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| Saman ZamaniSummaryAffiliation: Kyoto University Country: Japan Publications
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High prevalence of HIV infection associated with incarceration among community-based injecting drug users in Tehran, IranSaman Zamani
Department of Global Health and Socio Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 42:342-6. 2006..To determine the prevalence and correlates of HIV-1 infection among community-based injecting drug users (IDUs) in Tehran, Iran...- HIV-related risk behaviours and the correlates among rickshaw pullers of Kamrangirchar, Dhaka, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study using probability samplingHafiz Ehsanul Hoque
Department of Global Health and Socio Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Yoshida konoe cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8501, Japan
BMC Public Health 9:80. 2009..This study aimed to describe behavioural profile of rickshaw pullers in Dhaka city using probability samples and to identify the correlates for having sex with FSWs in order to focus HIV prevention intervention... - Sexual behavior and awareness of Chinese university students in transition with implied risk of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV infection: a cross-sectional studyQiaoqin Ma
Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
BMC Public Health 6:232. 2006..The vulnerability of young people to HIV and the recent emergence of the HIV epidemic in China have made it urgent to assess and update the HIV/STD risk profile of Chinese young people... - Prevalence of and factors associated with HIV-1 infection among drug users visiting treatment centers in Tehran, IranSaman Zamani
Department of Global Health and Socio Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto 606 8501, Japan
AIDS 19:709-16. 2005..This study was conducted to identify the prevalence of and potential risk factors for HIV-1 infection among drug users visiting drug treatment centers in Tehran, Iran... - Prevalence and correlates of hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users in TehranSaman Zamani
Department of Global Health and Socio Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
Int J Drug Policy 18:359-63. 2007..While prevention interventions for drug using inmates are being expanded in Iran, it is important that high prevalence of HCV infection be taken into consideration in order to control further transmission of this infection... - Needle and syringe sharing practices among injecting drug users in Tehran: a comparison of two neighborhoods, one with and one without a needle and syringe programSaman Zamani
Department of Global Health and Socio Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Yoshida konoe cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, 606 8501, Japan
AIDS Behav 14:885-90. 2010..13-0.45). These findings indicate that access to an NSP may reduce needle and syringe sharing practices. Therefore, these programs should be intensified in settings with concentrated HIV epidemics among IDUs in Iran... - A qualitative inquiry into methadone maintenance treatment for opioid-dependent prisoners in Tehran, IranSaman Zamani
Department of Global Health and Socio Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto 606 8501, Japan
Int J Drug Policy 21:167-72. 2010..This study aimed to investigate the context in which methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is provided for opioid-dependent prisoners, and to identify barriers against further scale-up of MMT in Ghezel Hesar prison in Tehran... - Patterns of drug use and HIV-related risk behaviors among incarcerated people in a prison in IranSaman Zamani
Department of Global Health and Socio Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
J Urban Health 87:603-16. 2010..These study findings provide a behavioral profile of prisoners in regard to drug-related harm and can be considered in any plan to introduce or improve provision of MMT in prisons in Iran or other countries with similar features... - Prevalence of HIV/HCV/HBV infections and drug-related risk behaviours amongst IDUs recruited through peer-driven sampling in IranSaman Zamani
Department of Global Health and Socio Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Yoshida konoe cho, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8501, Japan
Int J Drug Policy 21:493-500. 2010..Hence, more reliable estimates of the levels of blood-borne infections and their associated factors are critically needed... - Behavioral and psychosocial predictors of condom use among university students in Eastern ChinaQiaoqin Ma
Department of Global Health and Socio Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Japan
AIDS Care 21:249-59. 2009.... - Potential for sexual transmission of HIV infection from male injecting-drug users who have sex with men in Tehran, IranSaman Zamani
Department of Global Health and Socio Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
Sex Transm Dis 37:715-8. 2010..Meanwhile, there is growing concern over the possibility of bridging HIV infection from IDUs to other populations, including men who have sex with men (MSM)... - Demographic and behavioral characteristics of non-sex worker females attending sexually transmitted disease clinics in Japan: a nationwide case-control studyMasako Ono-Kihara
Department of Global Health and Socio Epidemiology, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Sakyo ku, Kyoto, Japan
BMC Public Health 10:106. 2010..Although number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) reported in STI surveillance increased rapidly for women in Japan during the 1990s, the sexual behavior of women potentially at risk of STI infection remains unknown... - Unintended pregnancy and its risk factors among university students in eastern ChinaQiaoqin Ma
Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
Contraception 77:108-13. 2008..The study was conducted to determine the prevalence of unintended pregnancy, induced abortion and contraceptive use, and factors associated with unintended pregnancy among Chinese university students...