Category Archives: Nonmedicinal drugs

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...

The pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care cascade in people who inject drugs: A systematic eeview

2021

Injection drug use is a key risk factor for the transmission of HIV. Prevention strategies, such as the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), are effective at reducing the risk of...

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...

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...

Health and Health Care Access Barriers Among Transgender Women Engaged in Sex Work: A Synthesis of U.S.-Based Studies Published 2005-2019

2021

Purpose: Transgender women (TW) are likely to experience job discrimination and engage in commercial sex transactions. As a group, they have the highest risk for HIV/AIDS. However, little is known...

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...

The Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Care Cascade in People Who Inject Drugs: A Systematic Review

2020

Injection drug use is a key risk factor for the transmission of HIV. Prevention strategies, such as the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), are effective at reducing the risk of...

Exploring the equity impact of mobile health-based human immunodeficiency virus interventions: A systematic review of reviews and evidence synthesis

2020

OBJECTIVE: While mobile health-based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) interventions are often designed to promote health equity, systematic differences in the use of and access to mobile technologies may counteract that...

Permanent supportive housing with housing first to reduce homelessness and promote health among homeless populations with disability: A community guide systematic review

2020

CONTEXT: Poor physical and mental health and substance use disorder can be causes and consequences of homelessness. Approximately 2.1 million persons per year in the United States experience homelessness. People...

Human immunodeficiency virus prevention for people who use drugs: Overview of reviews and the ICOS of PICOS

2020

BACKGROUND: This article summarizes the results from systematic reviews of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention interventions for people who use drugs (PWUD). We performed an overview of reviews, meta-analysis, meta-epidemiology,...

Association of nitrite inhalants use and unprotected anal intercourse and HIV/syphilis infection among MSM in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

Background Nitrite inhalant use is very common among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. However, there is lack of national representative data on use among Chinese MSM,...

The Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among People Living with HIV/AIDS: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2020

Numerous studies have reported that the prevalence estimates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) might be substantially high among people with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) when compared to the general population. However, there...

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