Category Archives: Substance Use

Zoonotic and vector-borne infections among urban homeless and marginalized people in the United States and Europe, 1990-2014

2016

INTRODUCTION: In high-income countries, homeless individuals in urban areas often live in crowded conditions with limited sanitation and personal hygiene. The environment of homelessness in high-income countries may result in...

Meta-analysis of alcohol and serodiscordant condomless sex among people living with HIV

2017

While observational studies have found that alcohol consumption is associated with serodiscordant condomless sex among people living with HIV (PLHIV), no meta-analysis has yet examined this trend. We conducted a...

Health outcomes associated with crack-cocaine use: Systematic review and meta-analyses

2017

BACKGROUND: Crack-cocaine use is prevalent largely in socio-economically marginalized populations in the Americas. Its use has been associated with diverse health outcomes, yet no recent or systematic reviews of these...

Behavioral interventions targeting alcohol use among people living with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

Alcohol use is often reported among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and is associated with increased sexual risk and poor medication adherence. This meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy of behavioral interventions...

Substance use and HIV risk among men who have sex with men in Africa: A systematic review

2017

BACKGROUND: Substance use and its relation to HIV risk among men who have sex in Africa, a population at high risk for HIV, has received little attention. METHODS: This systematic...

Global epidemiology of HIV infection and related syndemics affecting transgender people

2016

INTRODUCTION: Transgender populations have been underrepresented in HIV epidemiologic studies and consequently in HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs. Since 2012, there has been a dramatic increase in research focused...

Does being drunk or high cause HIV sexual risk behavior? A systematic review of drug administration studies

2017

HIV sexual risk behavior is broadly associated with substance use. Yet critical questions remain regarding the potential causal link between substance use (e.g., intoxication) and HIV sexual risk behavior. The...

Psychosocial syndemic correlates of sexual compulsivity among men who have sex with men: A meta-analysis

2017

Efforts have been made to better understand sexual compulsivity by examining salient psychosocial syndemic correlates, though examination of such factors has yielded inconclusive results. Given that research on sexual compulsivity...

Health technology-enabled interventions for adherence support and retention in care among US HIV-infected adolescents and young adults: An integrative review

2017

The objective of this integrative review was to describe current US trends for health technology-enabled adherence interventions among behaviorally HIV-infected youth (ages 13-29 years), and present the feasibility and efficacy...

What leads some people to think they are HIV-positive before knowing their diagnosis? A systematic review of psychological and behavioural correlates of HIV-risk perception

2016

Current HIV-risk perception refers to the extent to which individuals think they might be HIV-positive. This belief, distinct from the perceived risk about being infected with HIV in the future,...

Prevalence of HIV/AIDS among Iranian prisoners: A review article

2016

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, prisoners are more at risk of being infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as well as hepatitis C and B in comparison with other risk groups. The combination...

Cancer risk factors among people living with HIV/AIDS in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

Cancer is a leading cause of death among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate prevalence of cancer risk factors among Chinese PLWHA...

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