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Research has documented associations between relationship stigma, relationship quality and adverse health outcomes among sexual and gender minority couples. However, this work focused primarily on one aspect of an individual's or a couple's identity rather than understanding the intersections of multiple, stigmatized social identities. As part of a...
Introduction:
Advances in HIV treatment have proven to be effective in increasing virological suppression, thereby decreasing morbidity, and increasing survival. Medication adherence is an important factor in reducing viral load among people living with HIV (PLWH) and in the elimination of transmission of HIV to uninfected partners. Achieving opti...
Among sexual minority men (i.e., gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men) living with HIV, those who use methamphetamine experience profound health disparities. Affect Regulation Treatment to Enhance Methamphetamine Intervention Success (ARTEMIS) is an evidence-based, 5-session, individually delivered positive affect intervention adapted...
Introduction:
In the era of HIV treatment as prevention (TasP), evidence-based interventions that optimize viral suppression among people who use stimulants such as methamphetamine are needed to improve health outcomes and reduce onward transmission risk. We tested the efficacy of positive affect intervention delivered during community-based conti...
Background
Text messaging is a promising strategy to support HIV care engagement, but little is known about its efficacy in urban safety-net HIV clinic populations.
Methods
We conducted a randomized controlled trial of a supportive and motivational text messaging intervention, Connect4Care (C4C), among viremic patients who had a history of poor re...
In the United States, little is known about interventions that rely on mobile phones and/or text messaging to improve engagement in HIV care for vulnerable populations. Domestic studies using these technologies as part of the National Institute on Drug Abuse "Seek, Test, Treat, Retain" research initiative were queried regarding intervention compone...
Background:
Few data exist on the use of text messaging as a tool to promote retention in HIV care and virologic suppression at the clinic level in the United States. We describe the protocol for a study designed to investigate whether a text messaging intervention that supports healthy behaviors, encourages consistent engagement with care, and pr...
Objectives:
We evaluated the efficacy of a hepatitis care coordination intervention to improve linkage to hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination and clinical evaluation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among methadone maintenance patients.
Methods:
We conducted a randomized controlled trial of 489 participants from m...
Background: Racial/ethnic disparities in HIV prevalence among drug users (DUs) persist in the US, and Hepatitis C (HCV) remains prevalent among DUs. Additionally, HIV and HCV testing and accessing medical care is challenging for many DUs, due to barriers including stigma and discrimination.
Methods DUs were interviewed in New York City and San Fr...
Background: DUs are at increased risk for HIV, HCV and other co-morbidities but have low rates of primary care utilization and high rates of emergency department (ED) utilization, which is indicative of poor access to medical care.
Methods Four hundred eighty-nine participants were recruited from drug treatment programs in NYC and SF to test the...
Injection drug use (IDU) into central veins, most common among long-term IDUs with no other options, can lead to severe infectious, vascular, and traumatic medical consequences. To follow-up on anecdotal reports of femoral vein injection and related medical problems in Seattle, we analyzed data from the annual survey of a community-based syringe ex...
Genital ulcer disease (GUD), including syphilis, is an important cause of morbidity in low and middle income (LMI) countries and syphilis transmission is associated with HIV transmission.
We conducted a literature review to evaluate syphilis infection among drug users in LMI countries for the period 1995-2007. Countries were categorized using the W...
Materials and methods To evaluate the association of and overdose with drug-related risk behaviors, we analyzed data from a cross-sectional, anonymous survey at a community-based organization providing free access to syringes and other injection equipment, non-glass equipment for crack smokers, condoms, vein-care, and take-home naloxone. Staff appr...
