List of works - Ricky N. Bluthenthal

A framework for the specificity of addictions.

scientific article

A multilevel decomposition approach to estimate the role of program location and neighborhood disadvantage in racial disparities in alcohol treatment completion.

scientific article published on 20 October 2006

Abscess and self-treatment among injection drug users at four California syringe exchanges and their surrounding communities

scientific article

Access to sterile syringes through San Francisco pharmacies and the association with HIV risk behavior among injection drug users.

scientific article

Adverse drinking-related consequences among lower income, racial, and ethnic minority drinkers: cross-sectional results.

scientific article

Alcohol outlets, gonorrhea, and the Los Angeles civil unrest: a longitudinal analysis.

scientific article

Approval of syringe exchange programs in California: results from a local approach to HIV prevention

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Are racial disparities in alcohol treatment completion associated with racial differences in treatment modality entry? Comparison of outpatient treatment and residential treatment in Los Angeles County, 1998 to 2000.

scientific article published on 26 September 2007

Assessing geographic and individual level factors associated with arrests among injection drug users in California.

scientific article published on 5 August 2011

Associations between perceived illicit fentanyl use and infectious disease risks among people who inject drugs

scientific article published on 13 November 2019

Attitudes and beliefs related to HIV/AIDS in urban religious congregations: barriers and opportunities for HIV-related interventions

scientific article

Characteristics Associated with Nonmedical Methadone Use among People Who Inject Drugs in California

scientific article published on 14 October 2019

Characteristics of malt liquor beer drinkers in a low-income, racial minority community sample

scientific article published in March 2005

Characteristics of people who initiate injection drug use later in life

scientific article

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

scientific article

Commentary for Li et al., "Sexual transmissibility of HIV among opiates users with concurrent sexual partnerships: An egocentric network study in Yunnan, China."

scientific article published on October 2011

Commentary on Palmateer et al. (2010): next steps in the global research agenda on syringe access for injection drug users

scientific article published in May 2010

Community characteristics associated with HIV risk among injection drug users in the San Francisco Bay Area: a multilevel analysis

scientific article

Condom attitudes and behaviors among injection drug users participating in California syringe exchange programs.

scientific article published in December 2005

Congregational involvement in HIV: A qualitative comparative analysis of factors influencing HIV activity among diverse urban congregations ⬇️

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

Consistency of self-reported drug use events in a mixed methods study of people who inject drugs

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Coverage of HIV prevention programmes for injection drug users: confusions, aspirations, definitions and ways forward.

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Direct and indirect effects of parent stress on child obesity risk and added sugar intake in a sample of Southern California adolescents.

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Drug-related deaths and the sales of needles through pharmacies

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Examination of the association between syringe exchange program (SEP) dispensation policy and SEP client-level syringe coverage among injection drug users.

scientific article published on 6 February 2007

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

scientific article published on 03 May 2019

Factors associated with being asked to initiate someone into injection drug use

scientific article published on 19 February 2015

Factors associated with initiating someone into illicit drug injection.

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Factors associated with readiness to change drug use among needle-exchange users

scientific article published in May 2001

From the cell to the community: AIDS research in California. The University of California Universitywide AIDS Research Program annual meeting, February 2000.

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Getting the message straight: effects of a brief hepatitis prevention intervention among injection drug users

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HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Prevention Awareness, Willingness, and Perceived Barriers among People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA, 2016-2018

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

HIV prevalence and risk among heterosexual methamphetamine injectors in California.

scientific article published on 10 March 2011

HIV risks and seroprevalence among Mexican American injection drug users in California

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HIV seroprevalence in injection drug users

scientific article published on 01 April 1995

Hepatitis-associated knowledge is low and risks are high among HIV-aware injection drug users in three US cities.

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High prevalence of abscesses and cellulitis among community-recruited injection drug users in San Francisco

scientific article published on March 2000

Higher syringe coverage is associated with lower odds of HIV risk and does not increase unsafe syringe disposal among syringe exchange program clients.

scientific article published on 05 February 2007

Hospital utilization for injection drug use-related soft tissue infections in urban versus rural counties in California.

scientific article published on March 2006

Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus testing services at syringe exchange programs: availability and outcomes.

scientific article published on 9 January 2007

Impact of HIV risk and infection and the role of prevention services

scientific article published on September 1996

Increasing HIV testing among latinos by bundling HIV testing with other tests.

scientific article published on September 2006

Initiating Persons into Injection Drug Use in Rural West Virginia, USA

scientific article published on 08 October 2019

Injection risk behaviors among clients of syringe exchange programs with different syringe dispensation policies.

scientific article

Is cannabis use associated with less opioid use among people who inject drugs?

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

Measuring the food environment: shelf space of fruits, vegetables, and snack foods in stores.

scientific article published on 15 July 2009

Needle exchange effectiveness in the midst of multiple injection-related epidemics: commentary on Kåberg et al

scientific article published on 17 February 2020

Needle exchange program attendance and injection risk in Providence, Rhode Island.

scientific article

Next steps in research on injection initiation incidence and prevention.

scientific article published on August 2015

Opioid use and misuse: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions

scientific article published on 08 June 2019

Patterns of drug use, risky behavior, and health status among persons who inject drugs living in San Diego, California: a latent class analysis

scientific article

Pharmacy Syringe Purchase Test of Nonprescription Syringe Sales in San Francisco and Los Angeles in 2010 ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2013

Pharmacy participation in non-prescription syringe sales in Los Angeles and San Francisco counties, 2007.

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Policing space in the overdose crisis: A rapid ethnographic study of the impact of law enforcement practices on the effectiveness of overdose prevention sites

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

Price elasticity of demand for malt liquor beer: findings from a US pilot study.

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Psychosocial and behavioral differences among drug injectors who use and do not use syringe exchange programs.

scientific article published on December 2005

Racial disparities in completion rates from publicly funded alcohol treatment: economic resources explain more than demographics and addiction severity.

scientific article

Reliability of a store observation tool in measuring availability of alcohol and selected foods.

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Religious Congregations’ Involvement in HIV: A Case Study Approach ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2011

Screening for sexually transmitted diseases in non-traditional settings: a personal view.

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Secondary syringe exchange among users of 23 California syringe exchange programs

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Self-perception of assisting with future injection drug initiation: The influence of relationships in the process of drug injecting initiation

scientific article published on 24 August 2020

Sexual risk among injection drug users recruited from syringe exchange programs in California.

scientific article published in January 2005

Sexual transmission of HIV-1 among injection drug users in San Francisco, USA: risk-factor analysis.

scientific article published on May 2001

Social capital and the neighborhood alcohol environment

scientific article published on 26 June 2008

Sterile syringe access conditions and variations in HIV risk among drug injectors in three cities.

scientific article published on September 2004

Syringe disposal among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles: the role of sterile syringe source.

scientific article published on 21 May 2014

The effect of business improvement districts on the incidence of violent crimes

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The effect of syringe exchange use on high-risk injection drug users: a cohort study

scientific article published on March 2000

The effect of urban street gang densities on small area homicide incidence in a large metropolitan county, 1994-2002.

scientific article published on 27 February 2009

The impact of legalizing syringe exchange programs on arrests among injection drug users in California.

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The neighborhood alcohol environment and alcohol-related morbidity

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Three years after legalization of nonprescription pharmacy syringe sales in California: where are we now?

scientific article

Unmet need for recommended preventive health services among clients of California syringe exchange programs: implications for quality improvement

scientific article published on 25 July 2005

List of works by Ricky N. Bluthenthal

A framework for the specificity of addictions.

A multilevel decomposition approach to estimate the role of program location and neighborhood disadvantage in racial disparities in alcohol treatment completion.

Abscess and self-treatment among injection drug users at four California syringe exchanges and their surrounding communities

Access to sterile syringes through San Francisco pharmacies and the association with HIV risk behavior among injection drug users.

Adverse drinking-related consequences among lower income, racial, and ethnic minority drinkers: cross-sectional results.

Alcohol outlets, gonorrhea, and the Los Angeles civil unrest: a longitudinal analysis.

Approval of syringe exchange programs in California: results from a local approach to HIV prevention

Are racial disparities in alcohol treatment completion associated with racial differences in treatment modality entry? Comparison of outpatient treatment and residential treatment in Los Angeles County, 1998 to 2000.

Assessing geographic and individual level factors associated with arrests among injection drug users in California.

Associations between perceived illicit fentanyl use and infectious disease risks among people who inject drugs

Attitudes and beliefs related to HIV/AIDS in urban religious congregations: barriers and opportunities for HIV-related interventions

Characteristics Associated with Nonmedical Methadone Use among People Who Inject Drugs in California

Characteristics of malt liquor beer drinkers in a low-income, racial minority community sample

Characteristics of people who initiate injection drug use later in life

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

Commentary for Li et al., "Sexual transmissibility of HIV among opiates users with concurrent sexual partnerships: An egocentric network study in Yunnan, China."

Commentary on Palmateer et al. (2010): next steps in the global research agenda on syringe access for injection drug users

Community characteristics associated with HIV risk among injection drug users in the San Francisco Bay Area: a multilevel analysis

Condom attitudes and behaviors among injection drug users participating in California syringe exchange programs.

Congregational involvement in HIV: A qualitative comparative analysis of factors influencing HIV activity among diverse urban congregations ⬇️

Consistency of self-reported drug use events in a mixed methods study of people who inject drugs

Coverage of HIV prevention programmes for injection drug users: confusions, aspirations, definitions and ways forward.

Direct and indirect effects of parent stress on child obesity risk and added sugar intake in a sample of Southern California adolescents.

Drug-related deaths and the sales of needles through pharmacies

Examination of the association between syringe exchange program (SEP) dispensation policy and SEP client-level syringe coverage among injection drug users.

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

Factors associated with being asked to initiate someone into injection drug use

Factors associated with initiating someone into illicit drug injection.

Factors associated with readiness to change drug use among needle-exchange users

From the cell to the community: AIDS research in California. The University of California Universitywide AIDS Research Program annual meeting, February 2000.

Getting the message straight: effects of a brief hepatitis prevention intervention among injection drug users

HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Prevention Awareness, Willingness, and Perceived Barriers among People Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA, 2016-2018

HIV prevalence and risk among heterosexual methamphetamine injectors in California.

HIV risks and seroprevalence among Mexican American injection drug users in California

HIV seroprevalence in injection drug users

Hepatitis-associated knowledge is low and risks are high among HIV-aware injection drug users in three US cities.

High prevalence of abscesses and cellulitis among community-recruited injection drug users in San Francisco

Higher syringe coverage is associated with lower odds of HIV risk and does not increase unsafe syringe disposal among syringe exchange program clients.

Hospital utilization for injection drug use-related soft tissue infections in urban versus rural counties in California.

Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus testing services at syringe exchange programs: availability and outcomes.

Impact of HIV risk and infection and the role of prevention services

Increasing HIV testing among latinos by bundling HIV testing with other tests.

Initiating Persons into Injection Drug Use in Rural West Virginia, USA

Injection risk behaviors among clients of syringe exchange programs with different syringe dispensation policies.

Is cannabis use associated with less opioid use among people who inject drugs?

Measuring the food environment: shelf space of fruits, vegetables, and snack foods in stores.

Needle exchange effectiveness in the midst of multiple injection-related epidemics: commentary on Kåberg et al

Needle exchange program attendance and injection risk in Providence, Rhode Island.

Next steps in research on injection initiation incidence and prevention.

Opioid use and misuse: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions

Patterns of drug use, risky behavior, and health status among persons who inject drugs living in San Diego, California: a latent class analysis

Pharmacy Syringe Purchase Test of Nonprescription Syringe Sales in San Francisco and Los Angeles in 2010 ⬇️

Pharmacy participation in non-prescription syringe sales in Los Angeles and San Francisco counties, 2007.

Policing space in the overdose crisis: A rapid ethnographic study of the impact of law enforcement practices on the effectiveness of overdose prevention sites

Price elasticity of demand for malt liquor beer: findings from a US pilot study.

Psychosocial and behavioral differences among drug injectors who use and do not use syringe exchange programs.

Racial disparities in completion rates from publicly funded alcohol treatment: economic resources explain more than demographics and addiction severity.

Reliability of a store observation tool in measuring availability of alcohol and selected foods.

Religious Congregations’ Involvement in HIV: A Case Study Approach ⬇️

Screening for sexually transmitted diseases in non-traditional settings: a personal view.

Secondary syringe exchange among users of 23 California syringe exchange programs

Self-perception of assisting with future injection drug initiation: The influence of relationships in the process of drug injecting initiation

Sexual risk among injection drug users recruited from syringe exchange programs in California.

Sexual transmission of HIV-1 among injection drug users in San Francisco, USA: risk-factor analysis.

Social capital and the neighborhood alcohol environment

Sterile syringe access conditions and variations in HIV risk among drug injectors in three cities.

Syringe disposal among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles: the role of sterile syringe source.

The effect of business improvement districts on the incidence of violent crimes

The effect of syringe exchange use on high-risk injection drug users: a cohort study

The effect of urban street gang densities on small area homicide incidence in a large metropolitan county, 1994-2002.

The impact of legalizing syringe exchange programs on arrests among injection drug users in California.

The neighborhood alcohol environment and alcohol-related morbidity

Three years after legalization of nonprescription pharmacy syringe sales in California: where are we now?

Unmet need for recommended preventive health services among clients of California syringe exchange programs: implications for quality improvement