Being "hooked up" during a sharp increase in the availability of illicitly manufactured fentanyl: Adaptations of drug using practices among people who use drugs (PWUD) in New York City

C. McKNIGHT ; D. C. DES JARLAIS | 2018
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.60, October 2018) Article : Périodique

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[...]

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Can intranasal drug use reduce HCV infection among injecting drug users?

D. C. DES JARLAIS ; H. HAGAN ; K. ARASTEH ; C. McKNIGHT ; S. SEMAAN ; D. C. PERLMAN | 2011
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.119, n°3, December 2011) Article : Périodique

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[...]

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Diffusion of the D.A.R.E and syringe exchange programs

D. C. DES JARLAIS ; Z. SLOBODA ; S. R. FRIEDMAN ; B. TEMPALSKI ; C. McKNIGHT ; BRAINE N. | 2006
Dans American Journal of Public Health (Vol.96 n°8, 2006) 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[...]

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From long-term injecting to long-term non-injecting heroin and cocaine use: The persistence of changed drug habits

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 | 2016
Dans Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (Vol.71, Decembre 2016) Article : Périodique

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[...]

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Harms associated with injecting in public spaces: a global systematic review and meta-analysis

M. KHEZRI ; S. KIMBALL ; C. McKNIGHT ; S. ROUHANI ; A. M. BUNTING ; M. KARAMOUZIAN ; D. C. OMPAD ; D. DES JARLAIS | 2025
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.140, June 2025) Article : Périodique

Background: Despite increasing backlash against harm reduction efforts and the need to understand the risk environments encountered by people who inject drugs (PWID), a quantitative systematic review on public injecting and associated health and[...]

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Incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among persons who inject drugs in New York City: 2006-2013

A. E. JORDAN ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; K. ARASTEH ; C. McKNIGHT ; D. NASH ; D. C. PERLMAN | 2015
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.152, July 2015) 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[...]

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Respondent-driven sampling in a study of drug users in New York City: Notes from the field

C. McKNIGHT ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; BRAMSON H. ; TOWER L. ; A. ABDUL-QUADER ; NEMETH C. ; D. D. HECKATHORN | 2006
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ENGLISH : 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[...]

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Social and political factors predicting the presence of syringe exchange programs in 96 US metropolitan areas

B. TEMPALSKI ; FLOM P.L. ; S. R. FRIEDMAN ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; J. J. FRIEDMAN ; C. McKNIGHT ; R. FRIEDMAN | 2007
Dans American Journal of Public Health (Vol.97 n°3, 2007) Article : Périodique

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[...]

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What happened to the HIV epidemic among non-injecting drug users in New York City?

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 | 2017
Dans Addiction (Vol.112, n°2, February 2017) Article : Périodique

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[...]

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What's community got to do with it ? Implementation models of syringe exchange programs

DOWNING M. ; RIESS T. H. ; VERNON K. ; N. MULIA ; HOLLINQUEST M. ; C. McKNIGHT ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; B. R. EDLIN | 2005
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ENGLISH : 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[...]

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