Abstract Background and Aims For HIV‐positive individuals who use illicit opioids,
engagement in methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) can contribute to improved HIV …

Long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy (LA ART) may be an alternative for people living
with HIV (PLHIV) with adherence challenges or who prefer not to take pills. Using in-depth …

Purpose This study aims to compare the global prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV,
and tuberculosis in incarcerated adolescents and young adults (AYAs) and older prisoners …

HAART prevents HIV transmission because it dramatically decreases HIV-1 RNA levels in
biological fluids. This is relevant to vertical and sexual HIV transmission and also to blood …

Background Limited evidence suggests that younger people who inject drugs (PWID)
engage in high-risk injecting behaviours. This study aims to better understand the …

OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether childhood sexual abuse predicts initiation of
injection drug use in a prospective cohort of youth. METHOD: From October 2005 to …

Previous research suggests that incarceration can have a negative effect on health. These
health effects have an especially profound impact on HIV-positive individuals. As such, the …

Introduction Ex-prisoners with a history of injecting drug use (IDU) experience
disproportionate drug-related harm. Rapid resumption of substance use following prison …

Data on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among prison inmates are limited and not
previously synthesized in a systematic manner. The objective of this study was to provide …

Among people who use illegal drugs, engagement with the criminal justice (CJ) system often
involves an ongoing, intermittent series of arrests, incarcerations, and periods of community …