ReviewSubstance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2019
HIV prevention intervention for substance users: a review of the literature.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Peer education intervention reduced sexually transmitted infections among male Tajik labor migrants who inject drugs: results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Testing the Effectiveness of a Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk and Drug Use in Young Sexual Minority Men in a Community-Based Organization Setting.AIDS and behavior · 2024Trial
- HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Substance-Using Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents and Young Adults: Baseline Survey of a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of a Culturally Tailored HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Intervention for Black Women in Community Supervision Programs: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2021Trial
- A History of Methamphetamine Use Disorder in People with HIV Is Associated with Altered Functional Response to Risky Choice.Viruses · 2026Article
- Assessment of Perceived HIV Vulnerability, Knowledge Regarding HIV Transmission, and Associated Sociodemographic Factors Among Urban Slum Dweller Adults in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Assessment of the Impact of Gender, Age, Sexual Orientation and PrEP on HIV Infection: Analysis of Anonymous HIV Tests of People in Voluntary Counselling and Testing Points (VCTs) in Poland in 2015-2023.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Patterns of intimate partner violence among black women in community supervision programs who use drugs: a latent class analysis.Health & justice · 2025Article
- Peer Education Intervention Reduced Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Male Tajik Labor Migrants Who Inject Drugs: Results of a Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- mHealth Engagement for Antiretroviral Medication Adherence Among People With HIV and Substance Use Disorders: Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Observational
- Substance use and variation in sexual partnership rates among young MSM and young transgender women: Disaggregating between and within-person associations.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- Long-Term Survivors in a Cohort of People Living with HIV Diagnosed between 1985 and 1994: Predictive Factors Associated with More Than 25 Years of Survival.Infectious disease reports · 2023Article
- Plasma Virome Reveals Blooms and Transmission of Anellovirus in Intravenous Drug Users with HIV-1, HCV, and/or HBV Infections.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Availability of informal social support and the impact on health services utilization among women in community corrections who engage in substance use and risky sexual behavior: New York City, 2009-2012.Health & justice · 2022Article
- How Alcohol Influences Mechanisms of Sexual Risk Behavior Change: Contributions of Alcohol Challenge Research to the Development of HIV Prevention Interventions.AIDS and behavior · 2021Review
- An evaluation of StaySafe, a tablet app to improve health risk decision-making among people under community supervision.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Article
- Modelling the impact of HIV and HCV prevention and treatment interventions for people who inject drugs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021Article
- Identifying subgroups within at-risk populations that drive late HIV diagnosis in a Southern U.S. state.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2021Article
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- Methamphetamine and Cannabis: A Tale of Two Drugs and their Effects on HIV, Brain, and Behavior.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundBehavioral Interventions are needed to prevent HIV in substance users, which is associated with higher risk for contracting HIV via unprotected sexual intercourse or syringe-based exposure. We reviewed universal HIV prevention interventions targeting intravenous drug users (IDUs) and non-IDUs (NIDUs) to identify which prevention interventions are the most effective at reducing HIV transmission risk among IDU's and NIDU's and identify gaps in the literature.
methodsA PubMed literature review (1998-2017), limiting studies to universal HIV prevention interventions targeting adult HIV-negative substance users. Interventions were compared across sample sizes, sociodemographic, intervention setting, study design, use of theoretical models, and intervention effects.
resultsOf 1455 studies identified, 19 targeted IDUs (n = 9) and NIDUs (n = 10). Both IDU and NIDU studies were conducted in substance use treatment centers and included both group (44% vs. 73%) and individual-based (56% vs. 27%) methods; only one NIDU study used a couple-based intervention. All IDU, and 89% of NIDU, studies used explanatory and behavior-change theoretical models to guide selection of intervention mechanisms. Reduction in frequency of risky sexual behaviors were observed in 33% IDU and 64% NIDU studies, where 56% of IDU studies effectively increased drug use-related hygiene and 67% decreased frequency of injections. Eight studies included start-of-study HIV testing and five examined HIV seroconversion.
conclusionThe interventions reviewed demonstrate promising results for decreasing risky sexual practices for NIDUs and reducing high-risk drug practices for IDUs, thereby reducing HIV transmission risk. Future studies should include HIV testing and measurement of HIV seroconversion to fully elucidate intervention effects.
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