2015
Advancing Behavioral HIV Prevention: Adapting an Evidence‐Based Intervention for People Living with HIV and Alcohol Use Disorders
Armstrong ML, LaPlante AM, Altice FL, Copenhaver M, Molina PE. Advancing Behavioral HIV Prevention: Adapting an Evidence‐Based Intervention for People Living with HIV and Alcohol Use Disorders. AIDS Research And Treatment 2015, 2015: 879052. PMID: 26697216, PMCID: PMC4678056, DOI: 10.1155/2015/879052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvidence-based interventionsAlcohol use disorderDisease progressionHIV preventionUse disordersAlcohol consumptionHIV primary care clinicHolistic Health Recovery ProgramAdapted evidence-based interventionSecondary HIV preventionHIV disease progressionAntiretroviral therapy adherencePrimary care clinicsSuboptimal treatment adherenceHIV risk behaviorsHeavy alcohol consumptionBehavioral HIV preventionHarmful alcohol consumptionHeavy alcohol useHIV/AIDSFocus groupsCare clinicsTherapy adherenceTreatment adherenceOutpatient options
2013
Alcohol use disorders and antiretroviral therapy among prisoners in Argentina
Alpert M, Wickersham JA, Vázquez M, Altice FL. Alcohol use disorders and antiretroviral therapy among prisoners in Argentina. International Journal Of Prisoner Health 2013, 9: 40-50. PMID: 24772187, PMCID: PMC3999974, DOI: 10.1108/17449201311310797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderAntiretroviral therapyUse disordersSecondary HIV preventionCent of subjectsCross-sectional surveyHIV careSubstance abuse patternsMajority of participantsIndependent correlatesHIV preventionTreatment outcomesGeneral populationHIVHealth care reformAbuse patternsAUDIT scaleCurrent incarcerationDisordersTherapyOne-thirdCare reformOne-quarterParticipantsFuture efforts
2011
Attitudes toward opioid substitution therapy and pre-incarceration HIV transmission behaviors among HIV-infected prisoners in Malaysia: Implications for secondary prevention
Bachireddy C, Bazazi AR, Kavasery R, Govindasamy S, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. Attitudes toward opioid substitution therapy and pre-incarceration HIV transmission behaviors among HIV-infected prisoners in Malaysia: Implications for secondary prevention. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2011, 116: 151-157. PMID: 21232882, PMCID: PMC3084892, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAttitudeComorbidityHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHumansMalaysiaMaleMiddle AgedNeedle SharingOpiate Substitution TreatmentOpioid-Related DisordersPrisonersPrisonsRisk-TakingSecondary PreventionSexual BehaviorSubstance Abuse, IntravenousTime FactorsUnsafe SexYoung AdultConceptsOpioid substitution therapyHIV transmission behaviorsSubstitution therapyUnprotected sexSecondary HIV prevention effortsCommunity HIV transmissionInjection of buprenorphineSecondary HIV preventionInjection drug useHIV prevention effortsSterile injection equipmentOpioid injectionSecondary preventionOpioid dependenceHIV transmissionHIV preventionMale prisonersHIV riskInjection riskDrug useHIVCareful monitoringSexual riskBehavioral interventionsPrevention efforts