Overall, Direct, Spillover, and Composite Effects of Components of a Peer-Driven Intervention Package on Injection Risk Behavior Among People Who Inject Drugs in the HPTN 037 Study
Hernández-Ramírez R, Spiegelman D, Lok J, Forastiere L, Friedman S, Latkin C, Vermund S, Buchanan A. Overall, Direct, Spillover, and Composite Effects of Components of a Peer-Driven Intervention Package on Injection Risk Behavior Among People Who Inject Drugs in the HPTN 037 Study. AIDS And Behavior 2023, 28: 225-237. PMID: 37932493, PMCID: PMC11062514, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-023-04213-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInjection risk behaviorsPeer education interventionRisk behaviorsClinical trial registrationSubsequent risk behaviorsTRIAL REGISTRATIONOutcome ratesSecondary data analysisIndex individualsRoutine evaluationIntervention componentsIntervention NetworkMixed effects modelsIntervention packageGroups/networksPeer education trainingPeer educatorsOverall rateInterventionPeer educationEffects modelTraining sessionsDrugsControl conditionBehavioral measuresMethods for Assessing Spillover in Network-Based Studies of HIV/AIDS Prevention among People Who Use Drugs
Buchanan A, Katenka N, Lee Y, Wu J, Pantavou K, Friedman S, Halloran M, Marshall B, Forastiere L, Nikolopoulos G. Methods for Assessing Spillover in Network-Based Studies of HIV/AIDS Prevention among People Who Use Drugs. Pathogens 2023, 12: 326. PMID: 36839598, PMCID: PMC9967280, DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12020326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransmission Reduction Intervention ProjectHuman immunodeficiency virus interventionsIntervention effectsPre-exposure prophylaxisHIV risk reductionHIV/AIDS preventionDifferent study designsReceipt of interventionHIV interventionsStudy designAIDS preventionParticipants' exposureRisk reductionInterventionNetwork-based studyParticipant outcomesIntervention projectPWUDPreventionDrugsOutcomesCoverage levelsExposureImportant methodological issues