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Male circumcision for HIV prevention: current evidence and implementation in sub-Saharan AfricaRichard G Wamai
Department of African American Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
J Int AIDS Soc 14:49. 2011....- Cardiovascular risk among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal smoking male prisoners: inequalities compared to the wider communityRobyn L Richmond
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington 2052, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:783. 2011..Cross-sectional baseline data on CVRF were compared among smoking male prisoners and males of similar age in the general population... 
The effectiveness of harm reduction in preventing HIV among injecting drug usersAlex Wodak
Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent s Hospital, Darlinghurst NSW
N S W Public Health Bull 21:69-73. 2010..However, despite decades of vigorous advocacy and scientific evidence, the global coverage of needle and syringe programs and opioid substitution treatment falls well short of the levels required to achieve international HIV control...
Improving the management of chronic non-malignant pain and reducing problems associated with prescription opioidsAlex D Wodak
St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 191:302-3. 2009..New guidelines and a multidisciplinary approach have the potential to help patients in need while minimising inappropriate use of opioids...- What caused the recent reduction in heroin supply in Australia?Alex Wodak
Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent s Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
Int J Drug Policy 19:279-86. 2008..At best, domestic law enforcement may have made a small contribution compared to several other factors. Evaluation of supply, demand and harm reduction should be held to the same standards... - Going soft on evidence and due process: Canada adopts US style harm maximizationA Wodak
Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent s Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
Int J Drug Policy 19:226-8; discussion 233-4. 2008.... - Do needle syringe programs reduce HIV infection among injecting drug users: a comprehensive review of the international evidenceAlex Wodak
Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Subst Use Misuse 41:777-813. 2006.... - Is lawful discrimination against illicit drug users acceptable?Alex D Wodak
Alcohol and Drug Service, St, Australia Vincent s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010
Med J Aust 180:405-7. 2004.... - Alcohol and drugsAlex D Wodak
Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010
Med J Aust 176:5. 2002 - Methadone and heroin prescription: babies and bath waterAlex Wodak
Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent s Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Subst Use Misuse 37:523-31. 2002..The paramount aim should be to improve the current deplorable rates of death, disease, crime, and severe distress now evident in an increasing number of countries... - The role of harm reduction in controlling HIV among injecting drug usersAlex Wodak
Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent s Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
AIDS 22:S81-92. 2008..Sometimes zealous drug law enforcement undermines harm reduction. A more balanced approach to drug law enforcement is required with illicit drug use recognized primarily as a health and social problem... - HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverageBradley M Mathers
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Lancet 375:1014-28. 2010..We undertook a systematic review to estimate national, regional, and global coverage of HIV services in IDUs... - Lessons from the first international review of the evidence for needle syringe programs: the band still plays onAlex Wodak
St. Vincent's Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
Subst Use Misuse 41:837-9. 2006 - Value for money in drug treatment: economic evaluation of prison methadoneEmma Warren
Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, CHERE, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 84:160-6. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: From a treatment perspective, prison methadone is no more costly than community methadone, and provides benefits in terms of reduced heroin use in prisons, with associated reduction in morbidity and mortality... - A mathematical model of HIV transmission in NSW prisonsK Dolan
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 50:197-202. 1998..The estimated minimum (and maximum) number of IDU inmates, infected with HIV in NSW prisons was 38 (and 152) in 1993 according to the model. These figures require confirmation by seroincidence studies... - Modelling the hepatitis C virus epidemic in AustraliaKarina Razali
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:228-35. 2007..This paper updates estimates of HCV incidence and prevalence between 1960 and 2005... - Survey of drug consumption rooms: service delivery and perceived public health and amenity impactJo Kimber
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, and Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 24:21-4. 2005..No overdose deaths were reported and the estimated rate of non-fatal overdose ranged from 1 to 36 per 10,000 visits. These DCRs appeared to be achieving their service delivery objectives with few negative consequences... - Evaluation of a workplace brief intervention for excessive alcohol consumption: the workscreen projectR Richmond
School of Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
Prev Med 30:51-63. 2000..The objective was to evaluate the effects of a workplace-based lifestyle intervention (Workscreen) to reduce excessive drinking... - Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among people who inject drugs: a systematic reviewBradley M Mathers
Secretariat of the Reference Group to the UN on HIV and Injecting Drug Use, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Lancet 372:1733-45. 2008..Our aim was to determine the prevalence of injecting drug use among individuals aged 15-64 years, and of HIV among people who inject drugs... - Modelling hepatitis C virus incidence, prevalence and long-term sequelae in Australia, 2001Matthew G Law
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of New South Wales, 376 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Int J Epidemiol 32:717-24. 2003.... - Can drug injectors be encouraged to adopt non-injecting routes of administration (NIROA) for drugs?Kate Dolan
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 23:281-6. 2004.... - Residential detoxification: essential for marginalised, severely alcohol- and drug-dependent individualsEdmund Silins
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:414-9. 2008.... - Cannabis control: costs outweigh the benefits. ForAlex Wodak
Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
BMJ 324:105-6. 2002 - A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of modafinil (200 mg/day) for methamphetamine dependenceJames Shearer
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Addiction 104:224-33. 2009..To examine the safety and efficacy of modafinil (200 mg/day) compared to placebo in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence and to examine predictors of post-treatment outcome... - A randomised controlled trial of methadone maintenance treatment versus wait list control in an Australian prison systemKate A Dolan
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 72:59-65. 2003..The aim was to determine whether methadone maintenance treatment reduced heroin use, syringe sharing and HIV or hepatitis C incidence among prisoners... - Prison-based syringe exchange programmes: a review of international research and developmentKate Dolan
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Addiction 98:153-8. 2003..Overall, this review indicated that prison syringe exchange programmes are feasible and do provide benefit in the reduction of risk behaviour and the transmission of blood-borne infection without any unintended negative consequences... - New pharmacotherapies for alcohol dependenceRobert Graham
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 177:103-7. 2002..Adjunctive psychosocial treatment with close follow-up is required for acamprosate and recommended for naltrexone. As yet, no studies have reported a reduction in mortality following the use of any pharmacotherapy for alcohol dependence... - NSW Alcohol Summit: getting a better grip on our favourite drugPaul S Haber
Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 179:521-2. 2003 - Four-year follow-up of imprisoned male heroin users and methadone treatment: mortality, re-incarceration and hepatitis C infectionKate A Dolan
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Addiction 100:820-8. 2005..To examine the long-term impact of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) on mortality, re-incarceration and hepatitis C seroconversion in imprisoned male heroin users... - Smoking and its correlates in an Australian prisoner populationJosephine M Belcher
Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice and School of Public Health, University of New South Wales, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 25:343-8. 2006..Despite high levels of tobacco dependence, many prisoners intend to quit and health planners and custodial authorities need to encourage and support inmates who do attempt to quit... - Separating politics and scientific research on heroin prescriptionAlex D Wodak
Med J Aust 176:449; author reply 450. 2002 - Ensuring the safety of new medications and devices: are naltrexone implants safe?Alex D Wodak
Med J Aust 188:438-9. 2008 - Reducing drug-related harm: Australia leads the wayAlison J Ritter
Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 181:242-3. 2004..Harm-reduction approaches are more easily embedded in policy when drugs are legally regulated... - Hair analysis underestimates heroin use in prisonersJames Shearer
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 25:425-31. 2006..001) between self-reported frequency of heroin use and morphine concentrations in hair. Sectional hair analysis, a reflection of duration of drug use, was uninformative and generally impractical due to the length of hair sections needed...