Nabila El-Bassel

What is the prevalence of and trend in opioid use disorder in the United States from 2010 to 2019? Using multiplier approaches to estimate prevalence for an unknown population size

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports · 2022 · 218 citations

Opioid-related overdose deaths have increased since 2010 in the U.S., but information on trends in opioid use disorder (OUD) prevalence is limited due to unreliable data. Multiplier methods are a classical epidemiological technique to estimate prevalence when direct estimation is infeasible or unreliable. We used two different multiplier approaches to estimate OUD prevalence from 2010 to 2019. First, we estimated OUD in National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), and based on existing captur…

Effectiveness of a Culturally Tailored HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Intervention for Black Women in Community Supervision Programs

JAMA Network Open · 2021-04-09 · 60 citations

Importance: Concentrated epidemics of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have persisted among Black women in community supervision programs (CSPs) in the United States. Accumulating research has highlighted the effectiveness of culturally tailored HIV/STI interventions for Black women; however, there is a dearth of such interventions for the large number of Black women in CSPs. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of a 5-session culturally tailored group-based intervention (Empo…

Communities That HEAL Intervention and Mortality Including Polysubstance Overdose Deaths

JAMA Network Open · 2024-10-21 · 13 citations

Importance: The HEALing Communities Study (HCS) evaluated the effectiveness of the Communities That HEAL (CTH) intervention in preventing fatal overdoses amidst the US opioid epidemic. Objective: To evaluate the impact of the CTH intervention on total drug overdose deaths and overdose deaths involving combinations of opioids with psychostimulants or benzodiazepines. Design, Setting, and Participants: This randomized clinical trial was a parallel-arm, multisite, community-randomized, open, and wa…

Mental health and cognition in relation to adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV in Kazakhstan: a cross‐sectional study

Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024-07-01 · 9 citations

INTRODUCTION: There is a research gap in how mental health and cognition are associated with antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Kazakhstan. METHODS: We randomly selected and enrolled 230 PLWH from the Almaty City AIDS Center registry (June-November 2019) into a cross-sectional study. We examined associations between self-reported ART adherence for the last 1 and 2 weeks; the Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES) and symptoms of depression (Patient Heal…

Associations Between State Laws Regulating Minors’ Access to Confidential Sexual Health Services and Lifetime HIV Testing Among U.S. Male High School Students

AIDS and Behavior · 2024-12-14 · 5 citations