2004
Club Drug Use Among Minority Substance Users in New York City
Ompad D, Galea S, Fuller C, Phelan D, Vlahov D. Club Drug Use Among Minority Substance Users in New York City. Journal Of Psychoactive Drugs 2004, 36: 397-399. PMID: 15559686, DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2004.10400039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Social Epidemiology of Substance Use
Galea S, Nandi A, Vlahov D. The Social Epidemiology of Substance Use. Epidemiologic Reviews 2004, 26: 36-52. PMID: 15234946, DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxh007.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
High-risk behaviors associated with transition from illicit non-injection to injection drug use among adolescent and young adult drug users: a case-control study
Fuller C, Vlahov D, Ompad D, Shah N, Arria A, Strathdee S. High-risk behaviors associated with transition from illicit non-injection to injection drug use among adolescent and young adult drug users: a case-control study. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2002, 66: 189-198. PMID: 11906806, DOI: 10.1016/s0376-8716(01)00200-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersInjection drug useAge-matched case-control analysisDrug usersDrug useBlood-borne infectionsAge-matched personsCase-control studyConditional logistic regressionCase-control analysisHigh-risk behaviorsNon-injection heroinCharacteristics of personsHIV seroprevalenceCohort studyInjection useAdult drug usersLogistic regressionPrevention effortsSame calendar timeYoung adult drug usersCalendar timePrior yearAfrican AmericansBaselineSocial determinants and the health of drug users: socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration.
Galea S, Vlahov D. Social determinants and the health of drug users: socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration. Public Health Reports 2002, 117 Suppl 1: s135-45. PMID: 12435837, PMCID: PMC1913691.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug usersHealth consequencesSocioeconomic statusAdverse health consequencesPublic health interventionsIllicit drug useLow socioeconomic statusDrug use behaviorsDrug useHealth interventionsIndividual drug use behaviorRisk behaviorsSocial determinantsSocial factorsHealthStatusHigh levelsMedicationsFactors
1994
My place, your place, and no place: Behavior settings as a risk factor for HIV‐related injection practices of drug users in Baltimore, Maryland
Latkin C, Mandell W, Vlahov D, Oziemkowska M, Knowlton A, Celentano D. My place, your place, and no place: Behavior settings as a risk factor for HIV‐related injection practices of drug users in Baltimore, Maryland. American Journal Of Community Psychology 1994, 22: 415-430. PMID: 7879749, DOI: 10.1007/bf02506873.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug usersInjecting Drug UsersHIV risk behaviorsDrug injection behaviorSpread of HIVHIV infectionRisk factorsContaminated needlesMother's residenceInjection practicesShooting galleriesRisk behaviorsInjection behaviorPrimary settingMost participantsHIVMultiple regression analysisRegression analysisSemipublic areasOwn residenceResidenceSettingNeedleOpen-ended interviewsBaltimore
1992
Measurement of HIV risk behaviors among intravenous drug users
SAMUELS J, VLAHOV D, ANTHONY J, CHAISSON R. Measurement of HIV risk behaviors among intravenous drug users. Addiction 1992, 87: 417-428. PMID: 1559040, DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1992.tb01942.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHIV InfectionsHIV SeroprevalenceHumansIllicit DrugsRisk FactorsSubstance Abuse, Intravenous