Theodore M Hammett

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Affiliation: Abt Associates
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Patterns of HIV prevalence and HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users prior to and 24 months following implementation of cross-border HIV prevention interventions in northern Vietnam and southern China
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    AIDS Educ Prev 18:97-115. 2006
  2. ncbi Correlates of HIV status among injection drug users in a border region of southern China and northern Vietnam
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA 02138 1168, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 38:228-35. 2005
  3. ncbi Community attitudes toward HIV prevention for injection drug users: findings from a cross-border project in southern China and northern Vietnam
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates, Inc, 55 Wheeler Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    J Urban Health 82:iv34-42. 2005
  4. ncbi Controlling HIV epidemics among injection drug users: eight years of Cross-Border HIV prevention interventions in Vietnam and China
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e43141. 2012
  5. ncbi 'Social evils' and harm reduction: the evolving policy environment for human immunodeficiency virus prevention among injection drug users in China and Vietnam
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, MA 02138 1168, USA
    Addiction 103:137-45. 2008
  6. ncbi HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases among correctional inmates: transmission, burden, and an appropriate response
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, 55 Wheeler St, Cambridge, MA 02138 1168, USA
    Am J Public Health 96:974-8. 2006
  7. ncbi HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and incarceration among women: national and southern perspectives
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 1168, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 33:S17-22. 2006
  8. ncbi Tuberculosis prevention and control in large jails: a challenge to tuberculosis elimination
    Cheryl A Roberts
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Prev Med 30:125-30. 2006
  9. ncbi Sexually transmitted diseases and incarceration
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
    Curr Opin Infect Dis 22:77-81. 2009
  10. ncbi The burden of infectious disease among inmates of and releasees from US correctional facilities, 1997
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, Mass 02138, USA
    Am J Public Health 92:1789-94. 2002

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Publications19

  1. ncbi Patterns of HIV prevalence and HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users prior to and 24 months following implementation of cross-border HIV prevention interventions in northern Vietnam and southern China
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    AIDS Educ Prev 18:97-115. 2006
    ..Evidence of further diffusion of the interventions among IDUs and continued stability or decline of HIV prevalence would strengthen this case...
  2. ncbi Correlates of HIV status among injection drug users in a border region of southern China and northern Vietnam
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA 02138 1168, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 38:228-35. 2005
    ..Their greater likelihood of engaging in risk reduction measures may reflect some combination of a belief that risk reduction can slow disease progression and an altruistic desire to avoid infecting others...
  3. ncbi Community attitudes toward HIV prevention for injection drug users: findings from a cross-border project in southern China and northern Vietnam
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates, Inc, 55 Wheeler Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    J Urban Health 82:iv34-42. 2005
    ..Additional education, including dissemination of countervailing project data, is necessary to address these deficits and further increase community support for the interventions...
  4. ncbi Controlling HIV epidemics among injection drug users: eight years of Cross-Border HIV prevention interventions in Vietnam and China
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e43141. 2012
    ..HIV in Vietnam and Southern China is driven by injection drug use. We have implemented HIV prevention interventions for IDUs since 2002-2003 in Lang Son and Ha Giang Provinces, Vietnam and Ning Ming County (Guangxi), China...
  5. ncbi 'Social evils' and harm reduction: the evolving policy environment for human immunodeficiency virus prevention among injection drug users in China and Vietnam
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, MA 02138 1168, USA
    Addiction 103:137-45. 2008
    ..This paper reviews the evolution of government policies in China and Vietnam regarding harm reduction interventions for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention, such as needle/syringe provision and opioid substitution treatment...
  6. ncbi HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases among correctional inmates: transmission, burden, and an appropriate response
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, 55 Wheeler St, Cambridge, MA 02138 1168, USA
    Am J Public Health 96:974-8. 2006
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  7. ncbi HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and incarceration among women: national and southern perspectives
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 1168, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 33:S17-22. 2006
    ..The objective of this study was to explore the relationships between incarceration and emerging increases in HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the rural south, particularly among black women of low socioeconomic status...
  8. ncbi Tuberculosis prevention and control in large jails: a challenge to tuberculosis elimination
    Cheryl A Roberts
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
    Am J Prev Med 30:125-30. 2006
    ..This study assessed the extent to which 20 large jail systems have implemented national recommendations for tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control in correctional facilities...
  9. ncbi Sexually transmitted diseases and incarceration
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
    Curr Opin Infect Dis 22:77-81. 2009
    ..The review is largely limited to US settings...
  10. ncbi The burden of infectious disease among inmates of and releasees from US correctional facilities, 1997
    Theodore M Hammett
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, Mass 02138, USA
    Am J Public Health 92:1789-94. 2002
    ..This study developed national estimates of the burden of selected infectious diseases among correctional inmates and releases during 1997...
  11. ncbi Perspectives related to the potential use of vaginal microbicides among drug-involved women: focus groups in three cities in the United States and Puerto Rico
    Theresa H Mason
    Abt Associates Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
    AIDS Behav 7:339-51. 2003
    ..Focus groups also provided insight into how aspects of different women's sexual lives, including partner type, might influence the issues that would concern them if and when they tried out new microbicidal products in the future...
  12. ncbi Reducing HIV infection among new injecting drug users in the China-Vietnam Cross Border Project
    Don C Des Jarlais
    Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10038, USA
    AIDS 21:S109-14. 2007
    ..To assess an HIV prevention programme for injecting drug users (IDU) in the crossborder area between China and Vietnam...
  13. ncbi Patterns of HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in the cross-border area of Lang Son Province, Vietnam, and Ning Ming County, Guangxi Province, China
    Don C Des Jarlais
    Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
    BMC Public Health 5:89. 2005
    ..To assess patterns of injecting drug use and HIV prevalence among injecting drug users (IDUs) in an international border area along a major heroin trans-shipment route...
  14. ncbi Development and implementation of the cross-site evaluation of the CDC/HRSA corrections demonstration project
    Kimberly R Jacob Arriola
    Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    AIDS Educ Prev 14:107-18. 2002
    ..This paper describes the process of developing a cross-site evaluation, the implementation of this evaluation, and lessons learned by the EPSC throughout this process...
  15. ncbi Facilitators and barriers to continuing healthcare after jail: a community-integrated program
    Thomas Lincoln
    Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
    J Ambul Care Manage 29:2-16. 2006
    ..This report characterizes the health status and healthcare in this group, and identifies facilitators and barriers to engagement in primary medical and mental health care after release from jail...
  16. ncbi Opiate agonist maintenance treatment for injecting drug user peer educators
    Don C Des Jarlais
    Addiction 99:1355-6. 2004
  17. ncbi Public health and correctional collaboration in tuberculosis control
    Mark N Lobato
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Am J Prev Med 27:112-7. 2004
    ..To assess the extent that 20 large jail systems and their respective public health departments collaborate to prevent and control tuberculosis (TB)...
  18. ncbi Assessment of tuberculosis screening and management practices of large jail systems
    Audrey A Reichard
    Field Services and Evaluation Branch, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    Public Health Rep 118:500-7. 2003
    ..Finally, mechanisms for continuity of care upon inmate release should be enhanced to promote therapy completion and prevent TB transmission in the community...
  19. ncbi Adopting more systematic approaches to hepatitis C treatment in correctional facilities
    Theodore M Hammett
    Ann Intern Med 138:235-6. 2003