2008
Mental, Physical, and Behavioral Outcomes Associated With Perceived Work Stress in Police Officers
Gershon R, Barocas B, Canton A, Xianbin Li, Vlahov D. Mental, Physical, and Behavioral Outcomes Associated With Perceived Work Stress in Police Officers. Criminal Justice And Behavior 2008, 36: 275-289. DOI: 10.1177/0093854808330015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWork stressPolice officersPolice stressEffective copingJob dissatisfactionIntimate partner abuseWorkplace discriminationModifiable stressorsCritical incidentsUrban police departmentPartner abusePolice departmentsHealth outcomesOfficersCopingHigh levelsDissatisfactionStressorsAbuseLack of cooperationAdverse health outcomesOutcomes AssociatedCoworkersDepressionOutcomes
2002
Social determinants and the health of drug users: socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration.
Galea S, Vlahov D. Social determinants and the health of drug users: socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration. Public Health Reports 2002, 117 Suppl 1: s135-45. PMID: 12435837, PMCID: PMC1913691.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug usersHealth consequencesSocioeconomic statusAdverse health consequencesPublic health interventionsIllicit drug useLow socioeconomic statusDrug use behaviorsDrug useHealth interventionsIndividual drug use behaviorRisk behaviorsSocial determinantsSocial factorsHealthStatusHigh levelsMedicationsFactors
1998
Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Increasing Access to Sterile Syringes and Needles as an HIV Prevention Intervention in the United States
Holtgrave D, Pinkerton S, Jones T, Lurie P, Vlahov D. Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Increasing Access to Sterile Syringes and Needles as an HIV Prevention Intervention in the United States. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1998, 18: s133-s138. PMID: 9663636, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199802001-00022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersHIV infectionHIV prevention interventionsSterile syringesPrevention interventionsIDUs' accessActive injection drug usersIllicit drug injectionPublic health decision makersSyringe exchange programsHealth decision makersHIV transmissionDrug injectionHIV preventionHypothetical cohortDrug usersMedical carePocket expenditureInfectionPharmacy salesProgram coverageLifetime costsHigh levelsSyringesUnited States
1996
Evidence for HIV Type 1 Strains of U.S. Intravenous Drug Users as Founders of AIDS Epidemic among Intravenous Drug Users in Northern Europe
Lukashov V, Kuiken C, Vlahov D, Coutinho R, Goudsmit J. Evidence for HIV Type 1 Strains of U.S. Intravenous Drug Users as Founders of AIDS Epidemic among Intravenous Drug Users in Northern Europe. AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses 1996, 12: 1179-1183. PMID: 8844022, DOI: 10.1089/aid.1996.12.1179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravenous drug usersHomosexual menDrug usersV3 sequencesEuropean intravenous drug usersHIV Type 1 StrainsAIDS epidemicHIV-1 epidemicGp120 V3 loopSignature pattern analysisType 1 strainsRisk groupsV3 loopEpidemiological linkMenEpidemicVirusUnited StatesSuggestive evidencePresent suggestive evidenceHigh levelsNucleotide substitutionsEuropean origin
1994
The trading of sex for drugs or money and HIV seropositivity among female intravenous drug users.
Astemborski J, Vlahov D, Warren D, Solomon L, Nelson K. The trading of sex for drugs or money and HIV seropositivity among female intravenous drug users. American Journal Of Public Health 1994, 84: 382-7. PMID: 8129052, PMCID: PMC1614821, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.84.3.382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFemale intravenous drug usersIntravenous drug usersHIV seropositivityHIV infectionDrug usersHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalenceIntravenous drug useDrug-using womenTrading of sexCohort studyVirus seroprevalenceDrug useCocaine useIntensive interventionLogistic regressionSeropositivityNumber of partnersMultivariate modelDrugsWomenSexInfectionGroupHigh levelsSeroprevalence