Search Results - "Chronister, Karen"

Treatment adherence and support for people who inject drugs taking direct‐acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C infection by Read, Phillip, Gilliver, Rosie, Kearley, John, Lothian, Rebecca, Cunningham, Evan B., Chronister, Karen J., Dore, Gregory J.

“…A community‐based public health facility in Sydney, Australia, the Kirketon Road Centre (KRC), provides health care to people who inject drugs (PWID), homeless…”
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Performance and image enhancing drug injectors’ access to needle syringe programs: Responding to a public policy dilemma by van Beek, Ingrid, Chronister, Karen J

“…Highlights • Little is known about PIEDs injectors. • PIEDs injectors were at low risk of blood-borne infections. • Targeted evidence-based responses can…”
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Findings and lessons learnt from implementing Australia's first health service based take‐home naloxone program by Chronister, Karen J., Lintzeris, Nicholas, Jackson, Anthony, Ivan, Mihaela, Dietze, Paul M., Lenton, Simon, Kearley, John, van Beek, Ingrid

“…Introduction and Aims Opioid overdose prevention programs providing take‐home naloxone have been expanding internationally. This paper summarises findings and…”
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Does training people to administer take‐home naloxone increase their knowledge? Evidence from Australian programs by Dietze, Paul M., Draper, Bridget, Olsen, Anna, Chronister, Karen J., van Beek, Ingrid, Lintzeris, Nicholas, Dwyer, Robyn, Nelson, Marina, Lenton, Simon

“…Introduction and Aims Take‐home naloxone (THN) programs have been operating in Australia since 2012 in a variety of settings. We examine whether THN programs…”
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Needs-based public health service provision ensures equity by van Beek, Ingrid, Chronister, Karen J

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Feasibility and acceptability of adherence support for direct acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C in a low‐threshold primary health‐care opioid agonist treatment program by Chronister, Karen J., Lothian, Rebecca, Gilliver, Rosie, Kearley, John, Read, Phillip

“…Introduction and Aims To maximise the benefits of direct acting antivirals in Australia, innovative options for marginalised populations to receive daily or…”
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Assessing the accuracy of self-reporting HIV testing behaviour in Houston/Harris County, Texas by Rehman, Hafeez, Khuwaja, Salma, Siddiqui, Zuhair, Chronister, Karen

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Comparison of self-reported HIV testing data with medical records data in Houston, TX 2012-2013 by An, Qian, PhD, Chronister, Karen, PhD, Song, Ruiguang, PhD, Pearson, Megan, MPH, Pan, Yi, PhD, Yang, Biru, PhD, Khuwaja, Salma, DrPH, Hernandez, Angela, MD, MPH, Hall, H Irene, PhD

“…Abstract Objective To assess the agreement between self-reported and medical record data on HIV status and dates of first positive and last negative HIV tests…”
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Late HIV diagnosis in Houston/Harris County, Texas, 2000-2007 by Yang, Biru, Chan, Shirley K., Mohammad, Naqi, Meyer, Jeffrey A., Risser, Jan, Chronister, Karen J., Wolverton, Marcia L., Arafat, Raouf R., Hwang, Lu-Yu

“…This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and predictive factors associated with late HIV diagnoses in Houston, Texas using surveillance…”
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A comparison of HIV risk behaviors between early and late initiators of injection drug use in Houston, Texas by Rehman, Hafeez U., Noor, Syed W., Chronister, Karen J., Wolverton, Marcia L., Taiym, Wafa, Arafat, Raouf R.

“…Abstract Background: Injecting drug use accounts for 10% of new HIV cases worldwide. Younger injecting drug users are more likely to engage in HIV risk…”
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Likely Female-to-Female Sexual Transmission of HIV — Texas, 2012 by Chan, Shirley K., Thornton, Lupita R., Chronister, Karen J., Meyer, Jeffrey, Wolverton, Marcia, Johnson, Cynthia K., Arafat, Raouf R., Joyce, M. Patricia, Switzer, William M., Heneine, Walid, Shankar, Anupama, Granade, Timothy, Owen, S. Michele, Sprinkle, Patrick, Sullivan, Vickie

“…In August 2012, the Houston Department of Health contacted CDC regarding the rare transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) likely by sexual contact…”
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Social and Mental Health Needs Assessment of Katrina Evacuees by Coker, Ann L., Hanks, Jeanne S., Eggleston, Katherine S., Risser, Jan, Tee, P. Grace, Chronister, Karen J., Troisi, Catherine L., Arafat, Raouf, Franzini, Luisa

“…Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm on August 29, 2005. Many residents were evacuated to neighboring cities owing to…”
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Delivering direct acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C to highly marginalised and current drug injecting populations in a targeted primary health care setting by Read, Phillip, Lothian, Rebecca, Chronister, Karen, Gilliver, Rosie, Kearley, John, Dore, Gregory J, van Beek, Ingrid

“…Abstract Background The Kirketon Road Centre (KRC) is a community-based public health facility in Sydney, Australia, that provides healthcare to people who…”
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Hepatitis C virus transmission between eight high-income countries among men who have sex with men: a whole-genome analysis by Koopsen, Jelle, Matthews, Gail, Rockstroh, Juergen, Applegate, Tanya L, Bhagani, Sanjay, Rauch, Andri, Grebely, Jason, Sacks-Davis, Rachel, Ingiliz, Patrick, Boesecke, Christoph, Rebers, Sjoerd, Feld, Jordan, Bruneau, Julie, Martinello, Marianne, Hellard, Margaret, Dore, Gregory J, Schinkel, Janke, van der Valk, Marc

“…Microelimination of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) among men who have sex with men (MSM) could be complicated by continuous external introductions and the…”
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