2017
Developing an Integrated, Brief Biobehavioral HIV Prevention Intervention for High-Risk Drug Users in Treatment: The Process and Outcome of Formative Research
Shrestha R, Altice F, Karki P, Copenhaver M. Developing an Integrated, Brief Biobehavioral HIV Prevention Intervention for High-Risk Drug Users in Treatment: The Process and Outcome of Formative Research. Frontiers In Immunology 2017, 8: 561. PMID: 28553295, PMCID: PMC5425476, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeurocognitive impairmentHigh-risk drug usersBehavioral interventionsHigh-risk PWUDHIV prevention behavioral interventionBiobehavioral approachHIV risk reductionHIV prevention interventionsDrug treatment settingsFormative researchHIV prevention effortsTarget populationPrEP adherencePrEP uptakeRisk reduction outcomesHIV preventionDrug treatmentPrevention interventionsFocus groupsTreatment settingsDrug usersRecovery programStructured focus groupsRisk behaviorsTarget population members
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