2019
The becoming‐methadone‐body: on the onto‐politics of health intervention translations
Rhodes T, Azbel L, Lancaster K, Meyer J. The becoming‐methadone‐body: on the onto‐politics of health intervention translations. Sociology Of Health & Illness 2019, 41: 1618-1636. PMID: 31310008, PMCID: PMC7700701, DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12978.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntervention translationMethadone treatmentPrisoner societyEmbodied effectsHigh-security prisonOpioid treatmentOpioid dependenceHIV preventionSocietal governancePolitical effectsMaterial agencyImplementation practicesKyrgyz RepublicImplementation scienceMethadoneIndividual bodiesIntervention approachesInterventionTreatmentHealth fieldSocietyPracticeHIVGovernanceActors
2018
Drug injection within prison in Kyrgyzstan: elevated HIV risk and implications for scaling up opioid agonist treatments
Azbel L, Wegman MP, Polonsky M, Bachireddy C, Meyer J, Shumskaya N, Kurmanalieva A, Dvoryak S, Altice FL. Drug injection within prison in Kyrgyzstan: elevated HIV risk and implications for scaling up opioid agonist treatments. International Journal Of Prisoner Health 2018, 14: 175-187. PMID: 30274558, PMCID: PMC6447033, DOI: 10.1108/ijph-03-2017-0016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethadone maintenance treatmentNeedle syringe programsDrug injectionDrug injectorsHigh HIV risk behaviorElevated HIV riskPrison drug injectionHepatitis C infectionOpioid agonist treatmentHIV risk behaviorsC infectionHIV incidenceAgonist treatmentMaintenance treatmentIndependent correlatesBiobehavioral surveysHIV riskOnly examinationRisk behaviorsMMT useLow uptakeCurrent incarcerationInjectionLogit linkHigh-risk environments
2017
A qualitative assessment of an abstinence-oriented therapeutic community for prisoners with substance use disorders in Kyrgyzstan
Azbel L, Rozanova J, Michels I, Altice FL, Stöver H. A qualitative assessment of an abstinence-oriented therapeutic community for prisoners with substance use disorders in Kyrgyzstan. Harm Reduction Journal 2017, 14: 43. PMID: 28693573, PMCID: PMC5504733, DOI: 10.1186/s12954-017-0168-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse disordersDrug useMethadone maintenance therapy programInjection drug useOpioid use disorderTherapeutic communitySubstance use disordersAddiction treatment outcomesCommunity staff membersLack of evidenceMethadone patientsTreatment optionsTreatment outcomesFuture treatmentTherapy programEvidence baseConvenience samplePatientsHigh rateLack of servicesPost-release programsPolicy documentsDisordersResultsOur analysisParticipant observation
2013
‘Krokodil’ and what a long strange trip it's been
Azbel L, Dvoryak S, Altice FL. ‘Krokodil’ and what a long strange trip it's been. International Journal Of Drug Policy 2013, 24: 279-280. PMID: 23820241, PMCID: PMC10794905, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDesigner DrugsGeorgia (Republic)HumansIllicit DrugsOpioid-Related DisordersRussiaSubstance Abuse, IntravenousUkraine