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Auteur R. S. GARFEIN |
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M. BECKER BUXTON ; D. VLAHOV ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; MORSE E. V. ; L. OUELLET ; P. KERNDT ; R. S. GARFEIN | 2004ENGLISH : Background: Earlier studies suggest higher infection risk among recently initiated injection drug users (IDUs) than more experienced users. Whether IDUs' risky injection practices rise progressively with duration of injection or freq[...]Article : Périodique
We asked persons who inject drugs questions about HCV, including past testing and diagnosis followed by HCV testing. Of 540 participants, 145 (27%) were anti-HCV positive, but of those who were positive, only 46 (32%) knew about their infection[...]Périodique
HUO D. ; S. L. BAILEY ; R. S. GARFEIN ; L. J. OUELLET | 2005ENGLISH : This study examines changes in the multi-person use of drug injection paraphernalia during the mid-1990s, a time of increasing awareness of HIV transmission modes and availability of prevention programs. Beginning in 1994, 794 street[...]Périodique
J. R. HAVENS ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; C. M. FULLER ; R. IKEDA ; S. R. FRIEDMAN ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; MORSE P. S. ; S. BAILEY ; P. KERNDT ; R. S. GARFEIN ; COLLABORATIVE INJECTION DRUG USER STUDY GROUP | 2004ENGLISH : The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of attempted suicide among young injection drug users (IDUs) from six study sites in five US cities. Two thousand two hundred and nineteen participants 15-30 ye[...]Périodique
M. C. DOHERTY ; R. S. GARFEIN ; E. MONTERROSO ; D. BROWN ; D. VLAHOV | 2000FRANÇAIS : A Baltimore, 229 UDVIs, âgés de 18 à 29 ans, recrutés dans la rue ont participé à une enquête sur la prévalence du VIH selon les circonstances de l'initiation à l'injection et sur les comportements à risque vis-à-vis du VIH ainsi qu'[...]Article : Périodique
J. S. MELO ; R. S. GARFEIN ; K. HAYASHI ; M. J. MILLOY ; K. DEBECK ; S. SUN ; S. JAIN ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; D. WERB |Background: The prevention of drug injecting is often cited as a justification for the deployment of law enforcement and for the continuation of drug criminalization policies. We sought to characterize the impact of law enforcement interactions [...]Périodique
F. KAPADIA ; D. VLAHOV ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; L. OUELLET ; P. KERNDT ; MORSE E E. V. ; I. WILLIAMS ; R. S. GARFEIN ; SECOND COLLABORATIVE INJECTION DRUG USER STUDY (CIDUS-II) GROUP | 2002ENGLISH : BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has emerged as a major public health problem among injection drug users. In this analysis we examine whether disinfection of syringes with bleach has a potentially protective effect on anti-HCV ser[...]Périodique
H. HAGAN ; M. H. LATKA ; J. V. CAMPBELL ; E. T. GOLUB ; R. S. GARFEIN ; D. A. THOMAS ; F. KAPADIA ; S. A. STRATHDEE | 2006ENGLISH : Among 404 injection drug users aged 18-35 who tested positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA, 96% had conditions that are potentially unwarranted contraindications for HCV treatment (e.g., problem drinking, moderate-to-severe depres[...]Périodique
SANTIBANEZ S. S. ; A. S. ABDUL-QUADER ; L. N. BROYLES ; GUSSEYNOVA N. ; SOFRONOVA R. ; MOLOTILOV V. ; R. S. GARFEIN ; PAXTON L. A. | 2005ENGLISH : Expansion of outreach through government AIDS centers is needed to prevent the spread of HIV in Russia. Orel, Russia, is the site of a pilot project in HIV community outreach conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Preven[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: New and innovative methods of delivering interventions are needed to further reduce risky behaviors and increase overall health among persons who inject drugs (PWID). Mobile health (mHealth) interventions have potential for reaching [...]Article : Périodique
S. R. FRIEDMAN ; D. C. OMPAD ; MASLOW C. ; R. YOUNG ; P. CASE ; S. M. HUDSON ; T. DIAZ ; MORSE E. ; S. BAILEY ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; PERLIS T. ; HOLLIBAUGH A. ; R. S. GARFEIN |ENGLISH : Women injection drug users who have sex with women (WSW IDUs) constitute 20% to 30% of American women IDUs. Compared with other women IDUs, WSW IDUs have higher HIV prevalence and incidence rates and a greater likelihood of engaging [...]Article : Périodique
M. E. MACKESY-AMITI ; L. FINNEGAN ; L. J. OUELLET ; E. T. GOLUB ; H. HAGAN ; S. M. HUDSON ; M. H. LATKA ; R. S. GARFEIN |We analyzed data from a large randomized HIV/HCV prevention intervention trial with young injection drug users (IDUs) conducted in five U.S. cities. The trial compared a peer education intervention (PEI) with a time-matched, attention control gr[...]Périodique
R. S. GARFEIN ; E. T. GOLUB ; A. E. GREENBERG ; H. HAGAN ; D. L. HANSON ; S. M. HUDSON ; F. KAPADIA ; M. H. LATKA ; L. J. OUELLET ; D. W. PURCELL ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; H. THIEDE | 2007OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether a behavioral intervention, which taught peer education skills, could reduce injection and sexual risk behaviors associated with primary HIV and hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) among young injection drug users (I[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS This study conducted a secondary analysis to examine injection cessation and decreasing frequency of injection during a multi-site randomized controlled HIV prevention intervention trial that sought to reduce sexual and injection risk behav[...]Périodique
SANTIBANEZ S. S. ; R. S. GARFEIN ; SWARTZENDRUBER A. ; KERNDT P. R. ; MORSE E. ; D. OMPAD ; S. STRATHDEE ; I. T. WILLIAMS ; S. R. FRIEDMAN ; L. J. OUELLET | 2005ENGLISH : Objectives: We estimated prevalence and identified correlates of crack-cocaine injection among young injection drug users in the United States. Methods: We analyzed data from the second Collaborative Injection Drug Users Study (CIDUS[...]Périodique
R. S. GARFEIN ; M. C. DOHERTY ; MONTERROSO E. R. ; D. L. THOMAS ; K. E. NELSON ; D. VLAHOV | 1998FRANÇAIS : De jeunes adultes usagers de drogue par injection (UDIs) ont été enrôlés dans une étude prospective sur la prévalence, l'incidence et les facteurs de risque liés au virus de l'hépatite C (VHC). Des informations démographiques, sur le[...]Périodique
Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among injection drug users in the United States, 1994-2004
J. J. AMON ; R. S. GARFEIN ; L. AHDIEH-GRANT ; G. L. ARMSTRONG ; L. J. OUELLET ; M. H. LATKA ; D. VLAHOV ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; S. M. HUDSON ; P. KERNDT ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; I. T. WILLIAMS | 2008ENGLISH : OBJECTIVE: To examine hepatitis C virus (HCV) seroprevalence among injection drug users in 4 US cities from 1994 through 2004. METHODS: Demographic characteristics, behaviors, and prevalence of HCV antibody among 5088 injection drug [...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: Misuse of prescription-type opioids and related adverse health effects are increasing, but little is known about the role of these drugs as a precursor to heroin use. We conducted an exploratory study to determine the proportion of y[...]Article : Périodique
L. E. THORPE ; L. J. OUELLET ; HERSHOW R. ; S. L. BAILEY ; I. T. WILLIAMS ; J. WILLIAMSON ; MONTERROSO E. R. ; R. S. GARFEIN |Designing studies to examine hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission via the shared use of drug injection paraphernalia other than syringes is difficult because of saturation levels of HCV infection in most samples of injection drug users (IDUs). T[...]Périodique
M. C. DOHERTY ; JUNGE B. ; RATHOUZ P. ; R. S. GARFEIN ; E. RILEY ; D. VLAHOV | 2000ENGLISH : OBJECTIVES: This study estimates the quantity and geographic distribution of discarded needles on the streets of Baltimore, Md, during the 2 years after a needle exchange program opened. METHODS: Thirty-two city blocks were randomly [...]Article : Périodique
D. HOLTZMAN ; V. BARRY ; L. J. OUELLET ; D. C. DES JARLAIS ; D. VLAHOV ; E. T. GOLUB ; S. M. HUDSON ; R. S. GARFEIN |OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to assess whether participation in needle exchange programs (NEPs) influenced incident hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection through effects on injection risk behaviors among young injection drug users (IDUs) in the United [...]Article : Périodique
D. C. DES JARLAIS ; T. DIAZ ; PERLIS T. ; D. VLAHOV ; M. LATKA ; ROCKWELL R. ; V. EDWARDS ; S. R. FRIEDMAN ; E. MONTERROSO ; I. WILLIAMS ; R. S. GARFEIN ; MASLOW C. |Cohort studies of young (aged 18-30 years) injecting drug users recruited in 1997-1999 in the Harlem and Lower East Side areas of New York City, New York, were used to assess the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus[...]Périodique
R. S. GARFEIN ; D. VLAHOV ; N. GALAI ; M. C. DOHERTY ; K. E. NELSON | 1996Dans une population de 716 volontaires usagers de drogues par voie injectable, recrutés en 1988 et 1989, la séroprévalence des anticorps des 4 virus a été mesurée selon la durée de l'usage injectable. Les caractéristiques démographiques, le pass[...]