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 surveyImplementing and scaling up HCV treatment services for people who inject drugs and other high risk groups in Ukraine: An evaluation of programmatic and treatment outcomes
Mazhnaya A, Meteliuk A, Barnard T, Zelenev A, Filippovych S, Altice FL. Implementing and scaling up HCV treatment services for people who inject drugs and other high risk groups in Ukraine: An evaluation of programmatic and treatment outcomes. International Journal Of Drug Policy 2017, 47: 187-195. PMID: 28811159, PMCID: PMC5918282, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.07.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAntiviral AgentsCoinfectionFemaleGenotypeHealth ServicesHepacivirusHepatitis CHIV InfectionsHumansInterferon-alphaMalePolyethylene GlycolsProgram DevelopmentProgram EvaluationRecombinant ProteinsRibavirinRisk FactorsSex FactorsSofosbuvirSubstance Abuse, IntravenousSustained Virologic ResponseTreatment OutcomeUkraineYoung AdultConceptsSustained virologic responseHCV treatmentRisk groupsSVR ratesMedical recordsDirect acting antiviral medicationsComparable SVR ratesHCV genotype 3HCV prevalence estimatesHCV treatment servicesActing antiviral (DAA) medicationsCombination of sofosbuvirHigh-risk groupPatient-level outcomesProportion of participantsCommunity-based settingsDAA treatmentVirologic responseAntiviral medicationsHIV characteristicsHCV genotypesIndependent correlatesSVR dataFemale sexGenotype 3Evaluation of a hepatitis C education intervention with clients enrolled in methadone maintenance and needle/syringe programs in Malaysia
Mukherjee TI, Pillai V, Ali SH, Altice FL, Kamarulzaman A, Wickersham JA. Evaluation of a hepatitis C education intervention with clients enrolled in methadone maintenance and needle/syringe programs in Malaysia. International Journal Of Drug Policy 2017, 47: 144-152. PMID: 28652072, PMCID: PMC5592150, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeedle/syringe programsHCV knowledgeHarm reduction servicesTreatment interestEducation interventionSyringe programsEducation sessionsReduction servicesEffective public health approachHepatitis B vaccineMethadone maintenance treatmentOverall knowledge scorePublic health approachResource-limited settingsHCV treatmentHepatitis CB vaccineHIV testBaseline knowledge assessmentMaintenance treatmentPost-intervention knowledge assessmentMethadone maintenanceMMT clientsKnowledge scoreNSP services
2013
Gender Differences in Baseline Health, Needs at Release, and Predictors of Care Engagement Among HIV-Positive Clients Leaving Jail
Williams CT, Kim S, Meyer J, Spaulding A, Teixeira P, Avery A, Moore K, Altice F, Murphy-Swallow D, Simon D, Wickersham J, Ouellet LJ. Gender Differences in Baseline Health, Needs at Release, and Predictors of Care Engagement Among HIV-Positive Clients Leaving Jail. AIDS And Behavior 2013, 17: 195-202. PMID: 23314801, PMCID: PMC3758427, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0391-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultContinuity of Patient CareFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth Services AccessibilityHealth Services Needs and DemandHealth StatusHIV InfectionsHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CarePatient DischargePrimary Health CarePrisonersPrisonsProgram EvaluationSex DistributionSex FactorsSocial WorkSubstance Abuse, IntravenousConceptsSocial service needsCriminal justice settingsGender differencesJustice settingsEnhancing LinkagesCare engagementService needsGender-specific strategiesMore chronic health conditionsSevere substance use disordersHIV primary careMultisite demonstration projectHIV-positive clientsChronic health conditionsMore womenSubstance use disordersJailEngagementWorse healthDifferent needsPrescribed ARTPrimary careBaseline healthUse disordersJail detainees
2002
Effectiveness of a Mobile Medical Van in Providing Screening Services for STDs and HIV
Liebman J, Lamberti M, Altice F. Effectiveness of a Mobile Medical Van in Providing Screening Services for STDs and HIV. Public Health Nursing 2002, 19: 345-353. PMID: 12182694, DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19504.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk individualsMobile medical vanRisk individualsHIV control effortsConsistent condom useHigh-risk sexHIV testRetrospective studyAsymptomatic individualsScreening servicesSTD casesInvasive techniquesPositive casesDrug useCondom useNew casesActive casesHIVSTDsSmall proportionMedical programStudy communitiesIndividualsUrban settingsPatients