1997
Reductions in High-Risk Drug Use Behaviors Among Participants in the Baltimore Needle Exchange Program
Vlahov* D, Junge* B, Brookmeyer† R, Cohn* S, Riley* E, Armenian* H, Beilenson‡ P. Reductions in High-Risk Drug Use Behaviors Among Participants in the Baltimore Needle Exchange Program. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1997, 16: 400-406. PMID: 9420320, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199712150-00014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeedle exchange programsBaltimore Needle Exchange ProgramDrug use behaviorsNEP participantsHigh-risk drug use behaviorsRisky injection drug use behaviorInjection drug use behaviorsBehavioral risk reductionMean numberRisky injection practicesDrug-related behaviorsInjection practicesShort-term reductionUse behaviorsDemographic informationExchange programsProgram entryT-testSignificant reductionRisk reductionSystematic sampleInjectionEarlier reportsEnrollmentParticipants
1994
Drug‐related behavior change for HIV transmission among American injection drug users
CELENTANO D, MUÑOZ A, CORN S, NELSON K, VLAHOV D. Drug‐related behavior change for HIV transmission among American injection drug users. Addiction 1994, 89: 1309-1317. PMID: 7804092, DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb03310.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersSeropositive injection drug usersRisk behaviorsHIV infectionDrug usersActive injection drug usersDrug-related risk behaviorsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmissionHigh-risk drug-related behaviorsSemi-annual visitsMultiple logistic regressionBehavior changeGreater risk reductionDrug-related behaviorsLow-risk behaviorsSeropositive participantsHIV serostatusHIV transmissionLongitudinal cohortVaccine developmentPrevention programsLogistic regressionAIDS epidemicVirus transmissionBehavior maintenance