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General Reports

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

A WEEK IN REVIW FEATURED REPORT
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The role of harm reduction in controlling HIV among injecting drug users
Wodak A, McLeod L
AIDS Aug 2008
Paper

HIV Prevention for Injecting Drug Users: The First 25 Years and Counting.
Des Jarlais DC, Semaan S
Psychosom Med. 2008 Jun 2.
Abstract

Substitution treatment of injecting opioid users for prevention of HIV infection.
Gowing L, Farrell M, Bornemann R, Sullivan L, Ali R.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Apr 16;(2):CD004145.
Abstract

Development, description, and acceptability of a small-group, behavioral intervention
to prevent HIV and hepatitis C virus Infections among young adult injection drug users.
Purcell DW, Garfein RS, Latka MH, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Apr 25;
Abstract

Hepatitis C virus eradication in intravenous drug users maintained with subcutaneous
naltrexone implants.
Jeffrey GP, Macquillan G, Chua F, et al
Hepatology. 2006 Dec 22;45(1):111-117
Abstract

Economic Evaluation of an HIV Prevention Intervention for Seropositive Injection Drug Users.
Tuli K, Sansom S, Purcell DW, Metsch LR, et aL
Public Health Manag Pract. 2005 November/December;11(6):508-51
Abstract

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A review of HIV prevention among young injecting drug users: A guide for researchers.
Dolan KA, Niven H.
Harm Reduct J. 2005 Mar 17;2(1):5
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Paying injection drug users to educate and recruit their peers: why participant-driven
interventions are an ethical public health model.
Hughes J J.
Qual Manag Health Care 1999 Summer;7(4):4-12
Abstract

Syringe/Needle Exchange

News
	FULL-TEXT ARTICLE US Gag on Needle Exchange Harms U.N. AIDS Efforts Before U.N. Narcotics Meeting, Groups in 56 Countries Assail U.S. Tactics Human Rights Watch March 03, 2005 News Feature

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Qualitative evaluation of a peer-based needle syringe programme in Vietnam.
Ngo AD, Schmich L, Higgs P, Fischer A.
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Jan 31
Abstracts

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The impact of citrate introduction at UK syringe exchange programmes: a retrospective
cohort study in Cheshire and Merseyside, UK.
Beynon CM, McVeigh J, Chandler M, et al
Harm Reduct J. 2007 Dec 11;4(1):21
Paper

Frequent needle exchange use and HIV incidence in Vancouver, Canada.
Wood E, Lloyd-Smith E, Li K, et al
Am J Med. 2007 Feb;120(2):172-9.
Abstract

The Impact of Legalizing Syringe Exchange Programs on Arrests Among Injection Drug
Users in California.
Martinez AN, Bluthenthal RN, Lorvick J, et al
J Urban Health. 2007 Jan 30;
Abstract

Recipient syringe sharing and its relationship to social proximity, perception of risk and
preparedness to share.
Smyth BP, Roche A.
Addict Behav. 2006 Dec 22;
Abstract

Cessation of injection drug use and change in injection frequency: the Chicago Needle
Exchange Evaluation Study.
Huo D, Bailey SL, Ouellet LJ.
Addiction. 2006 Nov;101(11):1606-13
Abstract

Comparison of needle and syringe programme attendees and non-attendees from a high
drug-using area in Sydney, New South Wales
Cao W, Treloar C.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2006 Sep;25(5):439-44
Abstract

Psychiatric Comorbidity Is Associated With Drug Use and HIV Risk in Syringe Exchange
Participants.
Disney E, Kidorf M, Kolodner K, et al
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2006 Aug;194(8):577-583.
Abstract

Do needle syringe programs reduce HIV infection among injecting drug users:
a comprehensive review of the international evidence.
Wodak A, Cooney A.
Subst Use Misuse. 2006;41(6-7):777-813.
Abstract

Thinking ethically about needle and syringe programs.
Kleinig J.
Subst Use Misuse. 2006;41(6-7):815-25.
Abstract

Model Projections on the Required Coverage of Syringe Distribution to Prevent HIV
Epidemics Among Injecting Drug Users.
Vickerman P, Hickman M, Rhodes T, Watts C.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 Apr 24;
Abstract

Syringe Disposal

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Safe Syringe Disposal is Related to Safe Syringe Access among HIV-positive
Injection Drug Users.
Coffin PO, Latka MH, Latkin C, et al
AIDS Behav. 2006 Oct 12;
Abstract

Immunizations/Vaccinations

General Reports
Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
	Vaccine immunogenicity in injecting drug users: a systematic review. Baral S, Sherman SG, Millson P, Beyrer C. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007 Oct;7(10):667-74 Abstract

HAV Vaccination

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Past infection with hepatitis A virus among Vancouver street youth, injection
drug users and men who have sex with men: implications for vaccination programs.
Ochnio JJ, Patrick D, Ho M, et al.
CMAJ 2001 Aug 7;165(3):293-7
Paper

HBV Vaccination

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

A randomized controlled trial of monetary incentives vs. outreach to enhance adherence
to the hepatitis B vaccine series among injection drug users.
Seal KH, Kral AH, Lorvick J, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2003 Aug 20;71(2):127-31
Abstract

Results of an enhanced-outreach programme of hepatitis B vaccination in the Netherlands
(1998-2000) among men who have sex with men, hard drug users, sex workers and
heterosexual persons with multiple partners.
van Steenbergen J.
J Hepatol 2002 Oct;37(4):507
Abstract

Hepatitis B vaccination for injection drug users--Pierce County, Washington, 2000
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2001 May18;50(19):388-90, 399
Abstract

Providing hepatitis B vaccination to injection drug users: referralto health clinics vs
on-site vaccination at a syringe exchange program.
Des Jarlais DC, Fisher DG, Newman JC et al.
Am J Public Health 2001 Nov;91(11):1791-2
Abstract

Failure to vaccinate current injecting drug users against hepatitis B in England and
Wales.
Lamagni TL, Hope VD, Davison KL, et al.
Commun Dis Public Health 2001 Mar;4(1):71-2
Abstract

HCV Vaccine

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Protection against persistence of hepatitis C.
Mehta SH, Cox A, Hoover DR, et al.
Lancet 2002 Apr 27;359(9316):1478-83
Abstract

Influenza

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

Influenza vaccination of HIV-1-positive and HIV-1-negative former intravenous
drug users.
Amendola A, Boschini A, Colzani D, et al.
J Med Virol 2001 Dec;65(4):644-8
Abstract

Drugs

Methadone

Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Methadone Treatment of Injecting Opioid Users for Prevention of HIV Infection.
Gowing LR, Farrell M, Bornemann R, et al
J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Dec 7;
Abstract

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