Danya Fast
(she/her)
BA, MA, PhD
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Scientist, Foundry
International Journal of Drug Policy
McAdam, E. and Milloy, M.-J. and Sayre, E.C. and Verdicchio, C. and Sedgemore, K.-O. and May, H. and Pranteau, S. and Corriveau, D. and Friesen, D. and Fleury, M. and Fast, D. and DeBeck, K.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105068Social Science and Medicine
Goodyear, T. and Thulien, M. and Anghel, A. and Slemon, A. and Jensen, M. and Ignaszewski, M.J. and Sassi, R. and Mathias, S. and Jenkins, E. and Knight, R. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118701Child and Youth Services
Lee, H. and Thulien, M. and Eekhoudt, C.R. and Friesen, D. and Manson, D. and Bagley, S. and Hadland, S. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1080/0145935X.2025.2468177Journal of Adolescent Health
Marchand, K. and Turuba, R. and Hui, D. and Gunn, H. and Wright, M.D. and Marshall, T. and Fast, D. and Knight, R. and Marsh, D.C. and Sassi, R. and Mathias, S. and Barbic, S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.07.013Ssm Qualitative Research in Health
Sandhu, M. and Thulien, M. and Eekhoudt, C.R. and Friesen, D. and Moore, E. and Ignaszewski, M. and Bagley, S. and Motta-Ochoa, R. and Jenkins, E. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100631Youth
Daniel Manson and Danya Fast
DOI: 10.3390/youth402005706 / 2024
Children and Youth Services Review
Goodyear, T. and Knight, R. and Fast, D. and Oliffe, J.L. and Jensen, M. and Kia, H. and Jenkins, E.
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107830Social Science and Medicine
Goodyear, T. and Jenkins, E. and Fast, D. and Oliffe, J.L. and Kia, H. and Katriana, I. and Knight, R.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117352Children and Youth Services Review
Goodyear, T. and Chayama, K.L. and Oliffe, J.L. and Kia, H. and Fast, D. and Mniszak, C. and Knight, R. and Jenkins, E.
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107355International Journal of Drug Policy
Goodyear, T. and Jenkins, E. and Oliffe, J.L. and Fast, D. and Kia, H. and Knight, R.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104621BMJ Open
Dennis, B.B. and Bowles, J. and Johnson, C. and De Wolfe, T. and Mundel, E. and Fast, D. and Boyd, J. and Fleury, M. and Bach, P. and Fairbairn, N. and Socas, M.E. and Ti, L. and Hayashi, K. and DeBeck, K. and Milloy, M.J. and Felicella, G. and Morgan, J. and Eekhoudt, C.R. and McGrail, K. and Richardson, L. and Ryan, A. and Mbuagbaw, L. and Guyatt, G. and Nolan, S.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090608Harm Reduction Journal
Stowe, M.-J. and Gatonye, R. and Maharjan, I. and Kehinde, S. and Arya, S. and Valderrbano, J.H. and Mcbride, A. and Scheibein, F. and Igonya, E.K. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00914-7International Journal of Drug Policy
Eekhoudt, C.R. and Sandhu, M. and Mniszak, C. and Goodyear, T. and Turuba, R. and Marchand, K. and Barbic, S. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104598Culture, Health and Sexuality
Stehr, R. and Fast, D. and Naepi, S. and Knight, R.
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2023.2183263International Journal of Drug Policy
Giang, K. and Charlesworth, R. and Thulien, M. and Mulholland, A. and Barker, B. and Brar, R. and Pauly, B. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104023Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry
Fast, D. and Charlesworth, R. and Thulien, M. and Kr{\"u}si, A. and Buxton, J. and West, S. and Chase, C. and Manson, D.
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-022-09813-1Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Pilarinos, A. and Kwa, Y. and Joe, R. and Dong, H. and Grant, C. and Fast, D. and Buxton, J.A. and DeBeck, K.
DOI: 10.1177/07067437221136468Culture, Health and Sexuality
Goodyear, T. and Ferlatte, O. and Fast, D. and Salway, T. and Jenkins, E. and Robinson, S. and Knight, R.
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2022.2079153Social Science and Medicine
Manson, D. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116091Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
Pilarinos, A. and Bingham, B. and Kwa, Y. and Joe, R. and Grant, C. and Fast, D. and Buxton, J.A. and DeBeck, K.
DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2023.209005Journal of Adolescent Health
Goodyear, T. and Jenkins, E. and Knight, R. and Sedgemore, K.-O. and White, M. and Culham, T. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.10.031Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Pilarinos, A. and Fast, D. and Nosova, E. and Kwa, Y. and Joe, R. and Buxton, J.A. and DeBeck, K.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109441Harm Reduction Journal
Can{\^e}do, J. and Sedgemore, K.-O. and Ebbert, K. and Anderson, H. and Dykeman, R. and Kincaid, K. and Dias, C. and Silva, D. and Charlesworth, R. and Knight, R. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00607-7International Journal of Drug Policy
Pilarinos, A. and Kwa, Y. and Joe, R. and Thulien, M. and Buxton, J.A. and DeBeck, K. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103773Canadian Journal of Addiction
Nairn, S.A. and Hawke, L.D. and Isaacs, J.Y. and Knight, R. and Stewart, S.H. and Henderson, J. and Haines-Saah, R. and Fast, D. and Lam, A. and Conrod, P.
DOI: 10.1097/CXA.0000000000000150Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Nairn, S.A. and Audet, M. and Stewart, S.H. and Hawke, L.D. and Isaacs, J.Y. and Henderson, J. and Saah, R. and Knight, R. and Fast, D. and Khan, F. and Lam, A. and Conrod, P.
DOI: 10.1177/07067437221089810International Journal of Drug Policy
Manson, D. and Kerr, T. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103893Vaccine
Coulaud, P.-J. and Ablona, A. and Bolduc, N. and Fast, D. and Bertrand, K. and Ward, J.K. and Greyson, D. and Jauffret-Roustide, M. and Knight, R.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.02.085Canadian Journal of Addiction
Thulien, M. and Charlesworth, R. and Anderson, H. and Dykeman, R. and Kincaid, K. and Sedgemore, K. and Knight, R. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1097/CXA.0000000000000146Canadian Journal of Addiction
Nairn, S.A. and Isaacs, J.Y. and Stewart, S.H. and Hawke, L.D. and Thulien, M. and Fast, D. and Knight, R. and Conrod, P. and Henderson, J. and Khan, F. and Lam, A. and Haines-Saah, R.J.
DOI: 10.1097/CXA.0000000000000151Harm Reduction Journal
Thulien, M. and Anderson, H. and Douglas, S. and Dykeman, R. and Horne, A. and Howard, B. and Sedgemore, K. and Charlesworth, R. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00615-7Medical Anthropology Quarterly
Danya Fast
DOI: 10.1111/maq.1263806 / 2021
Culture, Health and Sexuality
Parent, N. and Ferlatte, O. and Milloy, M.-J. and Fast, D. and Knight, R.
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2020.1736634International Journal of Drug Policy
Cameron Schwartz and Danya Fast and Rod Knight
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.10267003 / 2020
SSM - Population Health
Giang, V. and Thulien, M. and McNeil, R. and Sedgemore, K. and Anderson, H. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100609PLoS ONE
Paul, B. and Thulien, M. and Knight, R. and Milloy, M.J. and Howard, B. and Nelson, S. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236243Social Science and Medicine
Fast, D. and Bukusi, D. and Moyer, E.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113097International Journal of Drug Policy
Schwartz, C. and Fast, D. and Knight, R.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102882Harm Reduction Journal
Goodyear, T. and Mniszak, C. and Jenkins, E. and Fast, D. and Knight, R.
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-020-00365-4CMAJ
DeBeck, K. and Kendall, P. and Fast, D. and Pilarinos, A.
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.71589International Journal of Drug Policy
Reddon, H. and Fast, D. and DeBeck, K. and Werb, D. and Hayashi, K. and Wood, E. and Milloy, M.-J.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.02.006Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Knight, R. and Karamouzian, M. and Carson, A. and Edward, J. and Carrieri, P. and Shoveller, J. and Fairbairn, N. and Wood, E. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.09.023Africa Today
Fast, D. and Moyer, E.
DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.64.3.01City and Society
Fast, D. and Cunningham, D.
DOI: 10.1111/ciso.12177CMAJ
Pilarinos, A. and Kendall, P. and Fast, D. and Debeck, K.
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.180700PLoS ONE
Knight, R. and Kr{\"u}si, A. and Carson, A. and Fast, D. and Shannon, K. and Shoveller, J.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201110International Journal of Drug Policy
Bozinoff, N. and Small, W. and Long, C. and DeBeck, K. and Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.006International Journal of Drug Policy
Fast, D. and Shoveller, J. and Kerr, T.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.01.003Sociology of Health and Illness
Fast, D.
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12563BMC Public Health
Knight, R. and Fast, D. and DeBeck, K. and Shoveller, J. and Small, W.
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4313-9Harm Reduction Journal
Boyd, J. and Fast, D. and Hobbins, M. and McNeil, R. and Small, W.
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-017-0159-9Harm Reduction Journal
Ti, L. and Fast, D. and Small, W. and Kerr, T.
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-017-0132-7Critical Public Health
Boyd, J. and Fast, D. and Small, W.
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2015.1110564Social Science and Medicine
Fast, D. and Kerr, T. and Wood, E. and Small, W.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.029Human Organization
Fast, D. and Shoveller, J. and Small, W. and Kerr, T.
DOI: 10.17730/humo.72.2.86005462778382u2Health and Place
Werb, D. and Kerr, T. and Fast, D. and Qi, J. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Wood, E.
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.06.009Health and Place
Fast, D. and Shoveller, J. and Shannon, K. and Kerr, T.
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.07.004Health and Social Care in the Community
Kr{\"u}si, A. and Fast, D. and Small, W. and Wood, E. and Kerr, T.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00901.xBMC Public Health
Fast, D. and Small, W. and Kr{\"u}si, A. and Wood, E. and Kerr, T.
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-126Social Science and Medicine
Fast, D. and Small, W. and Wood, E. and Kerr, T.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.024Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Small, W. and Fast, D. and Krusi, A. and Wood, E. and Kerr, T.
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-4-8Harm Reduction Journal
Fast, D. and Small, W. and Wood, E. and Kerr, T.
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-5-32Evidence-informed substance use services are a cornerstone of the response to substance use among youth. Research suggests that the sooner substance use care is initiated, the shorter the duration and impact of substance use disorders. However, numerous gaps and barriers exist in the provision of substance use services for youth, which for youth experiencing street-entrenchment are often compounded by complex institutional trajectories that include pediatric care, mental health care, foster care, criminal justice and frontline service (e.g., shelter) systems.
The Care Pathways Study focuses on the experiences of younger youth (ages 11-18) as they simultaneously navigate multiple systems of care and supervision, including the substance use service, criminal justice, government care, and mental health care systems. Through qualitative interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, we are documenting the evolving experiences of these young people and their caregivers and service providers over time. Our goal is to create new knowledge that can directly inform ongoing efforts to deliver innovative substance use services to youth, including at BC Children’s Hospital.
The objectives of the study are to:
1. Characterize the individual, social, structural and environmental contexts that shape youth’s engagement with various substance use services, including harm reduction services, detoxification and treatment, inpatient and outpatient programs, and opioid agonist therapy (OAT);
2. Describe how youth’s engagement with substance use services are shaped by responses from the other systems in which they are immersed, including the primary pediatric care, mental health care, foster care, criminal justice and frontline service systems; and
3. Identify critical gaps and opportunities for improvement in the delivery of substance use services for vulnerable youth, and their onward impact on key health outcomes.
This study is co-led by Family Services of Greater Vancouver-Directions Youth Services. Throughout all stages of the research, are working closely with the Youth Health Advisory Council.
Reimagining recovery with young people who use(d) drugs and their caregivers, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Scheme Grant, PI
Mobilizing Knowledge with Young People Who Use Drugs, Caregivers, and Providers: Informing Improved Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Services, Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Catalyst Grant, PI
Between homelessness and care (and back again): Navigating complex institutional trajectories among young people who use drugs in Metro Vancouver, Making the Shift, PI
Side-by-side: Improving the care system to improve health and well-being of youth who use crystal meth, Vancouver Foundation, Participatory Action Research Investigate Grant, PI
Side by side: Identifying strategies to address the health and social needs of youth who use stimulants, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Scheme Grant, PI
Substance use and addiction services engagement among vulnerable youth: An ethno-epidemiological study, Canadian Institutes of Health Research /SickKids – New Investigator Research Grant, PI
Substance use and addiction services engagement among vulnerable youth, Vancouver Foundation –Participatory Action Research Investigate Grant, PI
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