Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD

Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean for Social Justice and Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences and the Institute for Prevention Research in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. He received a BA in History and Sociology from the University of California Santa Cruz and a MA and PhD in sociology from the University of California Berkeley. His research has established the effectiveness of syringe exchange programs, tested novel interventions and strategies to reduce HIV risk and improve HIV testing among injection drug users and men who have sex with men, documented how community conditions contribute to health disparities, and examined health policy implementation. His current studies include an observational cohort study of how cannabis legalization impacts use patterns and health outcomes of cannabis and opioids among people who inject drugs and a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of a single session intervention to reduce injection initiation risk behaviors among established people who inject drugs. Dr. Bluthenthal has authored or co-authored over 190 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals such as the American Journal of Public Health, Social Science and Medicine, The Lancet, Addiction, and Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research among others. He is on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Drug Policy, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, and PLOS ONE.

Program Evaluation and Research
Introduction to Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health
Practice of Public Health

• Advocacy for Health Justice: An Innovative Pilot Course for MD and Master of Public Policy Students Teach Learn Med. 2024 Apr-May; 36(2):198-210. . View in PubMed
• Funding and Delivery of Syringe Services Programs in the United States, 2022 Am J Public Health. 2024 Apr; 114(4):435-443. . View in PubMed
• Placement into Scattered-Site or Place-Based Permanent Supportive Housing in Los Angeles County, CA, During the COVID-19 Pandemic Adm Policy Ment Health. 2024 Mar 14. . View in PubMed
• Organize and mobilize for implementation effectiveness to improve overdose education and naloxone distribution from syringe services programs: a randomized controlled trial Implement Sci. 2024 Feb 28; 19(1):22. . View in PubMed
• Characterizing prescription opioid, heroin, and fentanyl initiation trajectories: A qualitative study Soc Sci Med. 2024 Jan; 340:116441. . View in PubMed
• A qualitative analysis of internal medicine residents’ experience with substance use disorder education and training: a pilot study J Addict Dis. 2024 Jan-Mar; 42(1):63-70. . View in PubMed
• Characterizing Opioid Withdrawal Experiences and Consequences Among a Community Sample of People Who Use Opioids Subst Use Misuse. 2024; 59(6):886-894. . View in PubMed
• Updates on syringe coverage and service uptake among needle and syringe programs in the United States, 2019-2020 Int J Drug Policy. 2024 Jan; 123:104289. . View in PubMed
• Abolition and harm reduction in the struggle for “Care, Not Cages” Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Nov; 121:104163. . View in PubMed
• Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Nov; 121:104107. . View in PubMed
• Martin YIguchi (1955-2021). Am Psychol. 2023 Jul-Aug; 78(5):721. . View in PubMed
• Investigating the Comparative Effectiveness of Place-Based and Scatter-Site Permanent Supportive Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocols for a Mixed Methods, Prospective Longitudinal Study JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Apr 28; 12:e46782. . View in PubMed
• Interrupted Time Series Analysis: Patient Characteristics and Rates of Opioid-Use-Disorder-Related Emergency Department Visits in the Los Angeles County Public Hospital System during COVID-19 Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Mar 29; 11(7). . View in PubMed
• “Notice of major cleaning”: A qualitative study of the negative impact of encampment sweeps on the ontological security of unhoused people who use drugs Soc Sci Med. 2023 12; 339:116408. . View in PubMed
• Bringing Lived Experience to Research on Health and Homelessness: Perspectives of Researchers and Lived Experience Partners Community Ment Health J. 2023 10; 59(7):1235-1242. . View in PubMed
• How do contextual factors influence naloxone distribution from syringe service programs in the USA: a cross-sectional study Harm Reduct J. 2023 02 28; 20(1):26. . View in PubMed
• A National Portrait of Public Attitudes toward Opioid Use in the US: A Latent Class Analysis Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 03 02; 20(5). . View in PubMed
• Population-Level Health Effects of Involuntary Displacement of People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness Who Inject Drugs in US Cities JAMA. 2023 05 02; 329(17):1478-1486. . View in PubMed
• Availability of telehealth-based services at syringe services programs under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Harm Reduct J. 2023 09 02; 20(1):122. . View in PubMed
• Effect of Didactic Training on Barriers and Biases to Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Meeting the Ongoing Needs of Patients with Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department during the COVID-19 Pandemic Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Nov 29; 10(12). . View in PubMed
• Refining a Multicomponent Intervention to Increase Perceived HIV Risk and PrEP Initiation: Focus Group Study Among Black Sexual Minority Men JMIR Form Res. 2022 Aug 10; 6(8):e34181. . View in PubMed
• Appetite. 2022 Aug 01; 175:106075. . View in PubMed
• Substance use policy and practice in the COVID-19 pandemic: Learning from early pandemic responses through internationally comparative field data Glob Public Health. 2022 12; 17(12):3654-3669. . View in PubMed
• Predictors of protein intake among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California Am J Addict. 2022 05; 31(3):228-235. . View in PubMed
• Principles and Metrics for Evaluating Oregon’s Innovative Drug Decriminalization Measure J Urban Health. 2022 04; 99(2):328-331. . View in PubMed
• Observational “go-alongs” of follow-up HIV care visits of two virally suppressed Black sexual minority men Public Health Nurs. 2022 01; 39(1):153-160. . View in PubMed
• HIV Treatment Adherence Strategies Among Virally Suppressed Black Sexual Minority Men in Baltimore, Maryland, and Los Angeles, California: A Theory-Based Qualitative Study J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2022 Jan-Feb 01; 33(1):54-62. . View in PubMed
• Factors Associated with Likelihood of Initiating Others into Injection Drug Use Among People Who Inject Drugs in West Virginia AIDS Behav. 2022 Jan; 26(1):47-56. . View in PubMed
• Health risk associated with residential relocation among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA: a cross sectional study BMC Public Health. 2022 04 25; 22(1):823. . View in PubMed
• Trajectories of Nicotine Use Leading to Dual and Cyclical Tobacco Product Use in Young Adults Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 06 15; 24(7):986-993. . View in PubMed
• Critical Challenges and Creative Solutions for Quantifying Nicotine Vaping: Qualitative Reports From Young Adults Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 02 14; 24(3):416-420. . View in PubMed
• Best practices for community-based overdose education and naloxone distribution programs: results from using the Delphi approach Harm Reduct J. 2022 05 28; 19(1):55. . View in PubMed
• Buprenorphine implementation at syringe service programs following waiver of the Ryan Haight Act in the United States Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 08 01; 237:109504. . View in PubMed
• Initial Efficacy of a Community-Derived Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Latinx Parents and their Children J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Oct; 23(5):993-1000. . View in PubMed
• A Community-Based Mindfulness Intervention Among Latino Adolescents and Their Parents: A Qualitative Feasibility and Acceptability Study J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Apr; 23(2):344-352. . View in PubMed
• Growing racial/ethnic disparities in overdose mortality before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in California Prev Med. 2021 12; 153:106845. . View in PubMed
• Factors associated with injury and blood-borne infection risk when providing assisted injection among people who inject drugs Int J Drug Policy. 2021 11; 97:103297. . View in PubMed
• Ingenuity and resiliency of syringe service programs on the front lines of the opioid overdose and COVID-19 crises Transl Res. 2021 08; 234:159-173. . View in PubMed
• Assisted injection provider practices and motivations in Los Angeles and San Francisco California 2016-18 Int J Drug Policy. 2021 06; 92:103052. . View in PubMed
• Correlates of Transactional Sex and Violent Victimization among Men Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California J Urban Health. 2021 02; 98(1):70-82. . View in PubMed
• Self-perception of assisting with future injection drug initiation: The influence of relationships in the process of drug injecting initiation Drug Alcohol Rev. 2021 01; 40(1):109-117. . View in PubMed
• Novel Routes of Potential Hepatitis C Virus Transmission among People Who Inject Drugs: Secondary Blood Exposures Related to Injection Drug Use Subst Use Misuse. 2021; 56(6):751-757. . View in PubMed
• Factors associated with methamphetamine withdrawal symptoms among people who inject drugs Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 06 01; 223:108702. . View in PubMed
• The naloxone delivery cascade: Identifying disparities in access to naloxone among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 08 01; 225:108759. . View in PubMed
• Structural racism and violence as social determinants of health: Conceptual, methodological and intervention challenges Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 05 01; 222:108681. . View in PubMed
• Characterizing symptoms of e-cigarette dependence: a qualitative study of young adults BMC Public Health. 2021 05 20; 21(1):959. . View in PubMed
• Prevalence and predictors of recent temporary psychiatric hold among a cohort of people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 10 01; 227:108916. . View in PubMed
• Transition from injecting opioids to smoking fentanyl in San Francisco, California Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 10 01; 227:109003. . View in PubMed
• Factors associated with health-related cannabis use intentions among a community sample of people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA 2016 to 2018 Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 02 01; 219:108421. . View in PubMed
• Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Within Syringe Service Programs – United States, 2019 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Aug 21; 69(33):1117-1121. . View in PubMed
• The emergence of innovative cannabis distribution projects in the downtown eastside of Vancouver, Canada Int J Drug Policy. 2020 Apr 11; 79:102737. . View in PubMed
• Small Randomized Controlled Trial of the New Passport to Wellness HIV Prevention Intervention for Black Men Who Have Sex With Men (BMSM) AIDS Educ Prev. 2020 08; 32(4):311-324. . View in PubMed
• Needle exchange effectiveness in the midst of multiple injection-related epidemics: commentary on Kåberg et al Infect Dis (Lond). 2020 05; 52(5):347-349. . View in PubMed
• Congregational involvement in HIV: A qualitative comparative analysis of factors influencing HIV activity among diverse urban congregations Soc Sci Med. 2020 02; 246:112718. . View in PubMed
• Initiating Persons into Injection Drug Use in Rural West Virginia, USA Subst Use Misuse. 2020; 55(2):337-344. . View in PubMed
• Reasons for assisting with injection initiation: Results from a large survey of people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 04 01; 209:107885. . View in PubMed
• HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Prevention Awareness, Willingness, and Perceived Barriers among People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA, 2016-2018 Subst Use Misuse. 2020; 55(14):2409-2419. . View in PubMed
• Opioid withdrawal symptoms, frequency, and pain characteristics as correlates of health risk among people who inject drugs Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 06 01; 211:107932. . View in PubMed
• A positive deviance-based qualitative study of stress, coping, and feeding practices among low-income, Hispanic mothers whose children do versus do not meet guidelines for fruit and vegetable intake Health Educ Res. 2020 12 23; 35(6):584-604. . View in PubMed
• Characteristics Associated with Nonmedical Methadone Use among People Who Inject Drugs in California Subst Use Misuse. 2020; 55(3):377-386. . View in PubMed
• Seeking refuge in the present moment: A qualitatively refined model of dispositional mindfulness, minority stress, and psychosocial health among Latino/a sexual minorities and their families Psychol Sex Orientat Gend Divers. 2019 Dec; 6(4):408-419. . View in PubMed
• Exploring Religiosity and Spirituality in the Sexual Decision-Making of Black Gay and Bisexual Men J Relig Health. 2019 Oct; 58(5):1792-1802. . View in PubMed
• Measures of harm reduction service provision for people who inject drugs Bull World Health Organ. 2019 Sep 01; 97(9):605-611. . View in PubMed
• Urban Religious Congregations’ Responses to Community Substance Use: An Exploratory Study of Four Cases J Relig Health. 2019 Aug; 58(4):1340-1355. . View in PubMed
• Retailers’ Perceptions of FDA Tobacco Regulation Authority Tob Regul Sci. 2019 May; 5(3):291-300. . View in PubMed
• Associations between perceived illicit fentanyl use and infectious disease risks among people who inject drugs Int J Drug Policy. 2019 12; 74:299-304. . View in PubMed
• Policing space in the overdose crisis: A rapid ethnographic study of the impact of law enforcement practices on the effectiveness of overdose prevention sites Int J Drug Policy. 2019 11; 73:199-207. . View in PubMed
• Opioid use and misuse: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions Psychol Health. 2019 09; 34(9):1105-1139. . View in PubMed
• Correlates of Sexual Coercion among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA J Urban Health. 2019 06; 96(3):469-476. . View in PubMed
• Factors Associated with Frequency of Recent Initiation of Others into Injection Drug Use Among People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA, USA, 2016-17 Subst Use Misuse. 2019; 54(10):1715-1724. . View in PubMed
• A Public Health Strategy for the Opioid Crisis Public Health Rep. 2018 Nov/Dec; 133(1_suppl):24S-34S. . View in PubMed
• Monitoring Twitter Conversations for Targeted Recruitment in Cancer Trials in Los Angeles County: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study JMIR Res Protoc. 2018 Sep 25; 7(9):e177. . View in PubMed
• Tob Regul Sci. 2018 Jul; 4(4):41-49. . View in PubMed
• Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among Black Gay and Bisexual Men: A Life Course Perspective AIDS Behav. 2018 Jun; 22(6):1919-1931. . View in PubMed
• Exploring the preferences of a culturally congruent, peer-based HIV prevention intervention for black men who have sex with men Sex Health. 2018 11; 15(5):424-430. . View in PubMed
• Peer-to-peer injection: Demographic, drug use, and injection-related risk factors Int J Drug Policy. 2018 11; 61:44-51. . View in PubMed
• Latent Classes of Sexual Risk Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women Arch Sex Behav. 2018 10; 47(7):2071-2080. . View in PubMed
• Age Cohort Differences in Sexual Behaviors Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men and Women J Sex Res. 2018 10; 55(8):1012-1021. . View in PubMed
• Exploring and Adapting a Conceptual Model of Sexual Positioning Practices and Sexual Risk Among HIV-Negative Black Men Who Have Sex With Men J Sex Res. 2018 10; 55(8):1022-1032. . View in PubMed
• Harnessing the language of overdose prevention to advance evidence-based responses to the opioid crisis Int J Drug Policy. 2018 05; 55:77-79. . View in PubMed
• Efficacy of a Small-Group Intervention for Post-Incarcerated Black Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women (MSMW) J Urban Health. 2018 04; 95(2):159-170. . View in PubMed
• Preventing Injection Drug use Initiation: State of the Evidence and Opportunities for the Future J Urban Health. 2018 02; 95(1):91-98. . View in PubMed
• HIV Acquisition and Transmission Potential Among African American Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women in Three US. Cities. Arch Sex Behav. 2018 01; 47(1):183-194. . View in PubMed
• Racial Pride and Condom Use in Post-Incarcerated African-American Men Who Have Sex With Men and Women: Test of a Conceptual Model for the Men in Life Environments Intervention Arch Sex Behav. 2018 01; 47(1):169-181. . View in PubMed
• Differences in time to injection onset by drug in California: Implications for the emerging heroin epidemic Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 04 01; 185:253-259. . View in PubMed
• Direct and indirect effects of parent stress on child obesity risk and added sugar intake in a sample of Southern California adolescents Public Health Nutr. 2017 Dec; 20(18):3285-3294. . View in PubMed
• Parents’ perceptions of dental care challenges in male children with autism spectrum disorder: An initial qualitative exploration Res Autism Spectr Disord. 2017 Jul; 39:63-72. . View in PubMed
• Sexual Positioning Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Narrative Review Arch Sex Behav. 2017 May; 46(4):869-884. . View in PubMed
• Contextualising family microaggressions and strategies of resilience among young gay and bisexual men of Latino heritage Cult Health Sex. 2017 01; 19(1):107-120. . View in PubMed
• Parents’ perceptions of dental care challenges in male children with autism spectrum disorder: An initial qualitative exploration Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 2017; 39(July 2017):63-72. . View in PubMed
• Drug use generations and patterns of injection drug use: Birth cohort differences among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 06 01; 175:210-218. . View in PubMed
• Vape Shop Retailers’ Perceptions of Their Products, Customers, and Services: A Qualitative Study Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 2017; 2(Supplement):3. . View in PubMed
• Initiation of Heroin and Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers by Birth Cohort Am J Public Health. 2016 Feb; 106(2):298-300. . View in PubMed
• Moral ambivalence and the decision to initiate others into injection drug use: A qualitative study in two California cities Int J Drug Policy. 2016 11; 37:42-51. . View in PubMed
• Food insecurity among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco Public Health Nutr. 2016 08; 19(12):2204-12. . View in PubMed
• A cost-benefit analysis of a potential supervised injection facility in San Francisco, California, USA Journal of Drug Issues. 2016. . View in PubMed
• Oxford Handbook of Acculturation and HealthEdited by Seth J. Schwartz & Jennifer Unger. Acculturation and risky sexual behavior in adolescents and emerging adults from immigrant families. 2016. . View in PubMed
• Gender, Ethnicity, and Their Intersectionality in the Prediction of Smoking Outcome Expectancies in Regular Cigarette Smokers Behav Modif. 2016 Jan; 40(1-2):281-302. . View in PubMed
• Vape shop retailers’ perceptions of their customers, products and services: A content analysis Tob Prev Cessat. 2016; 2(Suppl). . View in PubMed
• Is cannabis use associated with less opioid use among people who inject drugs? Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Aug 01; 153:236-41.. View in PubMed
• Next steps in research on injection initiation incidence and prevention Addiction. 2015 Aug; 110(8):1258-9. . View in PubMed
• Factors associated with being asked to initiate someone into injection drug use Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Apr 01; 149:252-8. . View in PubMed
• Drug-related deaths and the sales of needles through pharmacies Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Feb 01; 147:229-34. . View in PubMed
• Consistency of self-reported drug use events in a mixed methods study of people who inject drugs Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2015; 41(4):332-8. . View in PubMed
• Patterns of drug use, risky behavior, and health status among persons who inject drugs living in San Diego, California: a latent class analysis Subst Use Misuse. 2015 Jan; 50(2):205-14. . View in PubMed
• Factors associated with initiating someone into illicit drug injection Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Nov 01; 144:186-92. . View in PubMed
• Syringe disposal among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles: the role of sterile syringe source Int J Drug Policy. 2014 Sep; 25(5):905-10. . View in PubMed
• Characteristics of people who initiate injection drug use later in life Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 May 01; 138:244-50. . View in PubMed
• The association between law enforcement encounters and syringe sharing among IDUs on skid row: a mixed methods analysis AIDS Behav. 2013 Oct; 17(8):2637-43. . View in PubMed
• Abscess and self-treatment among injection drug users at four California syringe exchanges and their surrounding communities Subst Use Misuse. 2013 May; 48(7):523-31. . View in PubMed
• Pharmacy syringe purchase test of nonprescription syringe sales in San Francisco and Los Angeles in 2010 J Urban Health. 2013 Apr; 90(2):276-83. . View in PubMed
• The privatization of public safety in urban neighborhoods: Do business improvement districts reduce violent crime among adolescents? . Law and Society Review. 2013; 47(3):621-52.. View in PubMed
• Reducing crime by shaping the built environment with zoning: An empirical study of Los Angeles University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 2013; 161:699-757. . View in PubMed
• Attitudes and beliefs related to HIV/AIDS in urban religious congregations: barriers and opportunities for HIV-related interventions Soc Sci Med. 2012 May; 74(10):1520-7. . View in PubMed
• Non-medical prescription drug use among injection drug users Journal Drug Issues. 2012; 42(3):216-225. . View in PubMed
• Assessing geographic and individual level factors associated with arrests among injection drug users in California Health Place. 2011 Nov; 17(6):1258-65. . View in PubMed
• Commentary for Li et al, “Sexual transmissibility of HIV among opiates users with concurrent sexual partnerships: An egocentric network study in Yunnan, China. ” Addiction. 2011 Oct; 106(10). . View in PubMed
• Religious congregations’ involvement in HIV: a case study approach AIDS Behav. 2011 Aug; 15(6):1220-32. . View in PubMed
• A framework for the specificity of addictions Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2011 08; 8(8):3399-415. . View in PubMed
• HIV prevalence and risk among heterosexual methamphetamine injectors in California Subst Use Misuse. 2011; 46(9):1081-9. . View in PubMed
• HIV risks and seroprevalence among Mexican American injection drug users in California AIDS Behav. 2011 Jan; 15(1):95-102. . View in PubMed
• The effect of business improvement districts on the incidence of violent crimes Inj Prev. 2010 Oct; 16(5):327-32. . View in PubMed
• Prevalence and predictors of transitions to and away from syringe exchange use over time in 3 US cities with varied syringe dispensing policies Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Sep 01; 111(1-2):74-81. . View in PubMed
• Cognitive behavioral theories used to explain injection risk behavior among injection drug users: a review and suggestions for the integration of cognitive and environmental models Health Educ Behav. 2010 Aug; 37(4):504-32. . View in PubMed
• Pharmacy participation in non-prescription syringe sales in Los Angeles and San Francisco counties, 2007 J Urban Health. 2010 Jul; 87(4):543-52. . View in PubMed
• Three years after legalization of nonprescription pharmacy syringe sales in California: where are we now? J Urban Health. 2010 Jul; 87(4):576-85.. View in PubMed
• Access to sterile syringes through San Francisco pharmacies and the association with HIV risk behavior among injection drug users J Urban Health. 2010 Jul; 87(4):534-42. . View in PubMed
• Learning about urban congregations and HIV/AIDS: community-based foundations for developing congregational health interventions J Urban Health. 2010 Jul; 87(4):617-30. . View in PubMed
• Commentary on Palmateer et al(2010): next steps in the global research agenda on syringe access for injection drug users. Addiction. 2010 May; 105(5):860-1. . View in PubMed
• Not enough fruit and vegetables or too many cookies, candies, salty snacks, and soft drinks? Public Health Rep. 2010 Jan-Feb; 125(1):88-95.. View in PubMed
• The role of community context in business district revitalization strategies: Business improvement districts in Los Angeles Public Performance and Management Review. 2010; 33(3):436-58. . View in PubMed
• Getting the message straight: effects of a brief hepatitis prevention intervention among injection drug users Harm Reduct J. 2009 Dec 15; 6:36. . View in PubMed
• The neighborhood alcohol environment and alcohol-related morbidity Alcohol Alcohol. 2009 Sep-Oct; 44(5):491-9. . View in PubMed
• Measuring the food environment: shelf space of fruits, vegetables, and snack foods in stores J Urban Health. 2009 Sep; 86(5):672-82. . View in PubMed
• The effect of urban street gang densities on small area homicide incidence in a large metropolitan county, 1994-2002 J Urban Health. 2009 Jul; 86(4):511-23. . View in PubMed
• Adverse drinking-related consequences among lower income, racial, and ethnic minority drinkers: cross-sectional results Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2009 Apr; 33(4):645-53. . View in PubMed
• Social capital and the neighborhood alcohol environment Health Place. 2009 Mar; 15(1):323-32. . View in PubMed
• Alcohol outlet density and alcohol consumption in Los Angeles county and southern Louisiana Geospat Health. 2008 Nov; 3(1):91-101. . View in PubMed
• Alcohol and tobacco marketing: evaluating compliance with outdoor advertising guidelines Am J Prev Med. 2008 Sep; 35(3):203-9. . View in PubMed
• Improving coverage and scale-up of HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users: moving the agenda forward Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Apr; 19 Suppl 1:S1-4. . View in PubMed
• Alcohol availability and neighborhood characteristics in Los Angeles, California and southern Louisiana J Urban Health. 2008 Mar; 85(2):191-205. . View in PubMed
• Approval of syringe exchange programs in California: results from a local approach to HIV prevention Am J Public Health. 2008 Feb; 98(2):278-83. . View in PubMed
• Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Needle exchange programs. 2008; 629-32. . View in PubMed
• Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007 Nov; 31(11):1920-6. . View in PubMed
• Reliability of a store observation tool in measuring availability of alcohol and selected foods J Urban Health. 2007 Nov; 84(6):807-13. . View in PubMed
• Community characteristics associated with HIV risk among injection drug users in the San Francisco Bay Area: a multilevel analysis J Urban Health. 2007 Sep; 84(5):653-66. . View in PubMed
• Higher syringe coverage is associated with lower odds of HIV risk and does not increase unsafe syringe disposal among syringe exchange program clients Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Jul 10; 89(2-3):214-22. . View in PubMed
• Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus testing services at syringe exchange programs: availability and outcomes J Subst Abuse Treat. 2007 Jun; 32(4):423-9. . View in PubMed
• The impact of legalizing syringe exchange programs on arrests among injection drug users in California J Urban Health. 2007 May; 84(3):423-35. . View in PubMed
• Racial disparities in completion rates from publicly funded alcohol treatment: economic resources explain more than demographics and addiction severity Health Serv Res. 2007 Apr; 42(2):773-94. . View in PubMed
• Examination of the association between syringe exchange program (SEP) dispensation policy and SEP client-level syringe coverage among injection drug users Addiction. 2007 Apr; 102(4):638-46. . View in PubMed
• Coverage of HIV prevention programmes for injection drug users: confusions, aspirations, definitions and ways forward Int J Drug Policy. 2007 Mar; 18(2):92-8. . View in PubMed
• HCV and HIV counseling and testing integration in California: an innovative approach to increase HIV counseling and testing rates Public Health Rep. 2007; 122 Suppl 2:68-73. . View in PubMed
• A multilevel decomposition approach to estimate the role of program location and neighborhood disadvantage in racial disparities in alcohol treatment completion Soc Sci Med. 2007 Jan; 64(2):462-76. . View in PubMed
• Perspectives on therapeutic treatment from adolescent probationers J Psychoactive Drugs. 2006 Dec; 38(4):461-71. . View in PubMed
• Increasing HIV testing among latinos by bundling HIV testing with other tests J Urban Health. 2006 Sep; 83(5):849-59. . View in PubMed
• Alcohol outlets, gonorrhea, and the Los Angeles civil unrest: a longitudinal analysis Soc Sci Med. 2006 Jun; 62(12):3062-71. . View in PubMed
• Price elasticity of demand for malt liquor beer: findings from a US pilot study Soc Sci Med. 2006 May; 62(9):2101-11. . View in PubMed
• Hospital utilization for injection drug use-related soft tissue infections in urban versus rural counties in California J Urban Health. 2006 Mar; 83(2):176-81. . View in PubMed
• Unmet need for recommended preventive health services among clients of California syringe exchange programs: implications for quality improvement Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006 Feb 01; 81(2):167-78. . View in PubMed
• Witness for Wellness: preliminary findings from a community-academic participatory research mental health initiative Ethn Dis. 2006; 16(1 Suppl 1):S18-34. . View in PubMed
• Secondary syringe exchange among users of 23 California syringe exchange programs Subst Use Misuse. 2006; 41(6-7):865-82. . View in PubMed
• Seeking community input to improve implementation of a lifestyle modification program Ethn Dis. 2006; 16(1 Suppl 1):S79-88. . View in PubMed
• Building an academic-community partnered network for clinical services research: the Community Health Improvement Collaborative (CHIC) Ethn Dis. 2006; 16(1 Suppl 1):S3-17. . View in PubMed
• Condom attitudes and behaviors among injection drug users participating in California syringe exchange programs AIDS Behav. 2005 Dec; 9(4):423-32. . View in PubMed
• Psychosocial and behavioral differences among drug injectors who use and do not use syringe exchange programs AIDS Behav. 2005 Dec; 9(4):495-504. . View in PubMed
• Screening for sexually transmitted diseases in non-traditional settings: a personal view Int J STD AIDS. 2005 Aug; 16(8):521-7. . View in PubMed
• Characteristics of malt liquor beer drinkers in a low-income, racial minority community sample Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2005 Mar; 29(3):402-9. . View in PubMed
• Recruiting drug-using men who have sex with men into behavioral interventions: a two-stage approach J Urban Health. 2005 Mar; 82(1 Suppl 1):i109-19. . View in PubMed
• Sexual risk among injection drug users recruited from syringe exchange programs in California Sex Transm Dis. 2005 Jan; 32(1):27-34. . View in PubMed
• International Journal of Drug Policy Police crackdownssocietal costand the need for alternative approaches. 2005; 16:137-8. . View in PubMed
• Injection risk behaviors among clients of syringe exchange programs with different syringe dispensation policies J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004 Oct 01; 37(2):1307-12. . View in PubMed
• Sterile syringe access conditions and variations in HIV risk among drug injectors in three cities Addiction. 2004 Sep; 99(9):1136-46. . View in PubMed
• Sexual relationships, secondary syringe exchange, and gender differences in HIV risk among drug injectors J Urban Health. 2004 Jun; 81(2):249-59. . View in PubMed
• What is it about needle and syringe exchange programs that make them effective for preventing HIV transmission? . 2003; 14(5/6):361-3.. View in PubMed
• Delivering syringe exchange services through “Satellite Exchangers”: Sacramento Area Needle Exchange International Journal of Drug Policy. 2003; 14(5/6):461-3. . View in PubMed
• Hepatitis-associated knowledge is low and risks are high among HIV-aware injection drug users in three US cities Addiction. 2002 Oct; 97(10):1277-87. . View in PubMed
• Predictors and prevention of nonfatal overdose among street-recruited injection heroin users in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1998-1999 Am J Public Health. 2001 Nov; 91(11):1842-6. . View in PubMed
• Trends in HIV seroprevalence and risk among gay and bisexual men who inject drugs in San Francisco, 1988 to 2000 J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2001 Nov 01; 28(3):264-9. . View in PubMed
• Sexual transmission of HIV-1 among injection drug users in San Francisco, USA: risk-factor analysis Lancet. 2001 May 05; 357(9266):1397-401. . View in PubMed
• Factors associated with readiness to change drug use among needle-exchange users Drug Alcohol Depend. 2001 May 01; 62(3):225-30. . View in PubMed
• Needle exchange program attendance and injection risk in Providence, Rhode Island AIDS Educ Prev. 2001 Feb; 13(1):78-90. . View in PubMed
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