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Claire Bodkin

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Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)Family MedicineMcMaster University

Research

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13 publications.

01

Nowhere to go: a qualitative study examining the health of people who experience emergency shelter service restrictions in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Bansal S, Di Pelino S, Pierre J, Chan K, Lee A, Liu R, Mancini O, Pitkis A, Kouyoumdjian F, Lamarche L

BMJ Public Health2025
DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-002639
02

Nowhere to Go: A parallel convergent mixed methods study examining the health of people who experience emergency shelter service restrictions

Bansal S, Di Pelino S, Pierre J, Chan K, Lee A, Liu R, Mancini O, Pitkas A, Kouyoumdjian F, Lamarche L

2024
DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.07.24306964
03

Burden of opioid toxicity death in the fentanyl-dominant era for people who experience incarceration in Ontario, Canada, 2015–2020: a whole population retrospective cohort study

Butler A, Croxford R, Bodkin C, Akbari H, Bayoumi AM, Bondy SJ, Guenter D, McLeod KE, Gomes T, Kanagalingam T

BMJ Open202315 citations
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071867
04

Safe Supply in the Midst of a Crisis of Unregulated Toxic Drug Deaths--A Commentary on Roberts and Humphreys (2023).

Bonn M, Palayew A, Touesnard N, Brothers TD, Bodkin C

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs20233 citationsSenior author
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.23-00153
05

“They forgot about us”: experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic among people deprived of housing in an urban centre in Ontario, Canada

Lamarche L, Scallan E, Mak O, Howden J, Bodkin C, Nussey L, Wolf K, Ans J, Delottinville D, O’Shea T

Canadian Journal of Public Health2023Open Access
DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00793-2PMID: W4385442172
06

The impact of an integrated safer use space and safer supply program on non-fatal overdose among emergency shelter residents during a COVID-19 outbreak: a case study

Lew B, Bodkin C, Lennox R, O’Shea T, Wiwcharuk G, Turner S

Harm Reduction Journal202239 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00614-8PMID: W4221124673
07

It is time for us all to embrace person-centred language for people in prison and people who were formerly in prison

Harney BL, Korchinski M, Young P, Scow M, Jack K, Linsley P, Bodkin C, Brothers TD, Curtis M, Higgs P

International Journal of Drug Policy202226 citations
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103455
08

Finding stability amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic: The impact of emergency temporary housing for people who use drugs

Scallan E, Bodkin C, Wiwcharuk J, O'Shea T, Lennox R

Drug and Alcohol Review202215 citations
DOI: 10.1111/dar.13335
09

Buprenorphine/naloxone access for people with opioid use disorder in correctional facilities: taking steps to support knowledge translation

Regenstreif L, Sadik M, Beaulieu E, Bodkin C, Kiefer L, Guenter D, Lee PWP, Kouyoumdjian FG

Health & Justice20224 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.1186/s40352-022-00174-wPMID: W4214912378
10

Pandemic Planning in Homeless Shelters: A Pilot Study of a Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing and Support Program to Mitigate the Risk of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Congregate Settings

O’Shea T, Bodkin C, Mokashi V, Beal K, Wiwcharuk J, Lennox R, Guenter D, Smieja M, Bulir D, Chong S

Clinical Infectious Diseases202145 citations
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa743

Frequent collaborators

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Claire BodkinFiona KouyoumdjianTim O'SheaRobin Barbara Bateman LennoxDale GuenterLarkin LamarcheKathryn ChanEllen J AmsterMarek Smieja
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Tim O'Shea

Medicine

7 shared papers, latest 2025

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Family Medicine

7 shared papers, latest 2025

Robin Barbara Bateman Lennox

Family Medicine

6 shared papers, latest 2025

Larkin Lamarche

Health, Aging & Society

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Dale Guenter

Family Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2023

Kathryn Chan

Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Researchers with similar interests

Robin Barbara Bateman Lennox

Family Medicine

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Tim O'Shea

Medicine

Homelessness and Social Issues, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Family Medicine

Homelessness and Social Issues, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Luca Berardi

Sociology

Homelessness and Social Issues, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Mary-elizabeth Vaccaro

Social Work

Homelessness and Social Issues, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Saara Greene

Social Work

Homelessness and Social Issues, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

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