2010
Opium Trade, Insurgency, and HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan: Relationships and Regional Consequences
Griffin N, Khoshnood K. Opium Trade, Insurgency, and HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan: Relationships and Regional Consequences. Asia Pacific Journal Of Public Health 2010, 22: 159s-167s. PMID: 20566549, DOI: 10.1177/1010539510374524.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpium tradeHIV/AIDSEffective policy makingOngoing insurgencyConflict studiesPublic health conceptsPolicy makingOngoing conflictComplex indirect relationshipsPolicy implicationsRegional consequencesAfghanistanRegional approachGlobal importConceptual frameworkInsurgencyHIV epidemicKey linkagesGlobal healthAnalytical reviewTradeGrey literatureHealth conceptsEmergenceImportant research
2006
HIV prevalence, sociodemographic, and behavioral correlates and recruitment methods among injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Shaboltas AV, Toussova OV, Hoffman IF, Heimer R, Verevochkin SV, Ryder RW, Khoshnood K, Perdue T, Masse BR, Kozlov AP. HIV prevalence, sociodemographic, and behavioral correlates and recruitment methods among injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2006, 41: 657-63. PMID: 16652041, DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000220166.56866.22.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersHigh-risk injection drug usersHIV prevalenceDrug usersActive injection drug usersBaseline HIV prevalenceHIV-1 prevalencePrevalent HIV infectionHIV-1 infectionHIV-positive individualsRecruitment methodsChain referralHIV infectionMedian ageHIV statusHIV-1Street outreachPrevalenceDemographic characteristicsPrevious monthRecruitment periodReferralInfectionBehavioral correlatesBehavioral variables