Judd, Ali, Rhodes, Tim, Johnston, Lisa G, Platt, Lucy, Andjelkovic, Violeta, Simić, Danijela, ...
Abstract Background Little is known about the prevalence of HIV or HCV in injecting drug users (IDUs) in Serbia and Montenegro. We measured prevalence of antibodies to HIV (anti-HIV) and hepatitis C...
Uusküla, Anneli, Kals, Mart, Rajaleid, Kristiina, Abel, Katri, Talu, Ave, Rüütel, Kristi, ...
Objective To examine HIV risk behavior and HIV infection among new injectors in Tallinn, Estonia. Design and methods Data from two cross-sectional surveys of injecting drug users (IDUs) recruited...
Sexual safety in a time of risk : self, health and HIV positivity. (2000)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 2000.
Typescript. "Subject No. 421-617 Research Project 2" Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-39)
Outreach as a strategy for HIV prevention: aims and practice (1992)
Outreach health education has become a common component of wider HIV prevention strategies. As an alternative to more conventional modes of health education, outreach has much to offer. However,...
Transition and the HIV risk environment
Social changes arising from political transition may have contributed to the spread of HIV. Successful prevention strategies require change to the risk environment as well as individual behaviour
The social structural production of HIV risk among injecting drug users
Rhodes, Tim, Singer, Merrill, Bourgois, Philippe, Friedman, Samuel R., Strathdee, Steffanie A.
There is increasing appreciation of the need to understand how social and structural factors shape HIV risk. Drawing on a review of recently published literature, we seek to describe the social...
Transition and the HIV risk environment
Social changes arising from political transition may have contributed to the spread of HIV. Successful prevention strategies require change to the risk environment as well as individual behaviour
Simic, Milena, Johnston, Lisa Grazina, Platt, Lucy, Baros, Sladjana, Andjelkovic, Violeta, Novotny, Tom, ...
Respondent driven sampling (RDS) has been used in several counties to sample injecting drug users, sex workers (SWs) and men who have sex with men and as a means of collecting behavioural and...
Platt, Lucy, Wall, Martin, Rhodes, Tim, Judd, Ali, Hickman, Matthew, Johnston, Lisa G., ...
Evidence suggests rapid diffusion of injecting drug use and associated outbreaks of HIV among injecting drug users (IDUs) in the Russian Federation and Eastern Europe. There remains a need for...
Stimson, Gerry V., Fitch, Chris, Jarlais, Don Des, Poznyak, Vladimir, Perlis, Theresa, Oppenheimer, Edna, ...
Objectives. We evaluated the World Health Organization’s rapid assessment and response (RAR) method of assessing injection drug use and its associated health problems, focusing on knowledge gain,...
Rhodes, Tim, Simić, Milena, Baroš, Sladjana, Platt, Lucy, Žikić, Bojan
Objective To explore female and transvestite sex workers’ perceptions of risk in the sex work environment in Serbia.
Rhodes, Tim, Platt, Lucy, Sarang, Anya, Vlasov, Alexander, Mikhailova, Larissa, Monaghan, Geoff
We undertook a qualitative exploration of police perspectives on injecting drug use and needle and syringe access among injecting drug users (IDUs) in a Russian city which has witnessed explosive...
Effects of Sex Work on the Prevalence of Syphilis Among Injection Drug Users in 3 Russian Cities
Platt, Lucy, Rhodes, Tim, Judd, Ali, Koshkina, Evgeniya, Maksimova, Svetlana, Latishevskaya, Natalia, ...
Objectives. We examined risk factors for syphilis infection among injection drug users in 3 Russian Federation cities, focusing particular attention on the potential roles of gender and sex work.