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| W M WechsbergSummaryAffiliation: RTI International Country: USA Publications
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Access to treatment-related and support services in methadone treatment programsNancy D Berkman
Health Services and Social Policy Research, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 32:97-104. 2007..Not-for-profit or public ownership of treatment sites was also found to be positively related to patient access...
Current interventions to reduce sexual risk behaviors and crack cocaine use among HIV-infected individualsWendee M Wechsberg
Substance Abuse, Treatment, Evaluations and Interventions Program, RTI International, 3040 East Cornwallis Road, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194 USA
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 9:385-93. 2012..Consequently, there is a critical need for efficacious interventions that address crack use, risky sex and ART adherence among people living with HIV...
Double jeopardy--drug and sex risks among Russian women who inject drugs: initial feasibility and efficacy results of a small randomized controlled trialWendee M Wechsberg
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 7:1. 2012....- Reaching women substance abusers in diverse settings: stigma and access to treatment 30 years laterWendee M Wechsberg
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions, Research Triangle Institute International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2194, USA
Subst Use Misuse 43:1277-9. 2008 - Alcohol, cannabis, and methamphetamine use and other risk behaviours among Black and Coloured South African women: a small randomized trial in the Western CapeWendee M Wechsberg
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Int J Drug Policy 19:130-9. 2008..The secondary aim was to examine differences between Black and Coloured South African women across pre- and post-intervention measures of alcohol and illicit drug use and sex risk behaviours... - African-American crack abusers and drug treatment initiation: barriers and effects of a pretreatment interventionWendee M Wechsberg
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions Program, Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Research Division, RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 2:10. 2007..This study examined the effects of a pretreatment intervention designed to enhance treatment motivation, decrease crack use, and prepare crack abusers for treatment entry... - Substance abuse, treatment needs and access among female sex workers and non-sex workers in Pretoria, South AfricaWendee M Wechsberg
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions Research Program, RTI International Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis Road, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 2194, USA
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 4:11. 2009..This study examined cross-sectional data collected from substance-using female sex workers (FSW) and non-sex workers (non-SW) in Pretoria, South Africa, who entered a randomized controlled trial... - Sustainability of intervention effects of an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention for African American women who smoke crack cocaineWendee M Wechsberg
RTI International, Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194 USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 109:205-12. 2010..Thus, we conducted a long-term (mean 4.4 years) follow-up of a woman-focused HIV intervention for African American crack smokers, for which we had previously observed beneficial short-term gains... - Substance use, sexual risk, and violence: HIV prevention intervention with sex workers in PretoriaWendee M Wechsberg
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions, Behavioral Health Research Division, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
AIDS Behav 10:131-7. 2006..This study demonstrates the feasibility of implementing cross-cultural behavioral HIV prevention interventions, and supports the need for future studies of women's contextual issues and the effectiveness of targeted interventions... - Violence against substance-abusing South African sex workers: intersection with culture and HIV riskW M Wechsberg
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
AIDS Care 17:S55-64. 2005..Results support the critical need for targeted, comprehensive interventions that address substance abuse, sexual risk, and violence as interrelated phenomena... - Efficacy of a woman-focused intervention to reduce HIV risk and increase self-sufficiency among African American crack abusersWendee M Wechsberg
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1165-73. 2004..This study compares 3- and 6-month outcomes of a woman-focused HIV intervention for crack abusers, a revised National Institute on Drug Abuse standard intervention, and a control group... - Methamphetamine ("tik") use and its association with condom use among out-of-school females in Cape Town, South AfricaWendee M Wechsberg
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 2194, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 36:208-13. 2010..Little is known about the association between methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviors among young South African women between 13 and 20 years of age... - Violence, homelessness, and HIV risk among crack-using African-American womenWendee M Wechsberg
Substance Abuse Treatment Formulations and Interventions, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 2194, USA
Subst Use Misuse 38:669-700. 2003.... - Substance use and sexual risk within the context of gender inequality in South AfricaWendee M Wechsberg
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 2194, USA
Subst Use Misuse 43:1186-201. 2008..The findings demonstrate that substance abuse prior to sex may reinforce traditional beliefs and that women with more progressive beliefs about gender ideology seem better able to control their substance use in risky environments... - Preliminary findings of an adapted evidence-based woman-focused HIV intervention on condom use and negotiation among at-risk women in Pretoria, South AfricaWendee M Wechsberg
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
J Prev Interv Community 38:132-46. 2010..The findings indicate that gender-based interventions for women may result in increased condom negotiation skills... - Transactional sex among men and women in the south at high risk for HIV and other STIsGeorgiy V Bobashev
RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
J Urban Health 86:32-47. 2009..Although neighborhood violence and disorder show significance in bivariate associations with the outcome, these associations disappear in the structural equation models... - Treatment readiness among out-of-treatment African-American crack usersWilliam A Zule
RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 35:503-10. 2003..The many unmet needs reported by crack users motivated for treatment suggest that treatment entry and retention could be facilitated by pretreatment and more comprehensive and ancillary treatment services... - Correlates of HIV testing among South African women with high sexual and substance-use risk behavioursWinnie K Luseno
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions Research Program, RTI International, USA
AIDS Care 21:178-84. 2009..Interventions also need to address denial of HIV infection and fear to test for HIV... - Effects of a hepatitis C virus educational intervention or a motivational intervention on alcohol use, injection drug use, and sexual risk behaviors among injection drug usersWilliam A Zule
Behavioral Health Criminal Justice Research Division, RTI International, P O Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Am J Public Health 99:S180-6. 2009..We compared the effects of 2 interventions on alcohol use, use of a new syringe at last injection, and condom use at last sexual encounter in a community sample of injection drug users... - Behaviorally bisexual men and their risk behaviors with men and womenWilliam A Zule
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluation and Invention Research Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
J Urban Health 86:48-62. 2009..The study findings suggest that there may be important differences in HIV risk behaviors and HIV prevalence between MSM and MSMW as well as between MSMW and MSW... - Health services utilization among South African women living with HIV and reporting sexual and substance-use risk behaviorsWinnie K Luseno
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions Research Program, RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, P O Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 24:257-64. 2010.... - Perceived neighborhood safety and depressive symptoms among African American crack usersWilliam A Zule
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 2194, USA
Subst Use Misuse 43:445-68. 2008..Additional research is needed to clarify the relationship between perceived neighborhood safety and depression. The study was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse... - The effect of treatment completion and length of stay on employment and crime in outpatient drug-free treatmentGary A Zarkin
RTI, 3040 Cornwallis Road, P O Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 23:261-71. 2002..Although our results are mixed, these findings suggest that greater attention should be placed on evaluating the importance of both length of stay and treatment completion in treatment outcome studies... - Injection drug use among stimulant users in a national sampleLi Tzy Wu
Center for Risk Behavior and Mental Health Research, RTI International, P G Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 30:61-83. 2004..Factors related to the cessation of illicit drug use and substance abuse service utilization were also determined among a subsample of stimulant users who reported IDU... - Co-occurring alcohol and cocaine dependence: recent findings from clinical and field studiesB A Flanner
RIT International, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 28:976-81. 2004..McKay; (3) Characteristics of non-treatment seeking cocaine and alcohol dependent African Americans, by Barbara A. Flannery; and (4) Cocaine and alcohol use among sex workers in South Africa, by Wendee M. Wechsberg... - Discordance in monogamy beliefs, sexual concurrency, and condom use among young adult substance-involved couples: implications for risk of sexually transmitted infectionsKara S Riehman
RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:677-82. 2006.... - Cultural similarities and differences between a sample of Black/African and colored women in South Africa: convergence of risk related to substance use, sexual behavior, and violenceKyla Marie Sawyer
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions Program, RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Women Health 43:73-92. 2006..The paper discusses these issues, as well as the implications for adapting a culturally specific, brief woman-focused HIV prevention intervention for the South African context... - Methamphetamine use and risky sexual behaviors during heterosexual encountersWilliam A Zule
Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:689-94. 2007..This study examined the association between event-level methamphetamine use and heterosexual risk behaviors... - Alcohol use among out-of-treatment crack using African-American womenWilliam A Zule
Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 28:525-44. 2002.... - Stimulant use and sexual risk behaviors for HIV in rural North CarolinaWilliam A Zule
Substance Abuse Treatment, Evaluations and Interventions SATEI, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 2194, USA
J Rural Health 23:73-8. 2007..While literature exists on sexual risks for HIV among rural populations, the specific role of stimulants in increasing these risks has primarily been studied in the context of a single drug and/or racial group... - Correlates of exchanging sex for drugs or money among women who use crack cocaineJessica M Edwards
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 2812, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 18:420-9. 2006.... - Contextual factors and other correlates of sexual risk of HIV among African-American crack-abusing womenAmelia C Roberts
School of Social Work, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 301 Pittsboro Street, CB 3550, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3550, USA
Addict Behav 28:523-36. 2003..Being married or living as married was associated with decreased odds of having multiple sexual partners. The importance of assessing contextual and historical factors and implications for future research is discussed... - Gender differences in the impact of social support on crack use among African AmericansKara S Riehman
Macro International Inc, 3 Corporate Square NE, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Subst Use Misuse 43:85-104. 2008..Limitations of the sample and data are discussed. Further research is needed on the influence of social support for African American drug-using populations...
Research Grants
- HIV Prevention in South AfricaWendee Wechsberg; Fiscal Year: 2007..Aim 3. To examine the moderating and mediating effects of such factors as abuse history, HIV status, AOD use, psychological distress, and relationship power on the effectiveness of the HIV prevention interventions. ..
- Woman Focused HIV Prevention with African-AmericansWendee Wechsberg; Fiscal Year: 2007..Aim 4. To estimate the cost and cost-effectiveness of a culturally specific, woman-focused intervention relative to the NIDA standard in terms of crack use and sexual risk behaviors. ..
- Woman-Focused HIV Prevention with Pregnant African-Americans in TreatmentWendee Wechsberg; Fiscal Year: 2007..g., HIV status, age, stage of pregnancy, relationships with men) that may influence response to the treatment. ..
- Women-Focused HIV Prevention in the Western CapeWendee Wechsberg; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Women-Focused HIV Prevention in the Western CapeWendee M Wechsberg; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Venue-Based Recruitment and HIV Prevention for AOD Using Couples in South AfricaWendee Wechsberg; Fiscal Year: 2009..g. venues where drinking occurs, neighborhoods) to reach men to recruit couples to improve their resilience to these high risk neighborhoods and empower positive behavior change. ..
- Woman Focused HIV Prevention with African-AmericansWendee Wechsberg; Fiscal Year: 2007..05/01) Page 3 Form Page 3 ..
- Adapting the Women's CoOp for At-Risk TeensWendee Wechsberg; Fiscal Year: 2007..g., age, relationships with males, changes in knowledge about HIV risk behaviors, and competency in active refusal, negotiation, and condom skills). ..
- PRETREATMENT FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CRACK ABUSERSWendee Wechsberg; Fiscal Year: 2002..abstract_text> ..
- WOMAN FOCUSED HIV PREVENTION WITH AFRICAN AMERICANSWendee Wechsberg; Fiscal Year: 2002..We further intend to estimate the relative cost of both the Woman-Focused intervention and the Standard-R intervention in comparison to the minimal Control group. ..
- Venue-Based Recruitment and HIV Prevention for AOD Using Couples in South AfricaWendee M Wechsberg; Fiscal Year: 2010..g. venues where drinking occurs, neighborhoods) to reach men to recruit couples to improve their resilience to these high risk neighborhoods and empower positive behavior change. ..