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High willingness to use overdose prevention sites among suburban people who use drugs who do not inject

Overdose prevention sites (OPS) are evidence-based interventions to improve public health, yet implementation has been limited in the USA due to a variety of legal impediments. Studies in various US settings h...

Kristin E. Schneider, Glenna J. Urquhart, Saba Rouhani… in Harm Reduction Journal (2023)

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A qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to drug treatment services among people who inject drugs in West Virginia

The opioid overdose crisis in the USA has called for expanding access to evidence-based substance use treatment programs, yet many barriers limit the ability of people who inject drugs (PWID) to engage in thes...

Abigail K. Winiker, Kristin E. Schneider, Rebecca Hamilton White… in Harm Reduction Journal (2023)

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Factors Associated with HIV Testing Among People Who Inject Drugs: Findings from a Multistate Study at the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Few studies have examined HIV testing among people who inject drugs (PWID) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines factors associated with PWID who have been recently (past six months) tested for HIV...

Sean T. Allen, Kristin E. Schneider, Miles Morris, Brendan Saloner… in AIDS and Behavior (2023)

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Factors associated with receptive injection equipment sharing among people who inject drugs: findings from a multistate study at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

Receptive injection equipment sharing (i.e., injecting with syringes, cookers, rinse water previously used by another person) plays a central role in the transmission of infectious diseases (e.g., HIV, viral h...

Sean T. Allen, Kristin E. Schneider, Miles Morris, Saba Rouhani… in Harm Reduction Journal (2023)

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Criminalization and coercion: sexual encounters with police among a longitudinal cohort of women who exchange sex in Baltimore, Maryland

The criminalization of sex work and drug use creates unequal power dynamics easily exploited by police. Women who exchange sex (WES) in settings around the globe have reported coerced sex and sexual assault by...

Danielle Friedman Nestadt, Kristin E. Schneider, Catherine Tomko… in Harm Reduction Journal (2023)

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Selling sex in the context of substance use: social and structural drivers of transactional sex among men who use opioids in Maryland

Transactional sex is an important driver of HIV risk among people who use drugs in the USA, but there is a dearth of research characterizing men’s selling and trading of sex in the context of opioid use. To id...

Joseph G. Rosen, Kristin E. Schneider, Sean T. Allen… in Harm Reduction Journal (2022)

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Intersecting substance use treatment and harm reduction services: exploring the characteristics and service needs of a community-based sample of people who use drugs

Substance use treatment and harm reduction services are essential components of comprehensive strategies for reducing the harms of drug use and overdose. However, these services have been historically siloed, ...

Noa Krawczyk, Sean T. Allen, Kristin E. Schneider, Keisha Solomon… in Harm Reduction Journal (2022)

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NIMBYism and Harm Reduction Programs: Results from Baltimore City

Saba Rouhani, Kristin E. Schneider, Noelle Weicker, Sara Whaley… in Journal of Urban Health (2022)

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Factors Associated with Likelihood of Initiating Others into Injection Drug Use Among People Who Inject Drugs in West Virginia

People who inject drugs (PWID) play a critical role in injection-naïve individuals transitioning to injection drug use. We investigated factors associated with future likelihood of initiating injection-naïve i...

Sean T. Allen, Kristin E. Schneider, Alyona Mazhnaya… in AIDS and Behavior (2022)

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Health Beliefs and Preventive Behaviors Among Adults During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: a Latent Class Analysis

The objectives of this study are to (1) characterize patterns of preventive behaviors 3 months after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national emergency in the USA and (2) identify how health beliefs (e.g....

Emily Smail, Kristin E. Schneider, Stephanie M. DeLong, Kalai Willis… in Prevention Science (2021)

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Food access among people who inject drugs in West Virginia

The substance use epidemic in the United States continues to drive high levels of morbidity and mortality, particularly among people who inject drugs (PWID). Poor access to food often co-occurs with drug use a...

Saba Rouhani, Sean T. Allen, Sara Whaley, Rebecca Hamilton White… in Harm Reduction Journal (2021)

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“People Don’t Just Start Shooting Heroin on Their 18^th Birthday”: A Qualitative Study of Community Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Adolescent Opioid Use and Opportunities for Intervention in Baltimore, Maryland

Initiation of non-medical prescription opioid use (NMPO) during early adolescence is tightly linked to heroin and other drug use disorders and related sequelae in later adolescence and young adulthood. Few stu...

Sabriya L. Linton, Abigail Winiker, Kayla N. Tormohlen… in Prevention Science (2021)

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Practical implications of naloxone knowledge among suburban people who use opioids

Naloxone distribution programs have been a cornerstone of the public health response to the overdose crisis in the USA. Yet people who use opioids (PWUO) continue to face a number of barriers accessing naloxon...

Kristin E. Schneider, Glenna J. Urquhart, Saba Rouhani… in Harm Reduction Journal (2021)

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Correlates of recent nonfatal overdose among people who inject drugs in West Virginia

Experiencing a nonfatal overdose (NFOD) is a significant risk factor for a subsequent nonfatal or fatal overdose. Overdose mortality rates in rural Appalachian states are some of the highest in the USA, but li...

N. Jia Ahmad, Sean T. Allen, Rebecca Hamilton White… in Harm Reduction Journal (2021)