2003
Social Circumstances of Initiation of Injection Drug Use and Early Shooting Gallery Attendance: Implications for HIV Intervention Among Adolescent and Young Adult Injection Drug Users
Fuller C, Vlahov D, Latkin C, Ompad D, Celentano D, Strathdee S. Social Circumstances of Initiation of Injection Drug Use and Early Shooting Gallery Attendance: Implications for HIV Intervention Among Adolescent and Young Adult Injection Drug Users. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2003, 32: 86. PMID: 12514419, DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200301010-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersNew injection drug usersOlder injection drug usersYoung adult injection drug usersDrug usersHigh-risk injection drug usersStreet-recruited injection drug usersAdult injection drug usersYoung injection drug usersGallery attendanceProspective cohort studyInjection drug useMultiple logistic regressionHigh-risk practicesCohort studyMedian ageHIV incidenceHIV prevalenceInnovative intervention strategiesHIV interventionsDrug useLogistic regressionHIVBaseline dataMost participants
2001
Sexual Orientation and HIV Infection Prevalence among Young Latino Injection Drug Users in Harlem
Diaz T, Vlahov D, Greenberg B, Cuevas Y, Garfein R. Sexual Orientation and HIV Infection Prevalence among Young Latino Injection Drug Users in Harlem. Journal Of Women's Health 2001, 10: 371-380. PMID: 11445028, DOI: 10.1089/152460901750269698.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersHIV infection prevalenceHIV infectionUnprotected sexHomosexual menDrug usersOlder injection drug usersHeterosexual menInfection prevalenceHIV infection ratesCohort studyHepatitis BAntibody testingWhole cohortSexual transmissionHigh prevalenceHigh riskOlder menHeterosexual womenLarger sample sizeDrug useInfection rateMultivariate analysisNew York CityYoung women