2002
Increasing drug users’ adherence to HIV treatment: results of a peer-driven intervention feasibility study
Broadhead RS, Heckathorn DD, Altice FL, van Hulst Y, Carbone M, Friedland GH, O’Connor P, Selwyn PA. Increasing drug users’ adherence to HIV treatment: results of a peer-driven intervention feasibility study. Social Science & Medicine 2002, 55: 235-246. PMID: 12144138, DOI: 10.1016/s0277-9536(01)00167-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActive drug usersDrug users' adherenceDrug usersDrug treatmentMedical carePrimary careIntervention feasibility studySocial support structuresHealth advocatesUser adherenceTreatment program staffPeer-driven interventionHIV diseaseHIV infectionPatient adherenceSix-month studyHIV treatmentPhysician referralClinical appointmentsHIV therapeuticsCarePositive behavioral changesAdherencePeer pressureTreatment
1998
Public Health Implications of Antiretroviral Therapy and HIV Drug Resistance
Wainberg M, Friedland G. Public Health Implications of Antiretroviral Therapy and HIV Drug Resistance. JAMA 1998, 279: 1977-1983. PMID: 9643862, DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.24.1977.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusDrug-resistant variantsDrug-resistant virusesHIV drug resistanceAntiviral therapyPublic health implicationsDrug resistanceGenital secretionsHealth implicationsPublic health importanceAntiretroviral therapyViral burdenAntiretroviral agentsPatient adherenceTreatment failureViral loadImmunodeficiency virusResistant virusesSustained reductionHealth importanceTherapyVirusChild routeBloodSecretion