2021
Reported history and correlates of drug overdose among people who inject drugs in Lebanon
Khoshnood K, Sheb F, Khouri D, Aaraj E, Barbour R, Crawford F, Mokhbat J, Parpia A, Heimer R. Reported history and correlates of drug overdose among people who inject drugs in Lebanon. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2021, 27: 571-579. DOI: 10.26719/2021.27.6.571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubstance use treatmentCorrelates of drugDrug overdoseOpioid overdoseDrug treatmentNon-fatal opioid overdoseUse treatmentOverdose prevention programsInfectious disease test resultsBetter epidemiologic dataDisease test resultsDrug use historySexual risk behaviorsHistory of incarcerationEffective treatment programsRespondent-driven samplingEligible PWIDDrug injectionEpidemiologic dataFirst drugAverage ageLebanese menHistory of arrestPrevention programsRisk behaviors
2013
Individual-level, network-level and city-level factors associated with HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs in eight Russian cities: a cross-sectional study
Eritsyan K, Heimer R, Barbour R, Odinokova V, White E, Rusakova MM, Smolskaya TT, Levina OS. Individual-level, network-level and city-level factors associated with HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs in eight Russian cities: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2013, 3: e002645. PMID: 23794559, PMCID: PMC3686233, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002645.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV prevalenceActive IDUsHepatitis C virus infectionC virus infectionCross-sectional studyTarget sample sizeHarm reduction programsCross-sectional surveyRespondent-driven samplingHepatitis CPrevalent infectionHIV knowledgeHIV epidemicSerological testingVirus infectionDrug treatmentInjection riskHIVEnzyme immunoassayNetwork-level variablesPrevalenceSexual behaviorIDUsProtective behaviorsHierarchical regression models