The opioid crisis and HIV in the USA: deadly synergies

SL Hodder, J Feinberg, SA Strathdee, S Shoptaw… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
The opioid epidemic is one of the greatest public health problems that the USA faces. Opioid
overdose death rates have increased steadily for more than a decade and doubled in 2013 …

Evolving models and ongoing challenges for HIV preexposure prophylaxis implementation in the United States

KH Mayer, PA Chan, RR Patel, CA Flash… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: The use of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention was approved
by the Food and Drug Administration in 2012, but delivery to at-risk persons has lagged …

Awareness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among women who inject drugs in NYC: the importance of networks and syringe exchange programs for HIV …

SM Walters, KH Reilly, A Neaigus, S Braunstein - Harm reduction journal, 2017 - Springer
Background Women who inject drugs (WWID) are at heightened risk for HIV due to
biological, behavioral, and structural factors. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could aid in …

PrEP awareness, eligibility, and interest among people who inject drugs in Baltimore, Maryland

SG Sherman, KE Schneider, JN Park, ST Allen… - Drug and alcohol …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Limited research has examined pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) interest
among people who inject drugs (PWID). To date, few studies have examined the …

Understanding user perspectives of and preferences for oral Pr EP for HIV prevention in the context of intervention scale‐up: a synthesis of evidence from sub …

R Eakle, P Weatherburn… - Journal of the International …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Oral pre‐exposure prophylaxis (Pr EP) for HIV prevention has been proven to
significantly reduce new HIV infections yet scale‐up has been slow. As contexts continue to …

[HTML][HTML] Substance use and adherence to HIV preexposure prophylaxis for men who have sex with men

M Hoenigl, S Jain, D Moore, D Collins… - Emerging infectious …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The effectiveness of oral HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) strongly depends on
maintaining adherence. We investigated the association between substance use and PrEP …

Next-wave HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation for gay and bisexual men

SA Golub, JE Myers - AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Data indicate that diffusion of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programs for HIV prevention
is increasing in the United States; however, persistent disparities in PrEP access remain …

Factors associated with the uptake of and adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in people who have injected drugs: an observational, open-label extension of …

M Martin, S Vanichseni, P Suntharasamai… - The lancet HIV, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Results of the randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled Bangkok Tenofovir
Study (BTS) showed that taking tenofovir daily as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can …

Awareness of and interest in oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention and interest in hypothetical forms of PrEP among people who inject drugs in …

KE Schneider, RH White, A O'Rourke, ME Kilkenny… - AIDS care, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Injection drug use-associated HIV outbreaks have occurred in rural communities throughout
the United States, which often have limited HIV prevention services for people who inject …

Toward a philosophy of harm reduction

S Dea - Health Care Analysis, 2020 - Springer
In this paper, I offer a prolegomenon to the philosophy of harm reduction. I begin with an
overview of the philosophical literature on both harm and harm reduction, and a brief …