (2014). The impact of injecting networks on hepatitis C transmission and treatment in people who inject drugs. Hepatology, 60, (6), pp. 1861-1870. DOI: 10.1002/hep.27403 [RJ991] View web page
Higgs, P. (2014). International AIDS Conference Review. APSAD e_Newsletter. [UJ201] Download PDF
Higgs, P. (2014). Know the epidemic: responding to HIV in three key communities. The Conversation. [UJ202] View web page
Higgs, P., Reddel, S., Pham, H., Dang, V., K. and Hellard, M. (2014). Urbanisation and sexual health: Understanding bisexually active men in Hanoi, Vietnam. Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine, 2, (1), pp. 613-622. DOI: 10.1080/21642850.2014.913488 [RJ956] View web page
Horyniak, D., Higgs, P., Cogger, S., Dietze, P., Bofu, T. and Seidd, G. (2014). Experiences of and attitudes towards injecting drug use among marginalised African migrant and refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 13, (4), pp. 405-429. DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2014.958639 [RJ1005] View web page
Pedrana, A., Hellard, M., Higgs, P., Asselin, J., Batrouney, C. and Stoove, M., A. (2014). No Drama: Key elements to the success of a prevention mass media campaign. Qualitative Health Research, 24, (5), pp. 695-705. DOI: 10.1177/1049732314529024 [RJ958] View web page
Reid, G., Sharma, M. and Higgs, P. (2014). The long winding road of opioid substitution therapy implementation in South-East Asia: challenges to scale up. Journal of Public Health Research, 3, (204), pp. e. DOI: 10.4081/jphr.2014.204 [RJ934] View web page
Truong, A., Higgs, P., Cogger, S. and Dietze, P. (2014). Further research required to determine unique factors associated with dental care access among deprived populations. Public Health, 128, (12), pp. 1131-1133. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.10.004 [RJ961] View web page
Horyniak, D., Dietze, P., Degenhardt, L., Higgs, P., McIlwraith, F., Alati, R., Bruno, R., Lenton, S. and Burns, L. (2013). The relationship between age and risky injecting practices among a sample of Australian people who inject drugs. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 132, (3), pp. 541-546. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.03.021 [RJ890] View web page
Horyniak, D., Higgs, P., Jenkinson, R., Degenhardt, L., Stoove, M., A., Kerr, T., Hickman, M., Aitken, C. and Dietze, P. (2013). Recruitment and retention of a sample of community-recruited injecting drug users: The Melbourne injecting drug user cohort study (MIX). Harm Reduction Journal, 10, (11). DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-10-11 [RJ913] View web page
Sacks-Davis, R., Aitken, C., Higgs, P., Spelman, T., Pedrana, A., Bowden, S., Bharadwaj, M., Nivarthi, U., K., Suppiah, V., George, J., Grebely, J., Drummer, H. and Hellard, M. (2013). High rates of hepatitis C virus reinfection and spontaneous clearance of reinfection in people who inject drugs: a prospective cohort study. PloS One, 8, (11), pp. e80216. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080216 [RJ932] View web page
Zhang, L., Maher, L., Pham, Q., Higgs, P., Ngo, D., Hoang, D., Do, M. and Wilson, D. (2013). Evaluation of a decade of DFID and World Bank supported HIV and AIDS programmes in Vietnam 2003-2012. UK Government website. University of NSW, Sydney, Australia. [T221] Download PDF
Horyniak, D., Higgs, P., Cogger, S., Degenhardt, L., Power, R. and Dietze, P. (2012). A case series of people of East African ethnicity who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 36, (6), pp. 586-87. DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00960.x [RJ910] View web page
Higgs, P., Dwyer, R., Duong, D., Thach, M., Power, R. and Maher, L. (2009). Heroin-gel capsules and groin injecting practices among ethnic Vietnamese in Melbourne, Australia. International Journal of Drug Policy, 20, (4), pp. 340-346. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2008.05.001 [RJ688] View web page
Higgs, P., Moore, D. and Aitken, C. (2006). Engagement, reciprocity and advocacy: Ethical harm reduction practice in research with injecting drug users. Drug and Alcohol Review, 25, (5), pp. 419-423. DOI: 10.1080/09595230600876606 [RJ463] View web page
Higgs, P., Maher, L., Jordens, J., Dunlop, A. and Sargent, P. (2001). Harm Reduction and drug users of Vietnamese Ethnicity. Drug and Alcohol Review, 20, (2), pp. 239-45. DOI: 10.1080/09595230124201 [RJ915] View web page