2019
The becoming‐methadone‐body: on the onto‐politics of health intervention translations
Rhodes T, Azbel L, Lancaster K, Meyer J. The becoming‐methadone‐body: on the onto‐politics of health intervention translations. Sociology Of Health & Illness 2019, 41: 1618-1636. PMID: 31310008, PMCID: PMC7700701, DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12978.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntervention translationMethadone treatmentPrisoner societyEmbodied effectsHigh-security prisonOpioid treatmentOpioid dependenceHIV preventionSocietal governancePolitical effectsMaterial agencyImplementation practicesKyrgyz RepublicImplementation scienceMethadoneIndividual bodiesIntervention approachesInterventionTreatmentHealth fieldSocietyPracticeHIVGovernanceActors
2016
Trials and tribulations of conducting bio-behavioral surveys in prisons: implementation science and lessons from Ukraine
Azbel L, Grishaev Y, Wickersham JA, Chernova O, Dvoryak S, Polonsky M, Altice FL. Trials and tribulations of conducting bio-behavioral surveys in prisons: implementation science and lessons from Ukraine. International Journal Of Prison Health 2016, 12: 78-87. PMID: 27219905, PMCID: PMC5513812, DOI: 10.1108/ijph-10-2014-0041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFormer Soviet UnionHarsh prison sentencesDesign/methodology/approach Qualitative interviewsCriminal justice systemUkrainian prisonsJustice systemPrison sentencesOriginality/valueSoviet UnionBio-behavioural surveyPrisonSpecific contextDepartment involvementAdministrative staffUkraineImplementation scienceHIV epidemic