2017
Primary healthcare-based integrated care with opioid agonist treatment: First experience from Ukraine
Morozova O, Dvoriak S, Pykalo I, Altice FL. Primary healthcare-based integrated care with opioid agonist treatment: First experience from Ukraine. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2017, 173: 132-138. PMID: 28242537, PMCID: PMC5545131, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.12.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBuprenorphineCross-Sectional StudiesDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedFemaleHealth Services ResearchHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMethadoneMiddle AgedOpiate Substitution TreatmentOpioid-Related DisordersPatient DropoutsPatient SatisfactionPilot ProjectsPrimary Health CareQuality of LifeSubstance Abuse, IntravenousUkraineConceptsOpioid agonist therapyPrimary healthcare clinicsIntegrated carePHC staffHIV patientsHIV epidemicOAT patientsOpioid agonist treatmentStandard of careAddiction treatment settingsAgonist therapyObservational cohortMiddle-income countriesAgonist treatmentPrimary careComprehensive healthcare servicesPWIDHealthcare clinicsAddiction clinicPatientsTreatment settingsDrug usersPilot studyCareHealthcare services
2015
A non-inferiority trial of an evidence-based secondary HIV prevention behavioral intervention compared to an adapted, abbreviated version: Rationale and intervention description
Shrestha R, Krishnan A, Altice FL, Copenhaver M. A non-inferiority trial of an evidence-based secondary HIV prevention behavioral intervention compared to an adapted, abbreviated version: Rationale and intervention description. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2015, 44: 95-102. PMID: 26253181, PMCID: PMC4744142, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvidence-based interventionsHIV risk behaviorsHolistic Health Recovery ProgramSex-related HIV risk behaviorsRisk behaviorsClinical settingCurrent HIV prevention effortsReal-world clinical settingHIV prevention behavioral interventionFormal cost-effectiveness analysisAntiretroviral therapy adherenceNon-inferiority trialHIV prevention effortsAddiction treatment settingsCommon clinical settingsCost-effective relativeCost-effectiveness analysisAddiction treatment programsTherapy adherenceTarget HIVTrial designHIVIntervention DescriptionTreatment settingsUnmet need