Our Research

The goal of our research is health promotion and disease prevention.  Our research focuses on a wide variety of topics including HIV prevention, drug abuse, social networks, informal caregiving, urban health, overdose prevention, peer education, chronic diseases, and neighborhood effects.  Our projects have been conducted in both U.S. and international settings.  

Our Publications:

2011

Latkin C, Yang C, Srikrishnan AK, Solomon S, Mehta SH, Celentano DD, Kumar MS, Knowlton A, Solomon SS. (2011). The relationship between social network factors, HIV, and Hepatitis C among injection drug users in Chennai, India. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print]

German D, Sifakis F, Maulsby C, Towe VL, Flynn CP, Latkin CA, Celentano DD, Hauck H, Holtgrave DR. (2011). Persistently high prevalence and unrecognized HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Baltimore: the BESURE Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Feb 4. [Epub ahead of print]

Tobin KE, Kuramoto SJ, Davey-Rothwell MA, Latkin CA. (2011). The STEP into Action study: a peer-based, personal risk network-focused HIV prevention intervention with injection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland. Addiction. 106(2):366-75.

Booth RE, Lehman WE, Latkin CA, Dvoryak S, Brewster JT, Royer MS, Sinitsyna L. (2011). Individual and network interventions with injection drug users in 5 Ukraine cities. Am J Public Health. 101(2):336-43.

Neblett RC, Davey-Rothwell M, Chander G, Latkin CA. (2011). Social Network Characteristics and HIV Sexual Risk Behavior among Urban African American Women. J Urban Health. 88(1):54-65.

German D, Latkin CA. (2011). Social Stability and HIV Risk Behavior: Evaluating the Role of Accumulated Vulnerability. AIDS Behav. 2011 Jan 23. [Epub ahead of print]

Go VF, Srikrishnan AK, Parker CB, Salter M, Green AM, Sivaram S, Johnson SC, Latkin C, Davis W, Solomon S, Celentano DD. (2011). High prevalence of forced sex among non-brothel based, wine shop centered sex workers in chennai, India. AIDS Behav. 15(1):163-71.

Gyarmathy VA, Li N, Tobin KE, Hoffman IF, Sokolov N, Levchenko J, Batluk J, Kozlov AA, Kozlov AP, Latkin CA. (2011). Unprotected sex in heterosexual partnerships of injecting drug users in st. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 15(1):58-64.

Yang C, Tobin K, Latkin C. (2011). Perceived serosorting of injection paraphernalia sharing networks among injection drug users in Baltimore, MD. AIDS Behav. 15(1):16-21.

Gyarmathy VA, Neaigus A, Li N, Ujhelyi E, Caplinskiene I, Caplinskas S, Latkin CA. (2011). Infection disclosure in the injecting dyads of Hungarian and Lithuanian injecting drug users who self-reported being infected with hepatitis C virus or human immunodeficiency virus. Scand J Infect Dis. 43(1):32-42.

Go VF, Frangakis C, Nam le V, Sripaipan T, Bergenstrom A, Li F, Latkin C, Celentano DD, Quan VM. (2011) Characteristics of High-Risk HIV-Positive IDUs in Vietnam: Implications for Future Interventions. Subst Use Misuse. 46(4):381-9.

Mitchell MM, Knowlton A. (2011). Caregiver Role Overload and Network Support in a Sample of Predominantly Low-Income, African-American Caregivers of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis. AIDS Behav. 2011 Jan 23. [Epub ahead of print]

2010

Turner AK, Latkin C, Sonenstein F, Tandon SD. (2010) Psychiatric disorder symptoms, substance use, and sexual risk behavior among African-American out of school youth. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Dec 7. [Epub ahead of print]

Latkin C, Weeks MR, Glasman L, Galletly C, Albarracin D. (2010). A dynamic social systems model for considering structural factors in HIV prevention and detection. AIDS Behav. 14(Suppl 2):222-38.

Salter ML, Go VF, Minh NL, Gregowski A, Ha TV, Rudolph A, Latkin C, Celentano DD, Quan VM. (2010). Influence of Perceived Secondary Stigma and Family on the Response to HIV Infection Among Injection Drug Users in Vietnam. AIDS Educ Prev. 22(6):558-70.

Solomon SS, Celentano DD, Srikrishnan AK, Vasudevan CK, Murugavel KG, Iqbal SH, Anand S, Kumar MS, Latkin C, Solomon S, Mehta SH. (2010). Low incidences of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus infection and declining risk behaviors in a cohort of injection drug users in Chennai, India. Am J Epidemiol. 172(11):1259-67.

Yang C, Latkin C, Luan R, Wang C, Nelson K. (2010). HIV, syphilis, hepatitis C and risk behaviours among commercial sex male clients in Sichuan province, China. Sex Transm Infect. 86(7):559-64.

Latkin C. (2010). Compass or blinders: the role of theory in studying health behaviors and addiction. Addiction. 105(11):1893-4.

Ayers JW, Hofstetter CR, Hughes SC, Park H, Paik HY, Irvin VL, Lee J, Juon HS, Latkin C, Hovell MF. (2010). Smoking on both sides of the pacific: home smoking restrictions and secondhand smoke exposure among Korean adults and children in Seoul and California. Nicotine Tob Res. 12(11):1142-50.

Latkin C, Yang C, Tobin K, Hulbert A. (2010). Factors associated with recruiting an HIV seropositive risk network member among injection drug users. AIDS Behav. 14(5):1137-41.

Tobin KE, Davey-Rothwell M, Latkin CA. (2010). Social-level correlates of shooting gallery attendance: a focus on networks and norms. AIDS Behav. 14(5):1142-8.

Latkin CA, Kuramoto SJ, Davey-Rothwell MA, Tobin KE. (2010). Social norms, social networks, and HIV risk behavior among injection drug users. AIDS Behav. 14(5):1159-68.

Latkin C, Srikrishnan AK, Yang C, Johnson S, Solomon SS, Kumar S, Celentano DD, Solomon S. (2010). The relationship between drug use stigma and HIV injection risk behaviors among injection drug users in Chennai, India. Drug Alcohol Depend. 110(3):221-7.

Yang C, Latkin C, Luan R, Nelson K. (2010). Peer norms and consistent condom use with female sex workers among male clients in Sichuan province, China. Soc Sci Med. 71(4):832-9.

Degenhardt L, Mathers B, Vickerman P, Rhodes T, Latkin C, Hickman M. (2010). Prevention of HIV infection for people who inject drugs: why individual, structural, and combination approaches are needed. Lancet. 376(9737):285-301.

NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group. (2010). Results of the NIMH collaborative HIV/sexually transmitted disease prevention trial of a community popular opinion leader intervention. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 54(2):204-14.

Bohnert AS, German D, Knowlton AR, Latkin CA. (2010). Friendship networks of inner-city adults: a latent class analysis and multi-level regression of supporter types and the association of supporter latent class membership with supporter and recipient drug use. Drug Alcohol Depend. 107(2-3):134-40.

Yang C, Latkin C, Luan R, Nelson K. (2010). Condom use with female sex workers among male clients in Sichuan Province, China: the role of interpersonal and venue-level factors. J Urban Health. 87(2):292-303.

Yang C, Latkin CA, Liu P, Nelson KE, Wang C, Luan R. (2010). A qualitative study on commercial sex behaviors among male clients in Sichuan Province, China. AIDS Care. 22(2):246-52.

Yang X, Xia G, Li X, Latkin C, Celentano D. (2010). Social influence and individual risk factors of HIV unsafe sex among female entertainment workers in China. AIDS Educ Prev. 22(1):69-86.

Davey-Rothwell, M, Latkin, C, Tobin, K. (2010). Longitudinal analysis of the relationship between perceived norms and sharing injection paraphernalia. AIDS Behav. 14(4):878-84.

Gyarmathy, V, Li, N, Tobin, K, Hoffman, I, Sokolov, N, Levchenko, J, Batluk, J, Kozlov, A, Kozlov, A, Latkin, C. (2010). Injecting equipment sharing in Russian drug injecting dyads. AIDS Behav. 14(1):141-51.

Castor D, Pilowsky DJ, Hadden B, Fuller C, Ompad DC, de Leon CL, Neils G, Hoepner L, Andrews HF, Latkin C, Hoover DR. (2010). Sexual risk reduction among non-injection drug users: report of a randomized controlled trial. AIDS Care. 22(1):62-70.

Knowlton AR, Yang C, Bohnert A, Wissow L, Chander G, Arnsten JA. (2010). Informal Care and Reciprocity of Support are Associated with HAART Adherence Among Men in Baltimore, MD, USA. AIDS Behav. 2010 Jul 15. [Epub ahead of print]

Knowlton AR, Arnsten JH, Eldred LJ, Wilkinson JD, Shade SB, Bohnert AS, Yang C, Wissow LS, Purcell DW. (2010). Antiretroviral use among active injection-drug users: the role of patient-provider engagement and structural factors. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 24(7):421-8.

Nachega JB, Chaisson RE, Goliath R, Efron A, Chaudhary MA, Ram M, Morroni C, Schoeman H, Knowlton AR, Maartens G. (2010). Randomized controlled trial of trained patient-nominated treatment supporters providing partial directly observed antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 24(9):1273-80.

Mizuno Y, Purcell DW, Latka MH, Metsch LR, Ding H, Gomez CA, Knowlton AR. (2010). Is sexual serosorting occurring among HIV-positive injection drug users? Comparison between those with HIV-positive partners only, HIV-negative partners only, and those with any partners of unknown status. AIDS Behav. 14(1):92-102.

Gyarmathy VA, Neaigus A, Li N, Ujhelyi E, Caplinskiene I, Caplinskas S, Latkin CA. (2010). Liquid drugs and high dead space syringes may keep HIV and HCV prevalence high - a comparison of Hungary and Lithuania. Eur Addict Res. 16(4):220-8.

2009

Latkin C. (2009). Identifying neighborhood stressors in assessment of drug treatment continuity and relapse. Am J Psychiatry. 166(11):1207-8.

Bohnert AS, Latkin CA. (2009). HIV testing and conspiracy beliefs regarding the origins of HIV among African Americans. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 23(9):759-63.

Bohnert AS, Bradshaw CP, Latkin CA. (2009). A social network perspective on heroin and cocaine use among adults: evidence of bidirectional influences. Addiction. 104(7):1210-8.

Sivaram S, Zelaya C, Srikrishnan AK, Latkin C, Go VF, Solomon S, Celentano D. (2009). Associations between social capital and HIV stigma in Chennai, India: considerations for prevention intervention design. AIDS Educ Prev. 21(3):233-50.

Barrington C, Latkin C, Sweat MD, Moreno L, Ellen J, Kerrigan D. (2009). Talking the talk, walking the walk: social network norms, communication patterns, and condom use among the male partners of female sex workers in La Romana, Dominican Republic. Soc Sci Med. 68(11):2037-44.

Latkin C, Donnell D, Celentano DD, Aramrattna A, Liu TY, Vongchak T, Wiboonnatakul K, Davis-Vogel A, Metzger D. (2009). Relationships between social norms, social network characteristics, and HIV risk behaviors in Thailand and the United States. Health Psychol. 28(3):323-9.

Davey-Rothwell M, Frydl A, Latkin C. (2009). Does taking steps to control one's drug use predict entry into treatment? Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 35(5):279-83.

Latkin, C, Donnell, D, Metzger, D, Sherman, S, Aramrattna, A, Davis-Vogel, A, Quan, V, Gandham, S, Vongchak, T, Perdue, T, Celentano, D. (2009). The efficacy of a network intervention to reduce HIV risk behaviors among drug users and risk partners in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Philadelphia, USA. Soc Sci Med. 68(4):740-8.

Havens, J, Latkin, C, Cornelius, L, Bishai, D, Huettner, S, Rapp, C, Rickets, E, Lloyd, J, Strathdee, S. (2009). Predictors of opiate agonist treatment retention among injection drug users referred from a needle exchange program. J Subst Abuse Treat. 36(3):306-12.

Sutcliffe, C, German, D, Sirirojn, B, Latkin, C, Aramrattana, A, Sherman, S, Celentano, D. (2009). Patterns of methamphetamine use and symptoms of depression among young adults in northern Thailand. Drug Alcohol Depend. 101(3):146-51.

Mizuno, Y, Purcell, D, Zhang, J, Knowlton, A, De Varona, M, Arnsten, J, Knight, K. (2009). Predictors of current housing status among HIV-seropositive injection drug users (IDUs): Results from a 1-year study. AIDS Behav. 13(1):165-72.

Sherman, S, Sutcliffe, C, Srirojn, B, Latkin, C, Aramratanna, A, Celentano, D. (2009). Evaluation of a peer network intervention trial among young methamphetamine users in Chaing Mai, Thailand. Soc Sci Med. 68(1):69-79.

Quan, V, Go, V, Nam le, V, Bergenstrom, A, Thuoc, N, Zenilman, J, Latkin, C, Celentano, D. (2009). Risk for HIV, HBV, and HCV infections among male injection drug users in northern Vietnam: A case-control study. AIDS Care. 21(1):7-16.

Schumacher, C, Go, V, Van Nam, L, Latkin, C, Bergenstrom, A, Celentano, D, Quan, V. (2009). Social injecting and other correlates of high-risk sexual activity among injecting drug users in northern Vietnam. Int J Drug Policy. 20(4):352-6.

Philbin, M, Mantsios, A, Lozada, R, Case, P, Pollini, R, Alvelais, J, Latkin, C, Magis-Rodriguez, C, Strathdee, S. (2009). Exploring stakeholder perceptions of acceptability and feasibility of needle exchange programmes, syringe vending machines and safer injection facilities in Tijuana, Mexico. Int J Drug Policy. 20(4):329-35.

Tobin, KE, Sherman, SG, Beilenson, P, Welsh, C, & Latkin, CA. (2009). Evaluation of the Staying Alive programme: Training injection drug users to properly administer naloxone and save lives. Int.J Drug Policy. 20(2):131-6.

Sherman, SG, Gann, DS, Tobin, KE, Latkin, CA, Welsh, C, & Bielenson, P. (2009). "The life they save may be mine": Diffusion of overdose prevention information from a city sponsored programme. Int.J Drug Policy. 20(2):137-42.

Gyarmathy VA, Li N, Tobin KE, Hoffman IF, Sokolov N, Levchenko J, Batluk J, Kozlov AA, Kozlov AP, Latkin CA. (2009). Correlates of unsafe equipment sharing among injecting drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia. Eur Addict Res. 15(3):163-70.

Mizuno Y, Purcell DW, Zhang J, Knowlton AR, De Varona M, Arnsten JH, Knight KR. (2009). Predictors of Current Housing Status Among HIV-Seropositive Injection Drug Users (IDUs): Results from a 1-Year Study. AIDS Behav. 13(1):165-72.

Mitchell MM, Knowlton A. (2009). Stigma, disclosure, and depressive symptoms among informal caregivers of people living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 23(8):611-7.

Latkin CA, German D, Hua W, Curry AD. (2009). Individual-level influences on perceptions of neighborhood disorder: A multilevel analysis. J Community Psychol. 37(1):122-133.

2008

Tobin KE, Latkin CA. (2008). An examination of social network characteristics of men who have sex with men who use drugs. Sex Transm Infect. 84(6):420-4.

Latkin CA, Buchanan AS, Metsch LR, Knight K, Latka MH, Mizuno Y, Knowlton AR; the Intervention for Seropositive InjectorsResearch Evaluation Team. (2008). Predictors of Sharing Injection Equipment by HIV-Seropositive Injection Drug Users. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 Oct 16. [Epub ahead of print]

Gyarmathy, V, Latkin, C. (2008). Individual and social factors associated with participation in treatment programs for drug users. Subst Use Misuse. 43(12-13):1865-81.

Welsh, C, Sherman, S, Tobin, K. (2008). A case of heroin overdose reversed by sublingually administered buprenorphine/naloxone (suboxone). Addiction. 103(7):1226-8.

Davey-Rothwell, M, German, D, Latkin, C. (2008). Residential transience and depression: Does the relationship exist for men and women?. J Urban Health. 85(5):707-16.

Lloyd, J, Strathdee, S, Pu, M, Havens, J, Cornelius, L, Huettner, S, Latkin, C. (2008). The impact of opiate agonist maintenance therapy on drug use within social networks of injecting drug users. Am J Addict. 17(5):414-21.

Philbin, M, Lozada, R, Zúñiga, M, Mantsios, A, Case, P, Magis-Rodriguez, C, Latkin, C, Strathdee, S. (2008). A qualitative assessment of stakeholder perceptions and socio-cultural influences on the acceptability of harm reduction programs in Tijuana, Mexico. Harm Reduct J. 5:36.

Latkin, C, Buchanan, A, Metsch, L, Knight, K, Latka, M, Mizuno, Y, Knowlton, A, Intervention for Seropositive Injectors – Research Evaluation Team. (2008). Predictors of sharing injection equipment by HIV-seropositive injection drug users. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 49(4):447-50.

Solomon, S, Srikrishnan, A, Mehta, S, Vasudevan, C, Murugavel, K, Thamburaj, E, Anand, S, Kumar, M, Latkin, C, Solomon, S, Celentano, D. (2008). High prevalence of HIV, HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfection, and risk behaviors among injection drug users in Chennai, India: A cause for concern. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 49(3):327-32.

Holtgrave, D, Davey-Rothwell, M. (2008). Why don’t physicians test for HIV?. AIDS. 22(1):162.

Walkup, J, Blank, M, Gonzalez, J, Safren, S, Schwartz, R, Brown, L, Wilson, I, Knowlton, A, Lombard, F, Grossman, C, Lyda, K, Schumacher, J. (2008). The impact of mental health and substance abuse factors on HIV prevention and treatment. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 47 Suppl 1:S15-9.

Curry, A, Latkin, C, & Davey-Rothwell, M. (2008). Pathways to depression: The impact of neighborhood violent crime on inner-city residents in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Soc Sci Med. 67(1):23-30.

Davey-Rothwell, MA & Latkin, CA. (2008). An examination of perceived norms and exchanging sex for money or drugs among women injectors in Baltimore, MD, USA. Int.J STD AIDS. 19(1):47-50.

Knowlton, A, Buchanan, A, Wissow, L, Pilowsky, DJ, & Latkin, C. (2008). Externalizing behaviors among children of HIV seropositive former and current drug users: parent support network factors as social ecological risks. J Urban Health. 85(1):62-76.

Buchanan, AS & Latkin, CA. (2008). Drug use in the social networks of heroin and cocaine users before and after drug cessation. Drug Alcohol Depend. 96(3):286-9.

Davey-Rothwell, MA, Kuramoto, SJ, & Latkin, CA. (2008). Social networks, norms, and 12-step group participation. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 34(2):185-193.

German, D, Sherman, SG, Latkin, CA, Sirirojn, B, Thomson, N, Sutcliffe, CG et al. (2008). Young Thai women who use methamphetamine: intersection of sexual partnerships, drug use, and social networks. Int J Drug Policy. 19(2):122-129.

Celentano, DD, Sirirojn, B, Sutcliffe, CG, Quan, VM, Thomson, N, Keawvichit, R et al. (2008). Sexually transmitted infections and sexual and substance use correlates among young adults in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Sex Transm Dis. 35(4):400-405.

Winstanley, EL, Steinwachs, DM, Ensminger, ME, Latkin, CA, Stitzer, ML, & Olsen, Y. (2008). The association of self-reported neighborhood disorganization and social capital with adolescent alcohol and drug use, dependence, and access to treatment. Drug Alcohol Depend. 92(1-3):173-182.

Sivaram, S, Srikrishnan, AK, Latkin, C, Iriondo-Perez, J, Go, VF, Solomon, S et al. (2008). Male alcohol use and unprotected sex with non-regular partners: evidence from wine shops in Chennai, India. Drug Alcohol Depend. 94(1-3):133-141.

Strathdee, SA, Lozada, R, Pollini, RA, Brouwer, KC, Mantsios, A, Abramovitz, DA et al. (2008). Individual, social, and environmental influences associated with HIV infection among injection drug users in Tijuana, Mexico. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 47(3):369-376.

Panchanadeswaran, S, Johnson, SC, Sivaram, S, Srikrishnan, AK, Latkin, C, Bentley, ME et al. (2008). Intimate partner violence is as important as client violence in increasing street-based female sex workers' vulnerability to HIV in India. Int J Drug Policy. 19(2):106-112.

Bishai, D, Sindelar, J, Ricketts, EP, Huettner, S, Cornelius, L, Lloyd, JJ et al. (2008). Willingness to pay for drug rehabilitation: Implications for cost recovery. J Health Econ. 27(4):959-72.

2007

Davey-Rothwell, MA & Latkin, CA. (2007). Gender Differences in Social Network Influence among Injection Drug Users: Perceived Norms and Needle Sharing. J Urban Health. 84(5):691-703.

Davey-Rothwell, MA & Latkin, CA. (2007). HIV-related communication and perceived norms: an analysis of the connection among injection drug users. AIDS Educ Prev. 19(4):298-309.

German, D, Davey, MA, & Latkin, CA. (2007). Residential transience and HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users. AIDS Behav. 11(6 Suppl):21-30.

Go, VF, Solomon, S, Srikrishnan, AK, Sivaram, S, Johnson, SC, Sripaipan, T et al. (2007). HIV rates and risk behaviors are low in the general population of men in Southern India but high in alcohol venues: results from 2 probability surveys. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 46(4):491-497.

Havens, JR, Cornelius, LJ, Ricketts, EP, Latkin, CA, Bishai, D, Lloyd, JJ et al. (2007). The effect of a case management intervention on drug treatment entry among treatment-seeking injection drug users with and without comorbid antisocial personality disorder. J Urban Health. 84(2):267-271.

Knight, KR, Shade, SB, Purcell, DW, Rose, CD, Metsch, LR, Latka, MH et al. (2007). Sexual transmission risk behavior reported among behaviorally bisexual HIV-positive injection drug-using men. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 46 Suppl 2:S80-S87.

Latkin, CA, Curry, AD, Hua, W, & Davey, MA. (2007). Direct and indirect associations of neighborhood disorder with drug use and high-risk sexual partners. Am J Prev Med. 32(6 Suppl):S234-S241.

Davey, MA, Latkin, CA, Hua, W, Tobin, KE, & Strathdee, S. (2007).  Individual and social network factors that predict entry to drug treatment. Am J Addict. 16(1):38-45.

Tobin KE, Hua W, Costenbader EC, Latkin CA. (2007). The association between change in social network characteristics and non-fatal overdose: Results from the SHIELD study in Baltimore, MD, USA. Drug Alcohol Depend. 87(1):63-8.

Beyrer, C, Baral, S, Shaboltas, A, Dukhovlinova, E, Masharsky, A, Verevochkin, S et al. (2007). The feasibility of HIV vaccine efficacy trials among Russian injection drug users. Vaccine. 25(41):7014-7016.

Lloyd, JJ, Ricketts, EP, Havens, JR, Cornelius, LJ, Bishai, D, Huettner, S et al. (2007). The relationship between lifetime abuse and suicidal ideation in a sample of injection drug users. J Psychoactive Drugs. 39(2):159-166.

Metsch, LR, Pereyra, M, Purcell, DW, Latkin, CA, Malow, R, Gomez, CA et al. (2007). Correlates of lending needles/syringes among HIV-seropositive injection drug users. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 46 Suppl 2:S72-S79.

Mizuno, Y, Purcell, DW, Latka, MH, Metsch, LR, Gomez, CA, & Latkin, CA. (2007). Beliefs that condoms reduce sexual pleasure-gender differences in correlates among heterosexual HIV-positive injection drug users (IDUs). J Urban Health. 84(4):523-536.

Pilowsky, DJ, Hoover, D, Hadden, B, Fuller, C, Ompad, DC, Andrews, HF et al. (2007). Impact of social network characteristics on high-risk sexual behaviors among non-injection drug users. Subst Use Misuse. 42(11):1629-1649.

Williams, CT & Latkin, CA. (2007). Neighborhood socioeconomic status, personal network attributes, and use of heroin and cocaine. Am J Prev Med. 32(6 Suppl):S203-S210.

Tobin, KE, Muessig, KE, & Latkin, CA. (2007). HIV seropositive drug users' attitudes towards partner notification (PCRS): results from the SHIELD study in Baltimore, Maryland. Patient Educ Couns. 67(1-2):137-142.

Smith, KC, Lillie, TL, & Latkin, C. (2007). Injection drug users' strategies to manage perceptions of personal risk: how do IDUs see HIV as having affected them? AIDS Educ Prev. 19(3):245-257.

Sivaram, S, Johnson, S, Bentley, ME, Srikrishnan, AK, Latkin, CA, Go, VF et al. (2007). Exploring "wine shops" as a venue for HIV prevention interventions in urban India. J Urban Health. 84(4):563-576.

Semba, RD, Ricketts, EP, Mehta, SF, Kirk, GD, Latkin, C, Galai, N et al. (2007). Adherence and retention of female injection drug users in a phase III clinical trial in inner city Baltimore. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 33(1):71-80.

Purcell, DW, Latka, MH, Metsch, LR, Latkin, CA, Gomez, CA, Mizuno, Y et al. (2007). Results from a randomized controlled trial of a peer-mentoring intervention to reduce HIV transmission and increase access to care and adherence to HIV medications among HIV-seropositive injection drug users. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 46 Suppl 2:S35-S47.

Coffin PO, Latka MH, Latkin C, Wu Y, Purcell DW, Metsch L, Gomez C, Gourevitch MN; INSPIRE Study Group. (2007). Safe Syringe Disposal is Related to Safe Syringe Access among HIV-positive Injection Drug Users. AIDS Behav. 11(5):652-62.

Valverde EE, Purcell DW, Waldrop-Valverde D, Malow R, Knowlton AR, Gómez CA, Farrell N, Latka MH; for the INSPIRE Study Team. (2007). Correlates of depression among HIV-positive women and men who inject drugs. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 46 Suppl 2:S96-100.

Arnsten JH, Li X, Mizuno Y, Knowlton AR, Gourevitch MN, Handley K, Knight KR, Metsch LR; for the INSPIRE Study Team. (2007). Factors associated with antiretroviral therapy adherence and medication errors among HIV-infected injection drug users. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 46 Suppl 2:S64-71.

Mitchell SG, Edwards LV, Mackenzie S, Knowlton AR, Valverde EE, Arnsten JH, Santibanez S, Latka MH, Mizuno Y; for the INSPIRE Study Team. (2007). Participants' descriptions of social support within a multisite intervention for HIV-seropositive injection drug users (INSPIRE). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 46 Suppl 2:S55-63.

Wilkinson JD, Zhao W, Arnsten JH, Knowlton AR, Mizuno Y, Shade SB, Gourevitch MN, Santibanez S, Metsch LR; for the INSPIRE Study Team. (2007). Longitudinal correlates of health care-seeking behaviors among HIV-seropositive injection drug users: how can we intervene to improve health care utilization? J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 46 Suppl 2:S120-6.

Knowlton AR, Arnsten JH, Gourevitch MN, Eldred L, Wilkinson JD, Rose CD, Buchanan A, Purcell DW; INSPIRE Study Team. (2007). Microsocial environmental influences on highly active antiretroviral therapy outcomes among active injection drug users: the role of informal caregiving and household factors. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 46 Suppl 2:S110-9.

Frye V, Latka MH, Wu Y, Valverde EE, Knowlton AR, Knight KR, Arnsten JH, O'Leary A; INSPIRE Study Team. (2007). Intimate partner violence perpetration against main female partners among HIV-positive male injection drug users. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 46 Suppl 2:S101-9.

Cruz MF, Mantsios A, Ramos R, Case P, Brouwer KC, Ramos ME, Fraga WD, Latkin CA, Miller CL, Strathdee SA. (2007). A Qualitative Exploration of Gender in the Context of Injection Drug Use in Two US-Mexico Border Cities. AIDS Behav. 11(2):253-62.

Latka MH, Mizuno Y, Wu Y, Tobin KE, Metsch LR, Frye V, Gómez CA, Arnsten JH; for the INSPIRE Study Team. (2007). Are feelings of responsibility to limit the sexual transmission of HIV associated with safer sex among HIV-positive injection drug users? J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 46 Suppl 2:S88-95.

Mizuno Y, Purcell DW, Mackenzie S, Tobin KE, Wunch T, Arnsten JH, Metsch LR; for the INSPIRE Study Team. (2007). Acceptability of A-CASI by HIV-positive IDUs in a multisite, randomized, controlled trial of behavioral intervention (INSPIRE). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 46 Suppl 2:S48-54.

2006

Latkin CA, Davey MA, Hua W. (2006). Social context of needle selling in Baltimore, Maryland. Subst Use Misuse. 41(6-7):901-13.

Latkin CA, Davey MA, Hua W. (2006). Needle exchange program utilization and entry into drug user treatment: is there a long-term connection in Baltimore, Maryland? Subst Use Misuse. 41(14):1991-2001.

Nachega JB, Knowlton AR, Deluca A, Schoeman JH, Watkinson L, Efron A, Chaisson RE, Maartens G. (2006). Treatment Supporter to Improve Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected South African Adults: A Qualitative Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 43 Suppl 1:S127-S133.

Mitchell SG, Mitchell JT. (2006). Caplan, community, and Critical Incident Stress Management. Int J Emerg Ment Health. 8(1):5-14.

Mitchell SG, Peterson JA, Latkin CA. (2006). The impact of drug use on perceptions of credibility in indigenous outreach workers. Qual Health Res. 16(8):1108-19.

Strathdee SA, Ricketts EP, Huettner S, Cornelius L, Bishai D, Havens JR, Beilenson P, Rapp C, Lloyd JJ, Latkin CA. (2006). Facilitating entry into drug treatment among injection drug users referred from a needle exchange program: Results from a community-based behavioral intervention trial. Drug Alcohol Depend. 83(3):225-32.

Costenbader EC, Astone NM, Latkin CA. (2006). The dynamics of injection drug users' personal networks and HIV risk behaviors. Addiction. 101(7):1003-13.

Howard DL, Latkin CA. (2006). A bridge over troubled waters: factors associated with non-injection drug users having injection drug-using sex partners. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 42(3):325-30.

Peterson J, Mitchell SG, Hong Y, Agar M, Latkin C. (2006). Getting clean and harm reduction: adversarial or complementary issues for injection drug users. Cad Saude Publica. 22(4):733-40.

Ompad DC, Strathdee SA, Celentano DD, Latkin C, Poduska JM, Kellam SG, Ialongo NS. (2006). Predictors of early initiation of vaginal and oral sex among urban young adults in Baltimore, Maryland. Arch Sex Behav. 35(1):53-65.

Yang X, Latkin C, Celentano D, Luo H. (2006). Prevalence and correlates of HIV risk behaviors among drug users in China.  AIDS Behav. 10(1):71-81.

Wilkinson JD, Zhao W, Santibanez S, Arnsten J, Knowlton A, Gómez CA, Metsch LR; INSPIRE Study Group. (2006). Providers' HIV prevention discussions with HIV-seropositive injection drug users. AIDS Behav. 10(6):699-705.

Mizuno Y, Wilkinson JD, Santibanez S, Dawson Rose C, Knowlton A, Handley K, Gourevitch MN; Inspire Team. (2006). Correlates of health care utilization among HIV-seropositive injection drug users. AIDS Care. 18(5):417-25.

Knowlton A, Arnsten J, Eldred L, Wilkinson J, Gourevitch M, Shade S, Dowling K, Purcell D; INSPIRE Team. (2006). Individual, interpersonal, and structural correlates of effective HAART use among urban active injection drug users. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 41(4):486-92.

Purcell DW, Mizuno Y, Metsch LR, Garfein R, Tobin K, Knight K, Latka MH. (2006). Unprotected sexual behavior among heterosexual HIV-positive injection drug using men: associations by partner type and partner serostatus. J Urban Health. 83(4):656-68.

Latka MH, Metsch LR, Mizuno Y, Tobin K, Mackenzie S, Arnsten JH, Gourevitch MN. (2006). Unprotected sex among HIV-positive injection drug-using women and their serodiscordant male partners: role of personal and partnership influences. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 42(2):222-8.

2005

Sivaram S, Johnson S, Bentley ME, Go VF, Latkin C, Srikrishnan AK, Celentano DD, Solomon S. (2005) Sexual health promotion in Chennai, India: key role of communication among social networks. Health Promot Int. 20(4):327-33.

Tuli K, Sansom S, Purcell DW, Metsch LR, Latkin CA, Gourevitch MN, Gomez CA; INSPIRE Team. (2005). Economic evaluation of an HIV prevention intervention for seropositive injection drug users. J Public Health Manag Pract. 11(6):508-15.

Havens JR, Ompad DC, Latkin CA, Fuller CM, Arria AM, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. (2005). Suicidal ideation among African-American non-injection drug users. Ethn Dis. 15(1):110-5.

Mitchell SG.  (2005) Developing our emergency mental health research capacity: taming the chaos in a multidisciplinary field. Int J Emerg Ment Health. 7(1):1-4

Latkin CA, Knowlton AR. (2005). Micro-social structural approaches to HIV prevention: a social ecological perspective. AIDS Care. 17 Suppl 1:S102-13.

Tobin KE, Gaasch WR, Clarke C, MacKenzie E, Latkin CA. (2005). Attitudes of Emergency Medical Service providers towards naloxone distribution programs. J Urban Health. 82(2):296-302.

Knowlton AR, Hua W, Latkin C. (2005). Social support networks and medical service use among HIV-positive injection drug users: implications to intervention. AIDS Care. 17(4):479-92.

Fuller CM, Borrell LN, Latkin CA, Galea S, Ompad DC, Strathdee SA, Vlahov D. (2005). Effects of race, neighborhood, and social network on age at initiation of injection drug use. Am J Public Health. 95(4):689-95.

Tobin KE, Davey MA, Latkin CA. (2005). Calling emergency medical services during drug overdose: an examination of individual, social and setting correlates. Addiction. 100(3):397-404.

Williams CT, Latkin CA. (2005). The role of depressive symptoms in predicting sex with multiple and high-risk partners. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 38(1):69-73.

Latkin CA, Hua W, Davey MA. (2005). Exploring the role of needle selling in a drug-using community in Baltimore, Maryland. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 38(1):57-60.

Latkin CA, Williams CT, Wang J, Curry AD. (2005). Neighborhood social disorder as a determinant of drug injection behaviors: a structural equation modeling approach. Health Psychol. 24(1):96-100.

Lloyd JJ, Ricketts EP, Strathdee SA, Cornelius LJ, Bishai D, Huettner S, Havens JR, Latkin C. (2005). Social contextual factors associated with entry into opiate agonist treatment among injection drug users. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 31(4):555-70.

Hawkins WE, Latkin C, Green DL. (2005). Depression therapy with injection drug users: results of a pilot study. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 31(2):243-51.

2004

Knowlton A, Hua W, Latkin C. (2004). Social support among HIV positive injection drug users: implications to integrated intervention for HIV positives. AIDS Behav. 8(4):357-63.

Latkin CA, Hua W, Davey MA. (2004). Factors associated with peer HIV prevention outreach in drug-using communities. AIDS Educ Prev. 16(6):499-508.

Purcell DW, Metsch LR, Latka M, Santibanez S, Gomez CA, Eldred L, Latkin CA; INSPIRE Study Group. (2004). Interventions for seropositive injectors-research and evaluation: an integrated behavioral intervention with HIV-positive injection drug users to address medical care, adherence, and risk reduction. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 37 Suppl 2:S110-8.

Latkin CA, Forman-Hoffman VL, D'Souza G, Knowlton AR. (2004). Associations between medical service use and HIV risk among HIV-positive drug users in Baltimore, MD. AIDS Care. 16(7):901-8.

Tobin KE, Tang AM, Gilbert SH, Latkin CA. (2004). Correlates of HIV antibody testing among a sample of injection drug users: the role of social and contextual factors. AIDS Behav. 8(3):303-10.

Dickson-Gomez JB, Knowlton A, Latkin C. (2004). Values and identity: the meaning of work for injection drug users involved in volunteer HIV prevention outreach. Subst Use Misuse. 39(8):1259-86.

Sherman SG, Hua W, Latkin CA. (2004). Individual and environmental factors related to quitting heroin injection. Subst Use Misuse. 39(8):1199-214.

Sivaram S, Srikrishnan AK, Latkin CA, Johnson SC, Go VF, Bentley ME, Solomon S, Celentano DD. (2004). Development of an opinion leader-led HIV prevention intervention among alcohol users in Chennai, India. AIDS Educ Prev. 16(2):137-49.

Latkin CA, Hua W, Tobin K. (2004). Social network correlates of self-reported non-fatal overdose. Drug Alcohol Depend. 73(1):61-7.

2003

Latkin CA, Hua W, Forman VL. (2003). The relationship between social network characteristics and exchanging sex for drugs or money among drug users in Baltimore, MD, USA. Int J STD AIDS. 14(11):770-5.

Dickson-Gomez J, Knowlton A, Latkin C. (2003). Hoppers and oldheads: qualitative evaluation of a volunteer AIDS outreach intervention. AIDS Behav. 7(3):303-15.

Curry AD, Latkin CA. (2003). Gender differences in street economy and social network correlates of arrest among heroin injectors in Baltimore, Maryland. J Urban Health. 80(3):482-93.

Latkin CA, Sherman S, Knowlton A. (2003). HIV prevention among drug users: outcome of a network-oriented peer outreach intervention. Health Psychol. 22(4):332-9.

Tobin KE, Latkin CA. (2003). The relationship between depressive symptoms and nonfatal overdose among a sample of drug users in Baltimore, Maryland. J Urban Health. 80(2):220-9.

Latkin CA, Curry AD. (2003). Stressful neighborhoods and depression: a prospective study of the impact of neighborhood disorder. J Health Soc Behav. 44(1):34-44.

Knowlton AR. (2003). Informal HIV caregiving in a vulnerable population: toward a network resource framework. Soc Sci Med. 56(6):1307-20.

Latkin CA, Forman V, Knowlton A, Sherman S. (2003). Norms, social networks, and HIV-related risk behaviors among urban disadvantaged drug users. Soc Sci Med. 56(3):465-76.

Fuller CM, Vlahov D, Latkin CA, Ompad DC, Celentano DD, Strathdee SA. (2003). Social circumstances of initiation of injection drug use and early shooting gallery attendance: implications for HIV intervention among adolescent and young adult injection drug users.  J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 32(1):86-93.

2002

Macalino GE, Celentano DD, Latkin C, Strathdee SA, Vlahov D. (2002). Risk behaviors by audio computer-assisted self-interviews among HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative injection drug users. AIDS Educ Prev. 14(5):367-78.

Sherman SG, Latkin CA. (2002). Drug users' involvement in the drug economy: implications for harm reduction and HIV prevention programs. J Urban Health. 79(2):266-77.

Crape BL, Latkin CA, Laris AS, Knowlton AR. (2002). The effects of sponsorship in 12-step treatment of injection drug users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 65(3):291-301.

Safaeian M, Brookmeyer R, Vlahov D, Latkin C, Marx M, Strathdee SA. (2002). Validity of self-reported needle exchange attendance among injection drug users: implications for program evaluation. Am J Epidemiol. 155(2):169-75.

2001

Sherman SG, Latkin CA, Gielen AC. (2001). Social factors related to syringe sharing among injecting partners: a focus on gender. Subst Use Misuse. 36(14):2113-36.

Knowlton AR, Latkin CA, Schroeder JR, Hoover DR, Ensminger M, Celentano DD. (2001). Longitudinal predictors of depressive symptoms among low income injection drug users. AIDS Care. 13(5):549-59.

Sherman SG, Latkin CA. (2001). Intimate relationship characteristics associated with condom use among drug users and their sex partners: a multilevel analysis. Drug Alcohol Depend. 64(1):97-104.

Knowlton AR, Hoover DR, Chung SE, Celentano DD, Vlahov D, Latkin CA. (2001). Access to medical care and service utilization among injection drug users with HIV/AIDS. Drug Alcohol Depend. 64(1):55-62.

Latkin CA, Forman VL. (2001). Patterns of needle acquisition and sociobehavioral correlates of needle exchange program attendance in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 27(4):398-404.

Schroeder JR, Latkin CA, Hoover DR, Curry AD, Knowlton AR, Celentano DD. (2001). Illicit drug use in one's social network and in one's neighborhood predicts individual heroin and cocaine use. Ann Epidemiol. 11(6):389-94.

Pilowsky DJ, Knowlton AR, Latkin CA, Hoover DR, Chung SE, Celentano DD. (2001). Children of injection drug users: impact of parental HIV status, AIDS, and depression. J Urban Health. 78(2):327-39.

Latkin CA, Knowlton AR, Sherman S. (2001). Routes of drug administration, differential affiliation, and lifestyle stability among cocaine and opiate users: implications to HIV prevention. J Subst Abuse. 13(1-2):89-102.

2000 & Earlier

Marx MA, Crape B, Brookmeyer RS, Junge B, Latkin C, Vlahov D, Strathdee SA. (2000). Trends in crime and the introduction of a needle exchange program. Am J Public Health. 90(12):1933-6.

Doherty MC, Garfein RS, Monterroso E, Latkin C, Vlahov D. (2000). Gender differences in the initiation of injection drug use among young adults. J Urban Health. 77(3):396-414.

Junge B, Valente T, Latkin C, Riley E, Vlahov D. (2000). Syringe exchange not associated with social network formation: results from Baltimore. AIDS. 14(4):423-6.

Latkin CA, Knowlton AR, Hoover D, Mandell W. (1999). Drug network characteristics as a predictor of cessation of drug use among adult injection drug users: a prospective study. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 25(3):463-73.

Hawkins WE, Latkin C, Mandel W, Oziemkowska M. (1999). Do actions speak louder than words? Perceived peer influences on needle sharing and cleaning in a sample of injection drug users. AIDS Educ Prev. 11(2):122-31.

Mandell W, Kim J, Latkin C, Suh T. (1999). Depressive symptoms, drug network, and their synergistic effect on needle-sharing behavior among street injection drug users. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 25(1):117-27.

Latkin CA. (1998). Comments on "The moral economies of homeless heroin addicts: confronting ethnography, HIV risk, and everyday violence in San Francisco shooting encampments," by Phillippe Bourgois. Subst Use Misuse. 33(11):2375-82.

Latkin CA, Vlahov D. (1998). Socially desirable response tendency as a correlate of accuracy of self-reported HIV serostatus for HIV seropositive injection drug users. Addiction. 93(8):1191-7.

Latkin CA. (1998). Outreach in natural settings: the use of peer leaders for HIV prevention among injecting drug users' networks. Public Health Rep. 113 Suppl 1:151-9.

Latkin CA, Mandell W, Knowlton AR, Doherty MC, Vlahov D, Suh T, Celentano DD. (1998). Gender differences in injection-related behaviors among injection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland. AIDS Educ Prev. 10(3):257-63.

Latkin C, Glass GE, Duncan T. (1998). Using geographic information systems to assess spatial patterns of drug use, selection bias and attrition among a sample of injection drug users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 50(2):167-75.

Hawkins WE, Latkin C, Hawkins MJ, Chowdury D. (1998). Depressive symptoms and HIV-risk behavior in inner-city users of drug injections. Psychol Rep. 82(1):137-8.

Suh T, Mandell W, Latkin C, Kim J. (1997). Social network characteristics and injecting HIV-risk behaviors among street injection drug users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 47(2):137-43.

Latkin C, Mandell W, Vlahov D, Oziemkowska M, Celentano D. (1996). People and places: behavioral settings and personal network characteristics as correlates of needle sharing. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 13(3):273-80.

Latkin CA, Mandell W, Vlahov D. (1996). The relationship between risk networks' patterns of crack cocaine and alcohol consumption and HIV-related sexual behaviors among adult injection drug users: a prospective study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 42(3):175-81.

Latkin CA, Mandell W, Vlahov D, Oziemkowska M, Celentano DD. (1996). The long-term outcome of a personal network-oriented HIV prevention intervention for injection drug users: the SAFE Study. Am J Community Psychol. 24(3):341-64.

Latkin C, Mandell W, Oziemkowska M, Celentano D, Vlahov D, Ensminger M, Knowlton A. (1995). Using social network analysis to study patterns of drug use among urban drug users at high risk for HIV/AIDS. Drug Alcohol Depend. 38(1):1-9.

Latkin CA. (1995). A personal network approach to AIDS prevention: an experimental peer group intervention for street-injecting drug users: the SAFE study. NIDA Res Monogr. 151:181-95.

Mandell W, Vlahov D, Latkin C, Oziemkowska M, Cohn S. (1994). Correlates of needle sharing among injection drug users. Am J Public Health. 84(6):920-3.

Latkin C, Mandell W, Vlahov D, Oziemkowska M, Knowlton A, Celentano D. (1994). My place, your place, and no place: behavior settings as a risk factor for HIV-related injection practices of drug users in Baltimore, Maryland. Am J Community Psychol. 22(3):415-30.

Latkin C, Mandell W, Oziemkowska M, Vlahov D, Celentano D. (1994). The relationships between sexual behavior, alcohol use, and personal network characteristics among injecting drug users in Baltimore, Maryland. Sex Transm Dis. 21(3):161-7.

Latkin CA, Mandell W. (1993). Depression as an antecedent of frequency of intravenous drug use in an urban, nontreatment sample. Int J Addict. 28(14):1601-12.

Latkin CA, Vlahov D, Anthony JC. (1993). Socially desirable responding and self-reported HIV infection risk behaviors among intravenous drug users. Addiction. 88(4):517-26.

Latkin CA, Vlahov D, Anthony JC, Cohn S, Mandell W, Nelson KE. (1992). Needle-cleaning practices among intravenous drug users who share injection equipment in Baltimore, Maryland. Int J Addict. 27(6):717-25.



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