A5035831533- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Sex work and related issues
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Global Health and Surgery
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
University of Pittsburgh
2022
Abstract Introduction Key populations at elevated risk to contract or transmit HIV may also be higher of COVID‐19 complications and adverse outcomes associated with public health prevention measures. However, the conditions faced by specific vary according social, structural environmental factors, including stigma discrimination, criminalization, social economic safety nets local epidemiology COVID‐19, which determine exposure vulnerability outcomes, as well ability comply measures such...
Paul De Lay and co-authors introduce a Collection on the design of targets for ending AIDS epidemic.
The relationship between weight and sexual behavior among adolescents is poorly understood. We examined this in a nationally representative sample of high school girls.
The 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) 2030 global elimination targets for hepatitis C virus (HCV) are: 80% of those with chronic HCV treated, 90% reduction in incidence and 65% liver-related mortality [1]. These have recently been updated their 2022–2030 Global Sector Strategies to an 5 per 100,000 2 [2]. Other than a few countries (e.g. Egypt), are endangered the majority world—regardless income level [3]. This is largely because greater burden infection carried by marginalized...
Despite the widely recognized ethical and practical benefits of community engagement in HIV research, epistemic injustice persists within field. Namely, knowledge held by communities disproportionately affected is systematically afforded less credibility than that more privileged academic researchers. In order to illustrate what this looks like practice, we synthesized extent reporting on recent high-impact intervention research papers. However, also posit sector has potential devise...
Partner notification is a voluntary process, in which trained health workers ask people with HIV about their sexual and/or injecting partners and then, consent, contact these to offer testing services. can be: passive (an individual diagnosed encouraged by worker disclose, on own, status partners, then suggest partner(s) receive an test); or assisted (person consents having provider disclose behalf partner(s)). Many individuals prefer the option of provider-assisted service referrals for...
Background Stigma is an established barrier to the provision and uptake of HIV prevention, diagnostic, treatment services. Despite consensus on importance addressing stigma, there are currently no country-level summary measures characterize stigma track progress in reducing around globe. This data mapping exercise aimed assess potential for existing be used summarize including discrimination, related status, or key population membership at country level. Methods findings study assessed...
Abstract Introduction A Programme Science approach that prioritizes populations who will benefit most and ensuring resources are allocated to programmes meet the needs of those bring an equity focus research. Gay men other have sex with men, people use drugs, workers all genders, trans gender‐diverse people, defined by Joint United Nations on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) The Global Fund Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis Malaria (Global Fund) as key populations, been disproportionately impacted since start HIV...
Abstract Background People who exchange sex for money, favors, goods or services, combat higher risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Understanding barriers to STD HIV related healthcare from the perspective this stigmatized marginalized community may improve access sexual health services including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Methods We used community-partnered participatory qualitative methods conduct anonymous one-on-one...