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Auteur D. C. OMPAD
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J. J. PALAMAR ; M. FENSTERMAKER ; D. KAMBOUKOS ; D. C. OMPAD ; C. M. CLELAND ; M. WEITZMAN | 2014
Dans American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (Vol.40, n°6, November 2014) Article : PériodiqueObjectives: There is debate about whether marijuana (cannabis) use is more dangerous than alcohol use. Although difficult to make objective comparisons, research is needed to compare relative dangers in order to help inform preventive efforts an[...]
C. J. HOWE ; C. M. FULLER ; D. C. OMPAD ; S. GALEA ; KOBLIN B. ; D. THOMAS ; D. VLAHOV | 2005
PériodiqueENGLISH : Background :Hepatitis C virus (HCV) rates are higher in non-injecting drug users (NIDUs) than general population estimates. Whether this elevated HCV rate is due to drug use or other putative risk behaviors remains unclear. Methods: [...]
D. C. OMPAD ; R. M. IKEDA ; N. SHAH ; C. M. FULLER ; S. BAILEY ; MORSE E. ; P. KERNDT ; MASLOW C. ; Y. WU ; D. VLAHOV ; R. GARFEIN ; S. A. STRATHDEE | 2005
Dans American Journal of Public Health (Vol.95 n°4, 2005) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH : OBJECTIVES: We examined the relation between childhood sexual abuse and injection drug use initiation among young adult injection drug users. METHODS: We used mixed effect linear models to compare age at first injection among 2143 yo[...]
D. VLAHOV ; D. C. OMPAD ; C. M. FULLER ; V. NANDI | 2011
Dans Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.46, n°2-3, 2011) Article : PériodiqueEarly studies documented an inverse association between the HIV risk and duration of injection among injection drug users (IDUs). Results from subsequent studies have been inconsistent. To examine this issue, we conducted interviews with 395 str[...]
J. J. PALAMAR ; D. C. OMPAD ; E. PETKOVA | 2014
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.25, n°3, May 2014) Article : PériodiqueBackground: Support for cannabis ("marijuana") legalization is increasing in the United States (US). Use was recently legalized in two states and in Uruguay, and other states and countries are expected to follow suit. This study examined intenti[...]
D. C. OMPAD ; S. GALEA ; C. M. FULLER ; V. EDWARDS ; D. VLAHOV | 2005
Dans Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.40 n°9-10, 2005) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH : Surveillance data suggests that use of ecstasy in the U.S. is predominantly among white adolescent and young adults. To investigate ecstasy use among substance users in New York City we added questions to ongoing efforts to recruit h[...]
NOVOA R. A. ; D. C. OMPAD ; Y. WU ; D. VLAHOV ; S. GALEA | 2005
Dans Journal of Community Health (Vol.30, n°5, October 2005) Article : PériodiqueIn the past two decades, recreational use of ecstasy has become a growing concern in the United States, although most studies assessing ecstasy use have focused on white, middle-class adolescents who use ecstasy during raves and in clubs. We ass[...]
C. M. FULLER ; L. N. BORRELL ; C. A. LATKIN ; S. GALEA ; D. C. OMPAD ; S. A. STRATHDEE ; D. VLAHOV | 2005
Dans American Journal of Public Health (Vol.95 n°4, 2005) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH : OBJECTIVES: We investigated individual- and neighborhood-level factors associated with adolescent initiation of injection drug use. METHODS: Injection drug users (IDUs) who had been injecting 2 to 5 years underwent HIV testing and co[...]
ENGLISH : Objective: The goal of our study was to elucidate characteristics of persons likely to transition into injection drug use so that an identifiable group with high-risk for blood-borne infection may be targeted for interventions. Metho[...]
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 | 2003
Dans American Journal of Public Health (Vol.93 n°6, 2003) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH : 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 [...]
J. J. PALAMAR ; M. GRIFFIN-TOMAS ; D. C. OMPAD | 2015
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.152, July 2015) Article : PériodiqueBackground: The popularity of electronic dance music and rave parties such as dance festivals has increased in recent years. Targeted samples of party-goers suggest high rates of drug use among attendees, but few nationally representative studie[...]
D. J. PILOWSKY ; HOOVER D. ; HADDEN B. ; C. FULLER ; D. C. OMPAD ; H. F. ANDREWS ; C. L. DE LEON ; HOEPNER L. ; XIA Q. ; C. LATKIN | 2007
Dans Substance Use and Misuse (Vol.42 n°11, 2007) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH : Sexually active non-injection drug users in New York City and their sexual partners or fellow drug users (N = 264) were recruited from 2002 to 2005, and associations between social network characteristics and sexual risk behaviors we[...]
Nonmedical opioid use and heroin use in a nationally representative sample of US high school seniors
J. J. PALAMAR ; J. A. SHEARSTON ; E. W. DAWSON ; P. MATEU-GELABERT ; D. C. OMPAD | 2016
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.158, January 2016) Article : PériodiqueBackground: Nonmedical use of opioids has become increasingly problematic in recent years with increases in overdoses, treatment admissions, and deaths. Use also appears to be contributing to heroin initiation, which has increased in recent year[...]
J. J. PALAMAR ; P. ACOSTA ; S. SHERMAN ; D. C. OMPAD ; C. M. CLELAND | 2016
Dans American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (Vol.42, n°6, December 2016) Article : PériodiqueBackground: Novel psychoactive substances (NPSs) continue to emerge in the United States and worldwide. Few epidemiological studies have examined the prevalence and correlates of use. Objective: We examined the extent of NPS use in a high-risk [...]
J. J. PALAMAR ; S. S. MARTINS ; M. K. SU ; D. C. OMPAD | 2015
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.156, November 2015) Article : PériodiqueBackground: In recent years, there has been an increase in emergence and use of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) in the US and worldwide. However, there is little published epidemiological survey data estimating the prevalence of use in the U[...]
