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| D G FisherSummaryAffiliation: California State University Country: USA Publications
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Development of the perceived risk of HIV scaleLucy E Napper
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, 90813, USA
AIDS Behav 16:1075-83. 2012..Compared to single item measures of risk perception, the PRHS is more robust by examining multiple dimensions of perceived risk. Possible uses of the measure and directions for future research are discussed...- Hepatitis vaccination of men who have sex with men at gay pride eventsErik David Storholm
Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies, New York University, New York, NY, USA
Prev Sci 11:219-27. 2010.... - HIV risk behavior self-report reliability at different recall periodsLucy E Napper
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
AIDS Behav 14:152-61. 2010..Implications of the findings and future directions for research are discussed... - Methamphetamine and Viagra use: relationship to sexual risk behaviorsDennis G Fisher
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, 1090 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
Arch Sex Behav 40:273-9. 2011..The protective factor was being heterosexual. Viagra use was associated with insertive, and methamphetamine was associated with receptive, anal intercourse. GHB use appears to play a more important role than previously thought... 
Reliability, sensitivity and specificity of self-report of HIV test resultsD G Fisher
California State University, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
AIDS Care 19:692-6. 2007..The low sensitivity at Risk Behavior Assessment was probably due to the participants' failure to receive their previous test results...- Employment retention of health care providers in frontier areas of AlaskaDennis G Fisher
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach 90813, USA
Int J Circumpolar Health 62:423-35. 2003.... - Psychometric properties of an assessment for mental health recovery programsDennis G Fisher
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, 1090 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
Community Ment Health J 45:246-50. 2009..85 (CI .81, .87); and validity coefficients for the LOCUS were at or above r = .49 for all subscales except one. There is sufficient evidence for the reliability and validity of the MORS... - Needle exchange and injection drug use frequency: a randomized clinical trialDennis G Fisher
IVDU Project, Psychology Department, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 33:199-205. 2003..The results do not support the hypothesis of NEPs causing an increase in injection drug use. This clinical trial provides the strongest evidence to date that needle exchanges do not produce this negative effect... - Use of crystal methamphetamine, Viagra, and sexual behaviorDennis G Fisher
California State University, Long Beach, California, USA
Curr Opin Infect Dis 23:53-6. 2010..The use of Viagra has also been shown to be associated with high-risk sexual behavior. The purpose of this review is to update the record on Viagra and on the combination of Viagra and meth use... - Selection effect of needle exchange in Anchorage, AlaskaDennis G Fisher
IVDU Project, Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA
J Urban Health 79:128-35. 2002..Predictors of who used the NEP were consistent with the studies of Hagen et al. This study demonstrates that selection bias occurs among IDUs who use NEPs... - Reliability and criterion-related validity of self-report of syphilisDennis G Fisher
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, California, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:389-91. 2007..The RBA is a standardized instrument that has been used in several studies of STDs in drug users... - HIV services utilization in Los Angeles County, CaliforniaDennis G Fisher
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, 1090 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
AIDS Behav 14:440-7. 2010..The analysis also suggests that domestic violence services availability and utilization should be examined more thoroughly in the future for HIV infected/affected populations... - Sex partners of Alaskan drug users: HIV transmission between white men and Alaska Native womenA M Fenaughty
Department of Psychology, University of Alaska, Anchorage 99577, USA
Women Health 27:87-103. 1998..Level of condom use within these pairs was significantly lower than within all other pairs. The implications of a potential vector of HIV transmission from White, drug using men to Alaska Native women are discussed... - Needle and syringe cleaning practices among injection drug usersDennis G Fisher
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, Long Beach, California, USA
J Drug Educ 32:167-78. 2002..Future interventions should incorporate behavioral BMD components and address the concerns of those who trade sex for money or drugs... - Internet access and use among homeless and indigent drug users in Long Beach, CaliforniaDavid P Redpath
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, California 90813, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav 9:548-51. 2006..The association with amphetamine use may indicate a facilitating effect of amphetamine by heightening awareness and increasing wakefulness... - Results from a multiple morbidities testing program offering rapid HIV testing bundled with hepatitis and sexually transmitted infection testingGrace L Reynolds
Health Care Administration, Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, 1090 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
Public Health Rep 123:63-9. 2008..standard HIV test when bundled with hepatitis and sexually transmitted infection (STI) tests, and (2) whether clients receiving a rapid HIV test are more likely to return on time for hepatitis and STI test results... - Heterosexual anal sex among female drug users: U.S. national compared to local Long Beach, California dataGrace L Reynolds
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, 1090 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
AIDS Behav 12:796-805. 2008..African American race/ethnicity and older age were inversely associated with HAS. Risk factors common to both samples of women were number of days used amphetamine in the last month and risk perception for HIV... 
Heterosexual anal sex reported by women receiving HIV prevention services in Los Angeles CountyGrace L Reynolds
California State University, Long Beach, Center for Behavioral Research and Services, Long Beach, California 90813, USA
Womens Health Issues 20:414-9. 2010..This study examined reported heterosexual receptive anal intercourse (HRAI) in a sample of women recruited from HIV prevention providers in Los Angeles County...- Follow-up for medical care among drug users with hepatitis CGrace L Reynolds
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
Eval Health Prof 29:355-66. 2006..Knowledge of HCV infection alone does not mean that IDUs will seek medical care. Additional education concerning medical care and treatment options are needed to address IDU needs... - Hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection among injection drug users in Los Angeles County, CaliforniaDennis G Fisher
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
J Addict Dis 25:25-32. 2006..Latinos had the highest proportion of HAV and HBV co-infection with HCV. The total number of co-infections, especially those co-infected with all three of the hepatitis infections, was unexpectedly high... - Use of emergency room services by out-of-treatment drug users in Long Beach, CaliforniaGrace L Reynolds
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
J Addict Dis 22:1-13. 2003..Having income from public assistance programs is highly predictive of emergency room use in out-of-treatment drug users... - A cognitive-behavioral intervention to reduce HIV risk behaviors in crack and injection drug usersScott L Hershberger
Department of Psychology, Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA
AIDS Behav 7:229-43. 2003..It is concluded that the theory-based cognitive-behavioral intervention has limited advantage over the standard intervention in terms of both magnitude and frequency of HIV risk reduction achieved by high-risk, active drug users... - Nicotine dependence and HIV risk behaviors among illicit drug usersScott L Hershberger
Department of Psychology, California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA
Addict Behav 29:623-5. 2004..Participants' impulsivity may be one possible reason why nicotine dependence is related to HIV risk behaviors. The results also suggest that drug abuse programs make available smoking cessation programs... - Health services usage by Alaskan injection drug usersGrace L Reynolds
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, 1090 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
J Ethn Subst Abuse 5:23-34. 2006..The purpose of this study was to explore health services usage among injection drug users in Anchorage, Alaska... - Modeling censored-in-the-middle condom use dataS L Hershberger
Psychology Department, California State University, Long Beach, California 90840, USA
AIDS Care 17:610-22. 2005..We found that for every additional drug injecting sex partner, the probability of using condoms decreased by approximately 1%... - Therapeutic community retention among Alaska Natives. Akeela houseD G Fisher
Psychology Department, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 13:265-71. 1996.... - Relationship among gender, depression, and needle sharing in a sample of injection drug usersMark E Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of Alaska, Anchorage 99508, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 16:338-41. 2002..This suggests the presence of a special dynamic between gender and depression that is related to higher rates of needle sharing among women... - Male-to-female transgender and transsexual clients of HIV service programs in Los Angeles County, CaliforniaJordan W Edwards
California State University, Long Beach, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1030-3. 2007..Transgender-identified individuals are at high risk for HIV infection because of reuse of needles and being paid for sexual intercourse... - Assessing the validity of a single-item HIV risk stage-of-change measureLucy E Napper
California State University, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
J Drug Educ 38:27-37. 2008..The current data suggests that the single-item measure should be revised or abandoned in favor of more conventional stage-of-change measures... - Drug users' test-retest reliability of self-reported alcohol use on the risk behavior assessmentMark E Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Subst Use Misuse 45:925-35. 2010..These findings suggest that self-report items on alcohol use from the RBA are generally reliable, particularly items that ask for more general, rather than specific, information... - Depression as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II among injecting drug usersMark E Johnson
Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage, 99508, USA
Assessment 13:168-77. 2006.... - Who chooses a rapid test for HIV in Los Angeles County, California?Kimberly A Marsh
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
Eval Health Prof 33:177-96. 2010..Strategies are needed to encourage HIV rapid testing among both noninjection and injection drug users, and other at-risk groups... - Comparison of different HCV viral load and genotyping assaysJonathan C Anderson
Biomedical Program, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, USA
J Clin Virol 28:27-37. 2003..However, viral loads are important for monitoring response once therapy has begun... - Test-retest reliability of self-reported drug treatment variablesJordan W Edwards
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 33:7-11. 2007..Future research establishing greater delineation of this problem may aid in the construction of assessment instruments... - Using the quality of well-being scale to assess quality of life in out-of-treatment drug usersGrace L Reynolds
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 35:497-502. 2003..Outpatient drug free treatment was negatively associated with QWB score(s), while prison/jail drug treatment was positively associated with QWB scores... - Convergent and discriminant validity of three measures of stage of changeLucy E Napper
Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90813, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 22:362-71. 2008..There was moderate agreement in stage assignment. Analysis of behavior did provide some support for the construct validity of the measures. The results suggest that these drug-use stage-of-change measures may not be equivalent... - Validity of injecting drug users' self report of hepatitis A, B, and CErin G Schlicting
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
Clin Lab Sci 16:99-106. 2003..CONCLUSION: Given the low sensitivity, the validity of drug users, self-reported information on hepatitis should be considered with caution... - Mobile post-HIV test counsellingGrace L Reynolds
Int J STD AIDS 16:457. 2005 - Psychiatric symptomatology among individuals in alcohol detoxification treatmentMark E Johnson
Behavioral Health Research and Services, University of Alaska Anchorage, United States
Addict Behav 32:1745-52. 2007..Such screening would greatly increase the chance that coexistence of substance use and other psychiatric disorders would be properly addressed in ongoing treatment...
Research Grants
- Behavioral Science Aspects of Rapid Test AcceptanceDennis G Fisher; Fiscal Year: 2010..This research will make rapid tests for HIV available that can detect HIV infection earlier and are more accurate than current tests available in the United States. ..