Category Archives: Substance Use

Migrant farm workers and sexual health

2013

Key take-home messages The instability and mobility of migrant farm workers create unique barriers to accessing health care services including: transportation, cultural, language, and legal barriers. These barriers may prevent...

Posttraumatic growth among people living with HIV: A systematic review

2018

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this systematic review was to analyse, synthesise and review existing results on posttraumatic growth (PTG) among PLWH. In particular, we investigated the relationship of PTG with...

Is alcohol use associated with increased risk of developing adverse health outcomes among adults living with human immunodeficiency virus: A systematic review

2018

BACKGROUND: Alcohol use is associated with many HIV-related behaviors that are associated with increased risk of reinfection, transmission, and poorer health outcomes in people living with HIV (PLHIV). The population...

HIV prevalence and testing among street-involved youth in Ontario

2014

Key take-home messages Although the evidence about rates of HIV transmission among street-involved youth is unclear, this group is at risk of sexually transmitted bloodborne infections due to factors such...

Psychosocial factors associated with persistent pain in people with HIV: A systematic review with meta-analysis

2018

Chronic pain remains a prevalent and disabling problem for people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the current antiretroviral (ART) treatment era. Psychosocial treatments may have promise for...

Common conditions and diseases in HIV-positive men who have sex with men

2014

Key take-home messages HIV-positive men who have sex with men who experience many physical health conditions at significantly higher rates than their peers who are HIV-negative and the general population,...

Factors associated with sexual risks and risk of STIs, HIV and other blood-borne viruses among women using heroin and other drugs: A systematic literature review

2018

This systematic literature review identified factors associated with sexual risks related to sexually transmitted infections (STI), HIV and other blood-borne viruses (BBV) among women using heroin and other drugs. The...

Smoking cessation interventions in people with HIV/AIDS (Updated 2015)

2012

Key take-home messages Tobacco smoking is much more common among people living with HIV than in the general population. While most medical providers offer some form of smoking cessation services, AIDS service...

Predictors of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in primary care among adults living in developed countries: A systematic review

2018

BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is important because antiretroviral therapies are more effective if infected individuals are diagnosed early. Diagnosis of HIV relies on laboratory testing and...

Health risk behaviour among adolescents living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2018

The burden of health risk behaviour (HRB) among adolescents living with HIV (ALWHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is currently unknown. A systematic search for publications on HRB among ALWHIV in...

Injection drug use, HIV/HCV, and related services in nonurban areas of the United States: A systematic review

2018

BACKGROUND: Injection drug use (IDU) in nonurban areas of the United States is a growing public health concern, but there has been no comprehensive assessment of existing research on injection-related...

Integrated models of care for individuals with opioid use disorder: How do we prevent HIV and HCV?

2018

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To describe models of integrated and co-located care for opioid use disorder (OUD), hepatitis C (HCV), and HIV. RECENT FINDINGS: The design and scale-up of multidisciplinary care...

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