Brittany Barker

713 total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 386 citations indexed

About

Brittany Barker is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Brittany Barker has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 386 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in General Health Professions, 15 papers in Epidemiology and 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Brittany Barker's work include Homelessness and Social Issues (13 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (12 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (12 papers). Brittany Barker is often cited by papers focused on Homelessness and Social Issues (13 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (12 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (12 papers). Brittany Barker collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Brittany Barker's co-authors include Kora DeBeck, Thomas Kerr, Ashley Goodman, Evan Wood, Paul Nguyen, Bernie Pauly, Bohdan Nosyk, Karen Urbanoski, Huiru Dong and Amanda Slaunwhite and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, BMJ and Addiction.

In The Last Decade

Brittany Barker

32 papers receiving 376 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Effect of Risk Mitigation Guidance for opioid and stimulant dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during dual public health emergencies: retrospective cohort study

2024 45 citations Amanda Slaunwhite, Jeong Eun Min et al. BMJ profile →

Peers

Brittany Barker

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Alex K. Gertner United States

George Pro United States

Farihah Ali Canada

Brittany Bingham Canada

Katherine McLean United States

Buddhima Lokuge Australia

Sugy Choi United States

Mary Marfisee United States

Alissa Greer Canada

Zaharah Sulaiman Malaysia

Alex K. Gertner United States

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213 ×1.4

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149 ×1.1

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51 ×0.7

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brittany Barker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brittany Barker

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Catherine, Nicole, et al.. (2025). Understanding the experiences of young, urban, Indigenous mothers-to-be in British Columbia, Canada. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 25(1). 42–42. 1 indexed citations

Slaunwhite, Amanda, Jeong Eun Min, Heather Palis, et al.. (2024). Effect of Risk Mitigation Guidance for opioid and stimulant dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during dual public health emergencies: retrospective cohort study. BMJ. 384. e076336–e076336. 45 indexed citations breakdown →

Pauly, Bernie, Jane McCall, Karen Urbanoski, et al.. (2024). Implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia: A mixed methods study. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 161. 209341–209341. 7 indexed citations

Urbanoski, Karen, Thea van Roode, James Fraser, et al.. (2024). Access and barriers to safer supply prescribing during a toxic drug emergency: a mixed methods study of implementation in British Columbia, Canada. Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy. 19(1). 44–44. 2 indexed citations

Piske, Micah, Fahmida Homayra, Brittany Barker, et al.. (2024). Population perinatal substance use and an environmental scan of health services in British Columbia, Canada. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 264. 112457–112457. 1 indexed citations

Min, Jeong Eun, et al.. (2024). Influence of physician networks on the implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia. Implementation Science. 19(1). 3–3. 12 indexed citations

Wood, Shawn, Charlene Burmeister, Heather J. Spence, et al.. (2023). Doing community-based research during dual public health emergencies (COVID and overdose). Harm Reduction Journal. 20(1). 5 indexed citations

Barker, Brittany, Jeong Eun Min, Fahmida Homayra, et al.. (2023). Opioid agonist therapy and mortality among First Nations and other residents with concurrent alcohol use disorder in British Columbia, Canada: A population-based cohort study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 250. 110908–110908. 1 indexed citations

Reddon, Hudson, Brittany Barker, Sofia Bartlett, et al.. (2023). Uptake of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among structurally-marginalized people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 17930–17930. 2 indexed citations

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Nosyk, Bohdan, Amanda Slaunwhite, Karen Urbanoski, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of risk mitigation measures for people with substance use disorders to address the dual public health crises of COVID-19 and overdose in British Columbia: a mixed-method study protocol. BMJ Open. 11(6). e048353–e048353. 35 indexed citations

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Barker, Brittany, Jean Shoveller, Cameron Grant, Thomas Kerr, & Kora DeBeck. (2020). Long-term benefits of providing transitional services to youth aging-out of the child welfare system: Evidence from a cohort of young people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada. International Journal of Drug Policy. 85. 102912–102912. 3 indexed citations

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Barker, Brittany, Huiru Dong, Kanna Hayashi, et al.. (2019). Intergenerational Trauma: The Relationship Between Residential Schools and the Child Welfare System Among Young People Who Use Drugs in Vancouver, Canada. Journal of Adolescent Health. 65(2). 248–254. 27 indexed citations

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Barker, Brittany, E. D. Adams, Evan Wood, et al.. (2018). Engagement in Maximally-Assisted Therapy and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among a Cohort of Indigenous People Who Use Illicit Drugs. AIDS and Behavior. 23(5). 1258–1266. 8 indexed citations

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Best, Allan, et al.. (2018). Networks as systems. Journal of Health Organization and Management. 32(1). 9–24. 7 indexed citations

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Barker, Brittany, Ashley Goodman, & Kora DeBeck. (2017). Reclaiming Indigenous identities: Culture as strength against suicide among Indigenous youth in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 108(2). e208–e210. 58 indexed citations

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Barker, Brittany, et al.. (2016). Elevated risk of incarceration among street-involved youth who initiate drug dealing. Harm Reduction Journal. 13(1). 32–32. 5 indexed citations

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Barker, Brittany, Thomas Kerr, Paul Nguyen, Evan Wood, & Kora DeBeck. (2015). Barriers to health and social services for street-involved youth in a Canadian setting. Journal of Public Health Policy. 36(3). 350–363. 34 indexed citations

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Barker, Brittany, Kate M. Fleming, Paul Nguyen, et al.. (2015). Aboriginal street-involved youth experience elevated risk of incarceration. Public Health. 129(12). 1662–1668. 12 indexed citations

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Barker, Brittany, et al.. (2014). High prevalence of exposure to the child welfare system among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting: implications for policy and practice. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 197–197. 25 indexed citations

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Barker, Brittany, et al.. (2014). An uncaring state? The overrepresentation of First Nations children in the Canadian child welfare system. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 186(14). E533–E535. 14 indexed citations

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