Insite has been subject to rigorous, independent third party research and evaluation by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

Research examined Insite's impact on four areasDuring the initial three year study period, researchers examined Insite's impact in the following areas:  

1. Overdoses
2. Health
3. Appropriate use of health and social services
4. Costs for health, social, legal and incarceration associated with injection drug use.

The Centre’s research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, the British Medical Journal, the Canadian Medical Association Journal and The Lancet.

Significant research includes:

• Findings from the Evaluation of Vancouver’s Pilot Medically Supervised Safer Injection Facility – Insite, a 65-page study providing a lay person’s description of the scientific evaluation of Insite, as well as summaries of the research findings related to its impact.
• The Urban Health Research Initiative (UHRI),  established in 2007 as a program of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. The UHRI is based on a network of studies that have been developed to help identify and understand the many factors that affect the health of urban populations, with a focus on substance use, infectious diseases, the urban environment and homelessness.

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