Retention and Overdose Risk among Patients Receiving Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Mental Health Care and Peer Recovery Support: A Longitudinal Analysis.

Background: Drug overdose remains a major crisis in the United States. Expanding substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services is critical for reducing overdose risk during disasters such as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) pandemic. We evaluated the outcomes of an innovative multicomponent service, inclusive of medications for SUD, and peer support, colocated in an outpatient infectious disease clinic in Baltimore City.

Implementing a peer-supported, integrated strategy for substance use disorder care in an outpatient infectious disease clinic is associated with improved patient outcomes.

Background: Substance use disorder (SUD) and infectious disease (ID) care integration may lead to improvements in SUD and ID outcomes. We assessed implementation of integrating peer-supported SUD care in an outpatient ID setting.

Methods: In this implementation study, we describe REcovery in Specialty care Through medication and OutREach (RESTORE), a low-threshold SUD program implemented in a Baltimore outpatient ID clinic.

Sharing the cure: Building primary care and public health infrastructure to improve the hepatitis C care continuum in Maryland.

In 2014, trained healthcare provider capacity was insufficient to deliver care to an estimated 70 000 persons in Maryland with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The goal of Maryland Community Based Programs to Test and Cure Hepatitis C, a public health implementation project, was to improve HCV treatment access by expanding the workforce. Sharing the Cure (STC) was a package of services deployed 10/1/14-9/30/18 that included enhanced information technology and public health infrastructure, primary care provider training and practice transformation.

Comparison of hepatitis C virus testing recommendations in high-income countries.

Aim: To investigate hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing recommendations from the United States and other high-income countries.

Methods: A comprehensive search for current HCV testing recommendations from the top quartile of United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) countries (very high HDI) was performed using Google and reviewed from May 1 - October 30, 2014 and re-reviewed April 1 - October 2, 2017.

Results: Of the 51 countries identified, 16 had HCV testing recommendations from a government body or recommendations issued collaboratively between a government and a medical organization.

Alcohol Use and Unintended Sexual Consequences among Women Attending an Urban Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic.

Background: Although alcohol use has been linked with a variety of sexual behaviors, we lack an understanding of what precise events occur when women drink that may lead to emotional or physical harms.

Methods: To fill this gap, we qualitatively explored the unintended sexual events occurring while drinking among a particularly at-risk clinic population: urban women attending a public sexually transmitted infections (STI) clinic. This was a secondary data analysis of 20 semistructured, in-depth interviews conducted between December 2009 and August 2010 with 20 sexually active adult women attending the Baltimore City Health Department STI Clinic.