[HTML][HTML] “They look at us like junkies”: influences of drug use stigma on the healthcare engagement of people who inject drugs in New York City

B Muncan, SM Walters, J Ezell, DC Ompad - Harm reduction journal, 2020 - Springer
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are a medically and socially vulnerable
population with a high incidence of overdose, mental illness, and infections like HIV and …

Disentangling opioids-related overdose syndemics a scoping review

J Lang, E Mendenhall, AD Koon - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
This article reviews research investigating the synergistic interaction of opioid-related
morbidity and mortality with other social, psychiatric, and biological conditions, to describe …

[HTML][HTML] Social and behavioral health responses to COVID-19: lessons learned from four decades of an HIV pandemic

LA Eaton, SC Kalichman - Journal of behavioral medicine, 2020 - Springer
Our public health approaches to addressing COVID-19 are heavily dependent on social and
behavioral change strategies to halt transmissions. To date, biomedical forms of curative …

Context, COVID-19 and comorbidities: exploring emergent directions in syndemics and HIV research

CH Logie, M Coelho, B Kohrt, AC Tsai… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Most studies recommended that HIV prevention and care research attend to the interplay
between poor mental health, substance use and multidimensional violence. Increased …

Intersectional stigma as a fundamental cause of health disparities: A case study of how drug use stigma intersecting with racism and xenophobia creates health …

SM Walters, J Kerr, M Cano, V Earnshaw… - Stigma and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Recent evidence points to racial and ethnic disparities in drug-related deaths and health
conditions. Informed by stigma, intersectionality, intersectional stigma, and fundamental …

COVID-19 and people who use drugs-A commentary

SM Walters, DW Seal, TJ Stopka… - Health behavior and …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Objective: People who use drugs (PWUD) face increased risk of exposure to COVID-19, but
also elevated risk associated from injection drug use. We describe factors underlying their …

[HTML][HTML] Sex workers and syndemics: A population vulnerable to HIV and COVID-19

BG Rogers, A Paradis-Burnett, K Nagel… - Archives of Sexual …, 2021 - Springer
COVID-19 has disproportionately affected vulnerable populations across the US Street-
based sex workers are one vulnerable population whose health and impact of COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] How the rural risk environment underpins hepatitis C risk: Qualitative findings from rural southern Illinois, United States

SM Walters, D Frank, M Felsher, J Jaiswal… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has increased among persons who
inject drugs (PWID) in the United States with disproportionate burden in rural areas. We use …

Social determinants of transactional sex in a sample of young Black and Latinx sexual minority cisgender men and transgender women

R Arrington-Sanders, A Alvarenga, N Galai… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose We sought to explore characteristics and risk factors associated with transactional
sex in a sample of young black and Latinx sexual minority cisgender men and transgender …

Acceptability and effectiveness of hepatitis C care at syringe service programs for people who inject drugs in New York City

B Muncan, AE Jordan, DC Perlman, D Frank… - Substance use & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Introduction/Objectives: The incidence of hepatitis C (HCV) infection is rising among
people who inject drugs (PWID). Even in the context of known HCV prevention and …