Category Archives: Drug use behaviours/harm reduction

Attributes of HIV infection over decades (1982-2018): A systematic review and meta-analysis

2021

Understanding the risk factors for HIV infection is the foundation of successful preventive strategies, which must bundle sociocultural, behavioural and biomedical interventions to halt disease transmission. We aimed in this...

A systematic review of early adoption of implementation science for HIV prevention or treatment in the United States

2021

OBJECTIVE: To provide the first systematic review of the early adoption of implementation science for HIV prevention or treatment in the United States. We identified primary research studies that addressed...

A narrative systematic review of sexualised drug use and sexual health outcomes among LGBT people

2021

INTRODUCTION: Chemsex is a specific form of sexualised drug use (SDU) that is an emerging public health issue among men who have sex with men (MSM). Although the recent focus...

Experienced homophobia and HIV infection risk among U.S. gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: A meta-analysis

2021

Purpose: Experienced homophobia-negative treatment and perceptions that gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) encounter because of their sexual orientations-may promote HIV infection among MSM. We conducted...

Effectiveness of opiate substitution treatment in reducing HIV risk behaviors among African Caribbean and Black people: A systematic review

2021

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this systematic review is to identify, appraise, and synthesize the best available evidence on the effectiveness of opioid substitution treatment in reducing HIV risk behavior among...

Communicating the harms of methamphetamine use to men who have sex with men

2020

Key take-home messages Focus groups within the community can provide useful insight on how methamphetamine is used among men who have sex with men in the local context. Media campaigns...

Association between opioid agonist therapy use and HIV testing uptake among people who have recently injected drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

Background and aim: Globally, nearly one in five people who inject drugs (PWID) are living with HIV, and the rate of new HIV infections in PWID is increasing in some...

Rules and eligibility criteria for supervised consumption services feasibility studies – A scoping review

2020

INTRODUCTION: Supervised consumption services (SCS) reduce HIV risks and overdose for people who use drugs (PWUD) and are known to have wide-ranging public health benefits. Feasibility studies are often conducted...

Rapid evidence review of harm reduction interventions and messaging for people who inject drugs during pandemic events: Implications for the ongoing COVID-19 response

2020

BACKGROUND: People who inject drugs are at increased health risk in a pandemic due to their greater susceptibility to severe disease and as a consequence of the restrictions put in...

Interactive digital interventions for prevention of sexually transmitted HIV: Systematic review and meta-analyses

2020

BACKGROUND: Digital technology offers good opportunities for HIV prevention. This systematic review assesses the effectiveness of interactive digital interventions (IDIs) for prevention of sexually transmitted HIV. METHODS: We conducted a...

Eliciting Preferences for HIV Prevention Technologies: A Systematic Review

2021

BACKGROUND: Many human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention technologies (pre-exposure prophylaxis, microbicides, vaccines) are available or in development. Preference elicitation methods provide insight into client preferences that may be used to...

Theories of change for e-health interventions targeting HIV/STIs and sexual risk, substance use and mental ill health amongst men who have sex with men: Systematic review and synthesis

2021

BACKGROUND: Sexual risk, substance use, and mental ill health constitute a syndemic of co-occurring, mutually reinforcing epidemics amongst men who have sex with men (MSM). Developed since 1995, e-health interventions...

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