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Prevalence and correlates of indirect sharing practices among young adult injection drug users in five U.S. citiesHanne Thiede
HIV AIDS Epidemiology Program, Public Health Seattle and King County, 400 Yesler Way, 3rd Floor, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:S39-47. 2007....
Methadone treatment and HIV and hepatitis B and C risk reduction among injectors in the Seattle areaH Thiede
University of Washington, Department of Epidemiology, Public Health Seattle King County, 98104, USA
J Urban Health 77:331-45. 2000..This supports the role of consistent drug treatment in an overall harm-reduction strategy...
Regional patterns and correlates of substance use among young men who have sex with men in 7 US urban areasHanne Thiede
Public Health Seattle and King County, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1915-21. 2003..We sought to characterize substance use patterns in young men who have sex with men (MSM) in 7 US urban areas and sociodemographic characteristics and history associated with such use...
Using a jail-based survey to monitor HIV and risk behaviors among Seattle area injection drug usersH Thiede
Public Health, Seattle and King County, Washington 98104, USA
J Urban Health 78:264-78. 2001....
Volunteer bias in nonrandomized evaluations of the efficacy of needle-exchange programsH Hagan
Public Health Seattle and King County, WA 98104, USA
J Urban Health 77:103-12. 2000..To explore possible sources of bias, we examined characteristics associated with voluntarily beginning or ceasing to participate in the Seattle needle exchange...
Changes in injection risk behavior associated with participation in the Seattle needle-exchange programH Hagan
Public Health Seattle King County, University of Washington, Department of Epidemiology, 98104, USA
J Urban Health 77:369-82. 2000..Greater awareness of the infection risk associated with these practices may help curb this type of equipment sharing and ultimately prevent disease transmission...
Reduced injection frequency and increased entry and retention in drug treatment associated with needle-exchange participation in Seattle drug injectorsH Hagan
Public Health, Seattle King County, 106 Prefontaine Place South, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 19:247-52. 2000..We conclude that reduced drug use and increased drug treatment enrollment associated with needle exchange participation may have many public health benefits, including prevention of blood-borne viral transmission...
Sharing of drug preparation equipment as a risk factor for hepatitis CH Hagan
Seattle King County Department of Public Health, 106 Prefontaine Place South, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Am J Public Health 91:42-6. 2001..This study investigated the sharing of drug preparation equipment as a possible route of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission...
Predictors of accidental fatal drug overdose among a cohort of injection drug usersP T O'Driscoll
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Am J Public Health 91:984-7. 2001..This study evaluated factors associated with accidental fatal drug overdose among a cohort of injection drug users (IDUs)...
Convenience is the key to hepatitis A and B vaccination uptake among young adult injection drug usersJennifer V Campbell
HIV AIDS Epidemiology Program, Public Health Seattle and King County, 400 Yesler Way 3rd Floor, c o Hanne Thiede, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:S64-72. 2007..Vaccination programs convenient to IDUs have not been widely implemented or evaluated. We assessed whether convenience and monetary incentives influenced uptake of free vaccine by 18-30-year-old IDUs in five U.S. cities...
Self-reported hepatitis C virus antibody status and risk behavior in young injectorsHolly Hagan
Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, 8th Fl, 71 West 23rd St, NY, NY 10010, USA
Public Health Rep 121:710-9. 2006....
Trends in hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus prevalence, risk behaviors, and preventive measures among Seattle injection drug users aged 18-30 years, 1994-2004Richard D Burt
Public Health Seattle and King County, Seattle, WA, USA
J Urban Health 84:436-54. 2007..We conclude that there has been a substantial and sustained reduction in prevalence rates for HBV and HCV infection among young Seattle IDUs, while HIV rates have remained low and stable...
Injecting alone among young adult IDUs in five US cities: evidence of low rates of injection risk behaviorHolly Hagan
Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, 8th Floor, 71 West 23rd Street, New York City, NY 10010, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:S48-55. 2007..However, risks may include accidental overdose with severe consequences...
Unintentional HIV exposures from young men who have sex with men who disclose being HIV-negativeDuncan A MacKellar
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
AIDS 20:1637-44. 2006..To evaluate the proportion of new sexual partners potentially exposed to HIV from young MSM who disclosed being HIV-negative...
Development, description, and acceptability of a small-group, behavioral intervention to prevent HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among young adult injection drug usersDavid W Purcell
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E 37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:S73-80. 2007..Minimal evidence of contamination was found. Lessons learned can help future researchers to develop stronger interventions for this high-need population...
Housing status and associated differences in HIV risk behaviors among young injection drug users (IDUs)Micaela H Coady
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
AIDS Behav 11:854-63. 2007..HIV risk varies by housing status, with homeless IDUs at highest risk. Programs for IDUs should utilize a more specific definition of residential status to target IDUs needing intervention...
Methods to recruit and retain a cohort of young-adult injection drug users for the Third Collaborative Injection Drug Users Study/Drug Users Intervention Trial (CIDUS III/DUIT)Richard S Garfein
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E 45, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 91:S4-17. 2007..S. policy to only fund proven-effective HIV prevention interventions, insights into conducting intervention trials among young IDUs are provided here by describing methods and participants' characteristics in the CIDUS III/DUIT study...
A peer-education intervention to reduce injection risk behaviors for HIV and hepatitis C virus infection in young injection drug usersRichard S Garfein
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
AIDS 21:1923-32. 2007..To evaluate whether a behavioral intervention, which taught peer education skills, could reduce injection and sexual risk behaviors associated with primary HIV and hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) among young injection drug users (IDU)...
The Young Men's Survey phase II: hepatitis B immunization and infection among young men who have sex with menCindy M Weinbaum
Office of Communications, NCHHSTP, Mailstop E 06, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16000 Clifton Road, Atlanta GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 98:839-45. 2008..We measured the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) immunization and HBV infection among men aged 23 to 29 years who have sex with men...
HIV prevention services received at health care and HIV test providers by young men who have sex with men: an examination of racial disparitiesStephanie K Behel
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Urban Health 85:727-43. 2008..Differential experience with HIV prevention services does not explain the higher HIV prevalence among black and Hispanic MSM...
HTLV-2 infection in injection drug users in King County, WashingtonJoseph R Zunt
Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA
Scand J Infect Dis 38:654-63. 2006..Additional studies are needed to examine the clinical manifestations of HTLV-2 infection, as well as the clinical and virological manifestations of HTLV-2/HCV coinfection...
Increased access to unrestricted pharmacy sales of syringes in Seattle-King County, Washington: structural and individual-level changes, 1996 versus 2003Ryan J Deibert
Health Services Department, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1347-53. 2006..Structural changes, including policy reform and pharmacy outreach, appear to increase syringe access. Interventions should address pharmacy policies and pharmacist attitudes and policies...
Perceptions of lifetime risk and actual risk for acquiring HIV among young men who have sex with menDuncan A MacKellar
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E 46, Atlanta, Georgia, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 11:263-70. 2007..To increase HIV testing, prevention providers should intensify efforts to assess, and to increase when needed, perceptions of lifetime risks for acquiring HIV among young MSM...
Hepatitis B vaccination among research participants, Seattle, WashingtonHolly Hagan
Public Health-Seattle and King County, Wash 98104, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1756. 2002
Depression and HIV risk behavior among Seattle-area injection drug users and young men who have sex with menThomas Perdue
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 15:81-92. 2003..This analysis suggests that psychological depression may influence certain HIV risk behavior in young MSM and IDUs, and that interventions addressing depression may be indicated...
Viral hepatitis among young men who have sex with men: prevalence of infection, risk behaviors, and vaccinationCatherine Diamond
University of California Irvine Medical Center, 101 City Drive South, Building 11, Route 81, Orange, CA 92868, USA
Sex Transm Dis 30:425-32. 2003..Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at risk for acquiring hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
Attitudes about combination HIV therapies: the next generation of gay men at riskBeryl A Koblin
Laboratory of Epidemiology, New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
J Urban Health 80:510-9. 2003..Attitudes about HAART were not associated with sexual risk behaviors. Prevention efforts among young MSM should focus on other determinants of risk, but also include information on the changing nature of HIV therapies...
Associations of race/ethnicity with HIV prevalence and HIV-related behaviors among young men who have sex with men in 7 urban centers in the United StatesNina T Harawa
County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA 90005, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 35:526-36. 2004..Prevention programs should address risks in steady partnerships, target young men before sexual initiation with male partners, and tailor interventions to men of color and of lower socioeconomic status...
Hepatitis C virus infection among injection drug users: survival analysis of time to seroconversionHolly Hagan
Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, New York, New York 10010, USA
Epidemiology 15:543-9. 2004....
Trends in HIV prevalence among public sexually transmitted disease clinic attendees in the Western region of the United States (1989-1999)Nina T Harawa
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, CA 90005 4001, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 37:1206-15. 2004..Using data from anonymous unlinked testing of routinely collected sera, trends in HIV are compared among sexually transmitted disease patients in 4 Western urban centers...
Unrecognized HIV infection, risk behaviors, and perceptions of risk among young men who have sex with men: opportunities for advancing HIV prevention in the third decade of HIV/AIDSDuncan A MacKellar
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 38:603-14. 2005..To advance HIV prevention in the third decade of HIV/AIDS, prevention programs must reduce unrecognized infection among young MSM by increasing the demand for and availability of HIV testing services...
HIV/hepatitis C virus co-infection in drug users: risk behavior and preventionHolly Hagan
Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institute, New York, NY 10010, USA
AIDS 19:S199-207. 2005....
Associations between substance use and sexual risk among very young men who have sex with menDavid D Celentano
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:265-71. 2006....
Recent HIV testing among young men who have sex with men: correlates, contexts, and HIV seroconversionDuncan A MacKellar
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Surveillance and Epidemiology, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:183-92. 2006..We evaluated the correlates and contexts of HIV testing within the past year, subsequent risk reduction, and HIV seroconversion among young men who have sex with men (MSM)...
Does bleach disinfection of syringes help prevent hepatitis C virus transmission?Holly Hagan
Epidemiology 14:628-9; author reply 629. 2003
Acute hepatitis C in a contemporary US cohort: modes of acquisition and factors influencing viral clearanceChia C Wang
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
J Infect Dis 196:1474-82. 2007..Acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is often asymptomatic; thus, its epidemiology and natural history are difficult to define...
Peer referral for HIV case-finding among men who have sex with menMatthew R Golden
Division of Infectious Diseases and the Center for AIDS and STD, Public Health Seattle and King County, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
AIDS 20:1961-8. 2006..To evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a health department-based peer referral program for identifying previously undiagnosed cases of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM)...
Completeness of reporting of rabies postexposure prophylaxis in King County, WashingtonHanne Thiede
Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization Section and HIV AIDS Epidemiology Program of Public Health Seattle and King County, Washington, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 14:448-53. 2008....
Research Grants
- HEPATITIS C IN IDUS--EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTIONHanne Thiede; Fiscal Year: 2001..The study will also increase awareness of the magnitude of the problem of HCV by measuring incident infections and investigating whether IDUs represent an important source of HCV transmission to other segments of the population. ..
