2017
Improving correctional healthcare providers' ability to care for transgender patients: Development and evaluation of a theory-driven cultural and clinical competence intervention
Hughto J, Clark KA, Altice FL, Reisner SL, Kershaw TS, Pachankis JE. Improving correctional healthcare providers' ability to care for transgender patients: Development and evaluation of a theory-driven cultural and clinical competence intervention. Social Science & Medicine 2017, 195: 159-169. PMID: 29096945, PMCID: PMC5712271, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.10.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorrectional healthcare providersGender-affirming careTransgender patientsHealthcare providersClinical competenceTransgender careTransgender cultural competenceFuture efficacy testingLinear mixed-effects regression modelsHealthcare providers' abilityQualitative exit interviewsMixed effects regression modelsGroup-based interventionHormone therapyPatientsProviders' willingnessTransgender womenStudy outcomesExit interviewsCareEfficacy testingInterventionProviders' abilityEffects regression modelsConfidential survey
2014
Correlates of Having Never Been HIV Tested among Entrants to Substance Abuse Treatment Clinics: Empiric Findings from Real-World New England Settings
Chadwick JJ, Andrade LF, Altice FL, Petry NM. Correlates of Having Never Been HIV Tested among Entrants to Substance Abuse Treatment Clinics: Empiric Findings from Real-World New England Settings. Journal Of Psychoactive Drugs 2014, 46: 208-214. PMID: 25052879, PMCID: PMC4780256, DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2014.915363.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultChi-Square DistributionDrug UsersEmploymentFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth StatusHIV InfectionsHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedNew EnglandOdds RatioPatient Acceptance of Health CarePredictive Value of TestsRisk FactorsSerologic TestsSex FactorsSubstance Abuse Treatment CentersSubstance-Related DisordersConceptsSubstance abuse treatment patientsSubstance abuse treatment clinicsSubstance abuse patientsSubstance abuse treatmentHIV testingTreatment patientsMale genderTreatment clinicsAbuse patientsHIVPatientsMedical problemsAbuse treatmentRoutine testingClinicSignificant minorityReal-world evaluationEmpiric findingsTesting strategiesTreatmentTesting
2013
The Burgeoning HIV/HCV Syndemic in the Urban Northeast: HCV, HIV, and HIV/HCV Coinfection in an Urban Setting
Morano JP, Gibson BA, Altice FL. The Burgeoning HIV/HCV Syndemic in the Urban Northeast: HCV, HIV, and HIV/HCV Coinfection in an Urban Setting. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e64321. PMID: 23691197, PMCID: PMC3653872, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV/HCV coinfectionHCV coinfectionHIV monoinfectionTransmission risk behaviorsCross-sectional studyMobile medical clinicViral infection statusCrack cocaine useHCV monoinfectionHCV infectionIndependent correlatesCoinfection statusLifetime HIVClinical careHCVHIVMonoinfectionElectronic databasesDisease preventionCocaine useMedical clinicsRisk behaviorsGallery useInfection statusCoinfection