2022
Randomization for the susceptibility effect of an infectious disease intervention
Eck DJ, Morozova O, Crawford FW. Randomization for the susceptibility effect of an infectious disease intervention. Journal Of Mathematical Biology 2022, 85: 37. PMID: 36127558, PMCID: PMC9809173, DOI: 10.1007/s00285-022-01801-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfectious disease interventionsInfection outcomesInfection riskDisease interventionDirect effectRandomized trialsTreatment allocationInfectious disease transmissionStudy subjectsHarmful treatmentPathogen of interestInterventionOutcomesTreatmentRandomization designVaccineDisease transmissionSusceptibility effectsTrialsRiskRandomizationInfectionIndividualsEvaluating the Mediating Role of Recall of Intervention Knowledge in the Relationship Between a Peer-Driven Intervention and HIV Risk Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs
Aroke H, Buchanan A, Katenka N, Crawford FW, Lee T, Halloran ME, Latkin C. Evaluating the Mediating Role of Recall of Intervention Knowledge in the Relationship Between a Peer-Driven Intervention and HIV Risk Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs. AIDS And Behavior 2022, 27: 578-590. PMID: 35932359, PMCID: PMC10408304, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03792-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection-related risk behaviorsPeer-driven interventionRisk behaviorsIntervention knowledgeHIV injection risk behaviorsHIV risk behaviorsInjection risk behaviorsMarginal structural modelsPotential causal pathwaysHIV testingIndex participantsRisk ratioInverse probabilityIntervention NetworkInterventionPeer educatorsTotal effectCausal pathwaysVisitsDrugsFuture studiesParticipantsOutcomesDirect effectPWID
2015
HIV Prevalence Among People Who Inject Drugs in Greater Kuala Lumpur Recruited Using Respondent-Driven Sampling
Bazazi AR, Crawford F, Zelenev A, Heimer R, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. HIV Prevalence Among People Who Inject Drugs in Greater Kuala Lumpur Recruited Using Respondent-Driven Sampling. AIDS And Behavior 2015, 19: 2347-2357. PMID: 26358544, PMCID: PMC4743744, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1191-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV prevalenceHIV epidemicPrevention interventionsRapid HIV testingHIV prevention interventionsRespondent-driven samplingHIV testingAppropriate treatmentHigh prevalencePWIDCommunity surveillanceKuala LumpurPrevalenceBehavioral assessmentOverall sampleDrugsInterventionRecruitment sitesEpidemicInterview siteHIVGeographic regionsGreater Kuala LumpurDiscrete geographic regionsLumpur