Summer Institute
   on Longitudinal Research
   August 14-16, 2006

Ricky Bluthenthal, Ph.D., RAND Corporation and California State University, Dominguez Hills

Presentation:

Longitudinal Studies on HIV Risk among Injection Drug Users: The Case of Syringe Exchange Programs

Selected references:

Des Jarlais, D. C., Marmor, M., Paone, D., et al. (1996).  HIV incidence among injecting drug users in New York City syringe-exchange programmes. Lancet, 348, 987-991.

Gibson, D. R., Flynn, N. M., & Perales, D. (2001).  Effectiveness of syringe exchange programs in reducing HIV risk behavior and HIV seroconversion among injecting drug users.  AIDS, 15, 1329-1341.

Bluthenthal, R. N., Kral, A. H., Gee, L., Erringer, E. A., & Edlin, B. R. (2000).  The effect of syringe exchange use on high-risk injection drug users: A cohort study.  AIDS,14, 605-611.

Vlahov, D., Junge, B., Brookmeyer, R., et al. (1997).  Reductions in high-risk drug use behaviors among participants in the Baltimore needle exchange program.  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology, 16, 400-406.

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