Peter Higgs

Peter Higgs

La Trobe University

H-index: 34

Oceania-Australia

About Peter Higgs

Peter Higgs, With an exceptional h-index of 34 and a recent h-index of 26 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at La Trobe University, specializes in the field of blood borne viruses, drugs, Vietnam, PWID, qualitative research methods.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Drug type and high risk behaviors associated with health-care utilization among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Viral hepatitis testing and treatment in community pharmacies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Epidemiology of acute infections in people who inject drugs in Australia

Distribution of rapid HCV antibody self‐test kits via needle/syringe dispensing machines: Implementation and evaluation of the Vend‐C pilot study in Melbourne, Australia

Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among people who use substances: a case study in Tehran

Using Ethno-Epidemiology in a Prospective Observational Study to Increase the Rigour of Nested Qualitative Research

Barriers and Enablers of Diabetes Self-Management Strategies Among Arabic-Speaking Immigrants Living with Type 2 Diabetes in High-Income Western countries-A Systematic Review

“No, my name’s not on the lease at all”: an interpretive phenomenological analysis of unstable housing and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs

Peter Higgs Information

University

Position

Department of Public Health

Citations(all)

4186

Citations(since 2020)

2325

Cited By

2617

hIndex(all)

34

hIndex(since 2020)

26

i10Index(all)

111

i10Index(since 2020)

76

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Peter Higgs Skills & Research Interests

blood borne viruses

drugs

Vietnam

PWID

qualitative research methods

Top articles of Peter Higgs

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Drug type and high risk behaviors associated with health-care utilization among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bahram Armoon

Azadeh Bayani

Rasool Mohammadi

Elaheh Ahounbar

Peter Higgs

2024/1/2

Viral hepatitis testing and treatment in community pharmacies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mark J Hayes

Emma Beavon

Michael W Traeger

John F Dillon

Andrew Radley

...

2024/3/1

Epidemiology of acute infections in people who inject drugs in Australia

Lucy O Attwood

Daniel O'Keefe

Peter Higgs

Olga Vujovic

Joseph S Doyle

...

2024/1

Distribution of rapid HCV antibody self‐test kits via needle/syringe dispensing machines: Implementation and evaluation of the Vend‐C pilot study in Melbourne, Australia

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Daniel O'Keefe

David Jacka

Caitlin Douglass

Jack Gunn

Mark Stoove

...

2024/3

Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among people who use substances: a case study in Tehran

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Salah Eddin Karimi

Sina Amadi

Zahra Rampisheh

Batool Tayefi

Neda Soleimanvandiazar

...

2024/2/26

Using Ethno-Epidemiology in a Prospective Observational Study to Increase the Rigour of Nested Qualitative Research

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS

S Walker

P Dietze

P Higgs

K Rathnayake

T Kerr

...

2024/10/1

Barriers and Enablers of Diabetes Self-Management Strategies Among Arabic-Speaking Immigrants Living with Type 2 Diabetes in High-Income Western countries-A Systematic Review

Anwar Noor Althubyani

Sabrina Gupta

Clarice Y Tang

Mehak Batra

Rahul Krishna Puvvada

...

2024/1/17

“No, my name’s not on the lease at all”: an interpretive phenomenological analysis of unstable housing and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs

Drugs, Habits and Social Policy

Roisin McColl

Peter Higgs

Brendan Harney

2024/4/22

HIV risk perception and risk taking among people who inject drugs in Saveh, in Central Iran: findings from a national study

Journal of Substance Use

Bahram Armoon

Peter Higgs

Amir-Hossien Bayat

Azadeh Bayani

Rasool Mohammadi

...

2024/1/2

Experiences of participation in a longitudinal cohort study of people who inject drugs in Victoria, Australia

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Bebe Berryman

Rachel Niesen

Peter Higgs

Paul Dietze

Ashleigh Stewart

...

2024/3/3

Prevalence and incidence of emergency department presentations and hospital separations with injecting-related infections in a longitudinal cohort of people who inject drugs

Epidemiology & Infection

Stephanie J Curtis

Samantha Colledge-Frisby

Andrew J Stewardson

Joseph S Doyle

Peter Higgs

...

2023/1

Injection drug use frequency before and after take-home naloxone training

JAMA network open

Samantha Colledge-Frisby

Kasun Rathnayake

Suzanne Nielsen

Mark Stoove

Lisa Maher

...

2023/8/1

Epidemiology and Management of invasive infections among people who Use drugs (EMU): protocol for a prospective, multicentre cohort study

BMJ open

Lucy O Attwood

Mellissa Bryant

Sue J Lee

Olga Vujovic

Peter Higgs

...

2023/4/1

Trust and service engagement among people who inject drugs after release from prison

International Journal of Drug Policy

L Lafferty

S Schroeder

AD Marshall

K Drysdale

P Higgs

...

2023/1/1

Mental health status, health service utilization, drug use behaviors associated with non-fatal overdose among people who use illicit drugs: A meta-analysis

Bahram Armoon

Peter Higgs

Rasool Mohammadi

2023/3/4

The eliminate hepatitis C (EC) experience study: baseline characteristics of a cohort of people who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia

BMJ open

Jack Gunn

Daniel O’Keefe

Bridget Louise Draper

Filip Djordjevic

Kathleen Ryan

...

2023/7/1

Ageing (dis)gracefully: People who inject drugs living with hepatitis C and the provision of end-of-life care

Peter Higgs

2023

Vale Jude Byrne.

Drug & Alcohol Review

Annie Madden

Anna Olsen

Peter Higgs

Geoff Ward

Chris Gough

...

2023/3/1

Socioeconomic consequences of the COVID‐19 pandemic for people who use drugs

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Shelley Walker

Paul Dietze

Peter Higgs

Bernadette Ward

Carla Treloar

...

2023/12

Perceived access to opioid agonist treatment in prison among people with a history of injection drug use: A qualitative study

Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment

Alison D Marshall

Sophia E Schroeder

Lise Lafferty

Kerryn Drysdale

Eileen Baldry

...

2023/7/1

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