2012
Sexual Partners of Street-Based Female Sex Workers in St. Petersburg, Russia: A Model of Partnership Characteristics as a Basis for Further Research
Levina OS, Heimer R, Odinokova V, Bodanovskaya Z, Safiullina L, Irwin KS, Niccolai LM. Sexual Partners of Street-Based Female Sex Workers in St. Petersburg, Russia: A Model of Partnership Characteristics as a Basis for Further Research. Human Organization 2012, 71: 32-43. PMID: 25741032, PMCID: PMC4346184, DOI: 10.17730/humo.71.1.9130380u68614w47.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSex workersFemale sex workersStreet-based sex workersTexts of interviewsSocial workMale partnersSex workSex servicesQualitative interviewsSocial circumstancesPartner engagementDerive hypothesesPartnership characteristicsInterviewsIntervention projectWorkersSt. PetersburgPartner characteristicsRussiaTypologyEngagementPartnersStreetsPotential avenuesViolence
2010
Prevalence and predictors of transitions to and away from syringe exchange use over time in 3 US cities with varied syringe dispensing policies
Green TC, Bluthenthal RN, Singer M, Beletsky L, Grau LE, Marshall P, Heimer R. Prevalence and predictors of transitions to and away from syringe exchange use over time in 3 US cities with varied syringe dispensing policies. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2010, 111: 74-81. PMID: 20537814, PMCID: PMC3087197, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.03.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSyringe exchange programsSEP usersSEP useThree-City cohort studyPolicy change analysisSyringe exchange usePredictors of transitionSecondary syringe exchangePolice contactCohort studyFemale sexHIV riskSyringe availabilityExchange useSyringe exchangeDrug usersDrug paraphernaliaHealth interventionsUS citiesLatino ethnicityIDUsPolicyContextual factorsMultinomial regressionTypology