2024
Navigating grey areas in HIV and mental health implementation science
Harkness A, Giusto A, Hamilton A, Hernandez‐Ramirez R, Spiegelman D, Weiner B, Beidas R, Larson M, Lippman S, Wainberg M, Smith J. Navigating grey areas in HIV and mental health implementation science. Journal Of The International AIDS Society 2024, 27: e26271. PMID: 38923301, PMCID: PMC11197965, DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImplementation scienceNational Institute of Mental HealthImplementation researchMental healthImplementation strategiesImpact of implementation strategiesHIV Epidemic goalsInstitute of Mental HealthUNAIDS targetsFederal fundersResearch workforceHIV transmissionEvidence-basedGlobal HIVUnited StatesHIVCapacity buildingRecipient's perspectiveNational InstituteHealthExpert guidanceInterventionHigh-impact scienceControl groupOvercome challengesAssessing Direct and Spillover Effects of Intervention Packages in Network-randomized Studies
Buchanan A, Hernández-Ramírez R, Lok J, Vermund S, Friedman S, Forastiere L, Spiegelman D. Assessing Direct and Spillover Effects of Intervention Packages in Network-randomized Studies. Epidemiology 2024, 35: 481-488. PMID: 38709023, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001742.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntervention packageEffectiveness of interventional packageImprove intervention deliveryPeer education interventionHIV prevention trialsPeer educator trainingMarginal structural modelsPublic health impactHIV risk behaviorsIntervention deliveryIntervention NetworkEducational interventionParticipant visitsPrevention trialsFollow-up visitRisk behaviorsHealth impactsInterventionEducational trainingParticipantsSpillover effectsVisitsHIVExposed networksPeer
2023
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 measures