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Illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF), a category of synthetic opioids 50–100 times more potent than morphine, is increasingly being added to heroin and other drugs in the United States (US). Persons who use drugs (PWUD) are frequently unaware o[...]Article : Périodique
D. C. DES JARLAIS ; H. HAGAN ; K. ARASTEH ; C. McKNIGHT ; S. SEMAAN ; D. C. PERLMAN |BACKGROUND: Preventing HCV infection among people who inject drugs is a difficult public health challenge. We examined the potential role of intranasal drug use in reducing HCV acquisition. METHODS: Subjects were recruited from IDUs entering t[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : We examined the diffusion of the D.A.R.E program to reduce use of illicit drugs among school-aged children and youths and the diffusion of syringe exchange programs to reduce HIV transmission among injection drug users. The D.A.R.E p[...]Article : Périodique
D. C. DES JARLAIS ; K. ARASTEH ; J. FEELEMYER ; C. McKNIGHT ; D. M. BARNES ; S. TROSS ; D. C. PERLMAN ; A. N. C. CAMPBELL ; H. L. F. COOPER ; H. HAGAN |Objectives: Transitioning from injecting to non-injecting routes of drug administration can provide important individual and community health benefits. We assessed characteristics of persons who had ceased injecting while continuing to use heroi[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Hepatitis C virus infection is a source of significant preventable morbidity and mortality among persons who inject drugs (PWID). We sought to assess trends in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among PWID from 2006 to 2013 in New Yor[...]Périodique
C. McKNIGHT ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; BRAMSON H. ; TOWER L. ; A. ABDUL-QUADER ; NEMETH C. ; D. D. HECKATHORN | 2006ENGLISH : Beth Israel Medical Center (BIMC), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), used respondent-driven sampling (RDS) in a study of HIV seroprevalence among drug us[...]Article : Périodique
B. TEMPALSKI ; FLOM P.L. ; S. R. FRIEDMAN ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; J. J. FRIEDMAN ; C. McKNIGHT ; R. FRIEDMAN |Community activism can be important in shaping public health policies. For example, political pressure and direct action from grassroots activists have been central to the formation of syringe exchange programs (SEPs) in the United States. We ex[...]Article : Périodique
D. C. DES JARLAIS ; K. ARASTEH ; C. McKNIGHT ; J. FEELEMYER ; A. N. C. CAMPBELL ; S. TROSS ; H. L. F. COOPER ; H. HAGAN ; D. C. PERLMAN |Background and aims: HIV has reached high prevalence in many non-injecting drug user (NIDU) populations. The aims of this study were to (1) examine the trend in HIV prevalence among non-injecting cocaine and heroin NIDUs in New York City, (2) id[...]NouveautéPériodique
DOWNING M. ; RIESS T. H. ; VERNON K. ; N. MULIA ; HOLLINQUEST M. ; C. McKNIGHT ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; B. R. EDLIN | 2005ENGLISH : Syringe exchange programs (SEPs) have been shown to be highly effective in reducing HIV transmission among injection drug users (IDUs). Despite this evidence, SEPs have not been implemented in many communities experiencing HIV epidem[...]