Category Archives: Nonmedicinal drugs

Opening up the HIV epidemic: A review of HIV seropositive status disclosure among people who inject drugs

2016

HIV status disclosure plays a crucial role in reducing risk behaviors of drug and sexual partners and thereby limiting HIV transmission. As people who inject drugs (PWID) bear a significant...

The mental health of people living with HIV in China, 1998-2014: A systematic review

2016

BACKGROUND: Understanding the mental health burdens faced by people living with HIV in China is instrumental in the development of successful targeted programs for psychological support and care. METHODS: Using...

Comparing psychosocial correlates of condomless anal sex in HIV-diagnosed and HIV-nondiagnosed men who have sex with men: A series of meta-analyses of studies from 1993–2013

2015

PURPOSE: Men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to be overrepresented in rates of incidence and prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Both HIV-diagnosed (HIV-D) and HIV-nondiagnosed (HIV-N) MSM...

Use of technology to address substance use in the context of HIV: A systematic review

2015

Substance users are at elevated risk for HIV. HIV researchers, particularly at the intersection of HIV and substance use, have requested new methods to better understand and address this important...

Religion and spirituality’s influences on HIV syndemics among MSM: A systematic review and conceptual model

2016

This paper presents a systematic review of the quantitative HIV research that assessed the relationships between religion, spirituality, HIV syndemics, and individual HIV syndemics-related health conditions (e.g. depression, substance abuse,...

Global health burden and needs of transgender populations: A review

2016

Transgender people are a diverse population affected by a range of negative health indicators across high-income, middle-income, and low-income settings. Studies consistently document a high prevalence of adverse health outcomes...

Status of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among prisoners in the Middle East and North Africa: Review and synthesis

2016

INTRODUCTION: The status of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among incarcerated populations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the links between prisons and the HIV...

Clinical care of incarcerated people with HIV, viral hepatitis, or tuberculosis

2016

The burden of HIV/AIDS and other transmissible diseases is higher in prison and jail settings than in the non-incarcerated communities that surround them. In this comprehensive review, we discuss available...

Prevalence of HIV among U.S. female sex workers: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2016

Although female sex workers are known to be vulnerable to HIV infection, little is known about the epidemiology of HIV infection among this high-risk population in the United States. We...

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among HIV+ men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2016

Since 2000, an increase in hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected (HIV+) men who have sex with men has been observed. Evidence points to blood exposure during sex as the...

The influence of neurocognitive impairment on HIV risk behaviors and intervention outcomes among high-risk substance users: A systematic review

2016

Neurocognitive impairment (NCI) among high-risk substance users poses a substantial barrier to reducing risk behaviors in this population. Previous work suggests that NCI is intertwined in a close, reciprocal relationship...

HIV, HBV and HCV coinfection prevalence in Iran – A systematic review and meta-analysis

2016

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, hepatitis C and B virus infections (HCV and HCV), are the two most common coinfections with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and has become a major threat to the...

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