2023
Responding to health policy recommendations on managing opioid use disorder during Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Divergent responses from the frontline to the west
Ivasiy R, de Leon S, Meteliuk A, Fomenko T, Pykalo I, Bromberg D, Madden L, Farnum S, Islam Z, Altice F. Responding to health policy recommendations on managing opioid use disorder during Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Divergent responses from the frontline to the west. Frontiers In Public Health 2023, 10: 1044677. PMID: 36711398, PMCID: PMC9880308, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1044677.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRussia’s invasionMartial lawRegions of UkrainePolicy recommendationsDepth interviewsHealth policy recommendationsEmergency policiesInternal displacementPolicyDistribution policyUkraineHealthcare servicesOpioid agonist treatment programExperienceWarSeries of adaptationsConflictInterviewsLegislationFrontlineCountriesDivergent responsesProvisionDirectorsPractice
2022
How methadone becomes an intoxicant
Azbel L, Altice F. How methadone becomes an intoxicant. 2022, 203-220. DOI: 10.4324/9780429058141-17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchKyrgyz prisonsIntervention translationKyrgyz RepublicActor-network theoryEntire social groupsPractice of implementationGlobal evidence baseEvidence-based treatmentsParticipants' accountsAlternative enactmentsQualitative interviewsEvidence-based approachGlobal health communitySocial groupsOpioid useMaterial manifestationsPrisonHealth AccountsMethadone maintenance treatmentDistinct waysLocal networkMoral characterRepublicIntervention workPractice
2016
In their own voices: Breaking the vicious cycle of addiction, treatment and criminal justice among people who inject drugs in Ukraine
Mazhnaya A, Bojko MJ, Marcus R, Filippovych S, Islam Z, Dvoriak S, Altice FL. In their own voices: Breaking the vicious cycle of addiction, treatment and criminal justice among people who inject drugs in Ukraine. Drugs Education Prevention And Policy 2016, 23: 163-175. PMID: 27458326, PMCID: PMC4957015, DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2015.1127327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaw enforcement policiesEnforcement policiesHigh imprisonment ratesDrug use relapseFear of policeFocus groupsLaw enforcement practiceDrug-related activitiesImprisonment ratesCriminal justicePolice harassmentPolice surveillanceEnforcement practiceCriminal activityQualitative dataOAT clientsOpioid-dependent PWIDSocietal stressPoliceOwn voiceUkrainePolicyOpioid agonist therapyPracticePeople
2000
A review of the legal and ethical issues for the conduct of HIV-related research in prisons.
Lazzarini Z, Altice FL. A review of the legal and ethical issues for the conduct of HIV-related research in prisons. AIDS & Public Policy Journal 2000, 15: 105-35. PMID: 12189712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLegal responsesLegal actionPrisoner researchPrisoners' accessEthical researchEthical issuesPrison systemClinical trial researchersPrisonFuture discussionsUnique situationTrial researchersArticleAccessConductMore cooperationCommentaryRecommendationsRealityCooperationHIV/AIDSDiscussionIssuesU.S.Practice