2010
Opium Trade, Insurgency, and HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan: Relationships and Regional Consequences
Griffin N, Khoshnood K. Opium Trade, Insurgency, and HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan: Relationships and Regional Consequences. Asia Pacific Journal Of Public Health 2010, 22: 159s-167s. PMID: 20566549, DOI: 10.1177/1010539510374524.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpium tradeHIV/AIDSEffective policy makingOngoing insurgencyConflict studiesPublic health conceptsPolicy makingOngoing conflictComplex indirect relationshipsPolicy implicationsRegional consequencesAfghanistanRegional approachGlobal importConceptual frameworkInsurgencyHIV epidemicKey linkagesGlobal healthAnalytical reviewTradeGrey literatureHealth conceptsEmergenceImportant research
2009
Expanded Access to Naloxone: Options for Critical Response to the Epidemic of Opioid Overdose Mortality
Kim D, Irwin KS, Khoshnood K. Expanded Access to Naloxone: Options for Critical Response to the Epidemic of Opioid Overdose Mortality. American Journal Of Public Health 2009, 99: 402-407. PMID: 19150908, PMCID: PMC2661437, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2008.136937.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid overdose mortalityEmergency medical personnelIllicit opioidsPreventable deathsOpioid overdoseOverdose symptomsCurrent evidenceOverdose mortalityNaloxoneRecent pilot programOverdose victimsMedical personnelOverdosesPossible policiesFamily membersProgram responsesEpidemicPilot programCritical responseUnited StatesOpioidsFirst respondersOverdoseSymptoms
2000
The social geography of AIDS and hepatitis risk: qualitative approaches for assessing local differences in sterile-syringe access among injection drug users.
Singer M, Stopka T, Siano C, Springer K, Barton G, Khoshnood K, Gorry de Puga A, Heimer R. The social geography of AIDS and hepatitis risk: qualitative approaches for assessing local differences in sterile-syringe access among injection drug users. American Journal Of Public Health 2000, 90: 1049-56. PMID: 10897181, PMCID: PMC1446282, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.90.7.1049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSterile syringe accessDrug use sitesIndividual-level characteristicsSocial geographyEthnographic descriptionSocial mapTarget neighborhoodsSocial contextQualitative approachNortheastern cityNeighborhood differencesQualitative methodsFocus groupsSocial factorsSyringe accessSurvey approachDrug usersSyringe acquisitionAccessInjection drug usersGeographyFull understandingInterviewsDrug useCity