2012
The Impact of Information About the Female Condom on Female Condom Use Among Males and Females from a US Urban Community
Coman E, Weeks M, Yanovitzky I, Iordache E, Barbour R, Coman M, Huedo-Medina T. The Impact of Information About the Female Condom on Female Condom Use Among Males and Females from a US Urban Community. AIDS And Behavior 2012, 17: 2194-2201. PMID: 23212854, PMCID: PMC3622782, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0381-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFemale condomFC usePropensity scoreHIV/STIFemale condom useUnexposed participantsNew prevention methodsPotential confoundersFC informationCommunity-wide surveyUS urban communitiesActive menImpact of exposureCondom useConfoundersPrevention methodsCommunity of adultsCondomsWomenMenScoresUnbiased effectsParticipantsUrban communitiesSTIs
2010
Estimates of HIV incidence among drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia: continued growth of a rapidly expanding epidemic
Niccolai LM, Verevochkin SV, Toussova OV, White E, Barbour R, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. Estimates of HIV incidence among drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia: continued growth of a rapidly expanding epidemic. European Journal Of Public Health 2010, 21: 613-619. PMID: 20798184, PMCID: PMC3180633, DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersRetrospective cohort analysisHIV incidenceEnzyme immunoassayHIV epidemicCohort analysisDrug usersBED capture enzyme immunoassayHIV incident casesRecent HIV incidenceHigh HIV incidenceHIV prevention interventionsCross-sectional studyCapture enzyme immunoassayIncident infectionsIncident casesEstimate incidenceIndependent correlatesIncidence rateIncidence estimatesPrevention interventionsCurrent epidemic situationIncidenceVulnerable populationsLow specificity
2008
Spatial distribution of HIV prevalence and incidence among injection drugs users in St Petersburg: implications for HIV transmission
Heimer R, Barbour R, Shaboltas AV, Hoffman IF, Kozlov AP. Spatial distribution of HIV prevalence and incidence among injection drugs users in St Petersburg: implications for HIV transmission. AIDS 2008, 22: 123-130. PMID: 18090400, PMCID: PMC2778790, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e3282f244ef.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersDrug usersReceptive syringe sharingRisk behavior dataHIV/AIDS epidemicRisky injection behaviorsSeronegative cohortsSeronegative individualsHeroin injectionHIV prevalenceHIV transmissionIncident casesSyringe sharingHIV epidemicVaccine studiesStudy populationDrug useResidential addressesStudy participantsEpidemiological analysisHIVPrevalenceAIDS epidemicDisease prevalenceCohort