ArticleImplementation science : IS2019
Improving HIV service delivery for people who inject drugs in Kazakhstan: study protocol for the Bridge stepped-wedge trial.
Article in Implementation science : IS, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02796027 (BRIDGE), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.
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BRIDGE: Improving HIV Service Delivery for People Who Inject Drugs
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, tuberculosis and sexually-transmitted infections among HIV positive patients in Kazakhstan.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Determinants of HIV Testing Uptake Among People Who Use New Psychoactive Substances in Kazakhstan: A Multi-Regional Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Patterns of drug and sexual HIV transmission risk behaviors: A latent class analyses of men and women who inject drugs and are living with HIV in Kazakhstan.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- A data-driven approach to implementing the HPTN 094 complex intervention INTEGRA in local communities.Implementation science : IS · 2024Article
- "Protected Means Armed": Perspectives on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Women Who Engage in Sex Work and Use Drugs in Kazakhstan.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of an Intervention to Improve HIV Service Delivery for People Who Inject Drugs in Kazakhstan: A Cluster Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Polydrug Use, Sexual Risk, and HIV Testing Among Cisgender Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men and Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals Who Have Sex With Men in Kazakhstan.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2022Article
- HIV Care Continuum Services for People Who Inject Drugs in Kazakhstan During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study of Service Provider Perspectives.Global health, science and practice · 2022Article
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15 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPeople who inject drugs (PWID) in Kazakhstan face many barriers to HIV testing as well as to accessing HIV care, to retention in HIV care, and to initiating and adhering to anti-retroviral treatment (ART). Needle and syringe programs (NSPs) are an opportune setting for integrated interventions to link PWID to HIV care.
methodsThis Hybrid Type II study employs a stepped-wedge design to evaluate both effectiveness and implementation outcomes of Bridge, an intervention to identify, test, and link HIV-positive PWID to HIV care. The study is conducted at 24 NSPs in three different regions of Kazakhstan, to assess outcomes on the individual, organizational, and policy levels. DISCUSSION: This trial responds to an identified need for new models of HIV service delivery for PWID through harm reduction settings.
trial registrationNCT02796027 on June 10, 2016.
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