Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities Presentations
A selection of presentations from the Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities at Nova Southeastern University.
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Submissions from 2015
Frequent Group Sex Participation and HIV Risk among Young Adult Multidrug Users, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Law, Policy, and Substance Use in Miami's Dance Club Culture, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Representations of Resilience: Project ROOM Study Outcomes and a Qualitative Study among African American/Black Men, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
The Project ROOM Study: Interventions, Outcomes, and Resilience, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
The Social Environmental Context of Resilience Among African American/Black Men, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Trends in Prescription Opioid Misuse among Young Adult Multidrug Users in Miami, 2006-2014, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
A Social Ecological Examination of Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Women Participants in Israeli Club Culture, Mance E. Buttram, Maayan Lawental, and Steven P. Kurtz
Smoking Cessation During Treatment among Youth with and without ADHD, C. M. Delos Reyes, K. M. Svala, Steven P. Kurtz, and M. E. Pagano
Risk of Sexual Abuse among Ecstasy Users Differs by Gender and Other Drug Use, Shivani R. Khan, Catherine W. Striley, Jan Copeland, Steven P. Kurtz, and Linda Cottler
RADARS System Drug Diversion Program: 'Write-In Drugs', Steven P. Kurtz
Non-Prescribed FTC/TDF Use for PrEP among MSM: 'The Morning After Pill', Steven P. Kurtz and Mance E. Buttram
Serious Mental Illness among Young Adult Women in Miami's Club Scene: Co-occurring Victimization and Trauma History, Substance Dependence and Sexual Risk Behaviors, Steven P. Kurtz and Mance E. Buttram
ARV Street Markets and Informal PrEP Use by MSM in South Florida: The Context of Limited Access, Steven P. Kurtz, Mance E. Buttram, and Hilary L Surratt
A Social Ecological Examination of HIV Transmission Risk among MSM in a Chinese Trading City, Steven P. Kurtz, Robert Garofalo, Weijan Chen, Judith A. Levy, Shijun Mao, Charles Wood, and Tiejun Zhang
ARV Diversion among HIV-Positive MSM: Individual Market Characteristics, Steven P. Kurtz, Hilary L Surratt, and Mance E. Buttram
Co-Occuring Psychosocial Health Disparities and ARV Medication Adherence among Indigent HIV Positive Patients Who Use Drugs, Steven P. Kurtz, Hilary L. Surratt, and Mance E. Buttram
A Qualitative Examination of Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Participants in Israeli Club Culture, Maayan Lawental, Mance E. Buttram, and Steven P. Kurtz
Examining the Relationship Between Social Context and Prescription Opioid Initiation Routes among Young Adults Entering Detoxification, Maria A. Levi-Minzi, Catherine O'Grady, Hilary L. Surratt, and Steven P. Kurtz
The Use of Qualitative Research in Large Quantitative Studies: Capturing the Subtleties, Maria A. Levi-Minzi, Hilary L Surratt, and Steven P. Kurtz
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with ARV Adherence among Aging, Indigent, Substance Abusing People Living with HIV, Maria A. Levi-Minzi, K. Tsuyuki, and Hilary L. Surratt
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with ARV Adherence among Aging, Indigent, Substance Abusing People Living with HIV, Maria A. Levi-Minzi, K. Tsuyuki, and Hilary L. Surratt
Abuse and Diversion of Buprenorphine/Naloxone Film Relative to other Buprenorphine Forumulations, S Geoffrey Severtson, Becki Bucher-Bartelson, J. L. Green, Theodore J Cicero, M. Ellis, Steven P. Kurtz, Andrew Rosenblum, and Richard C Dart
Submissions from 2014
Epidemiologic Study of Prescription Opioid Misuse among Young Adult Club Drug Users in Miami, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Health and Social Factors Associated with Alternate Routes of Administration of Prescription Opioids among Young Adult Multidrug Users, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Liquid Prescription Opioid Misuse among a Sample of Diverse Club Drug Users in Miami, Florida, USA, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Neighborhood Residence among South Florida MSM, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Focusing on Focus in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Ronald J. Chenail, Maria A. Levi-Minzi, and D. Ilic
Buprenorphine/Naloxone Abuse and Diversion: Film Rates are Less than Tablet Rates, Richard C Dart, Hilary L Surratt, Eric J Lavonas, Erin M Martinez, S Geoffrey Severtson, Theodore J Cicero, Steven P. Kurtz, Andrew Rosenblum, and Jody L Green
RADARS Drug Diversion Program, Steven P. Kurtz
South Florida Men's Syphilis/HIV Coalition Panel Discussion, Steven P. Kurtz
HIV Prevention for Men Who Have Sex with Men, Steven P. Kurtz and Mance E. Buttram
HIV Prevention for Men Who Have Sex with Men, Steven P. Kurtz and Mance E. Buttram
Psychosocial Correlates of Sexual Risk Behaviors among Young Adult Women Multidrug Users in the Club Scene, Steven P. Kurtz and Mance E. Buttram
HIV Stigma among Substance Abusing Indigent PLWHA: Implications for HIV Treatment and ARV Adherence, Maria A. Levi-Minzi and Hilary L. Surratt
HIV Stigma among Substance Abusing PLWH: Implications of HIV Treatment, ARV Adherence and Diversion, Maria A. Levi-Minzi and Hilary L. Surratt
Psychiatric Symptoms in a Sample of Young, Sexual Minority Brazilian Ecstasy and LSD Users, Flavio Pechansky, Lysa Remy, Hilary L. Surratt, and Steven P. Kurtz
Responding to an Epidemic: Rx Nonmedical Use in Florida, Hilary L. Surratt, J. L. Hall, and Steven P. Kurtz
Who in the World Buys ARV's on the Black Market?, K. Tsuyuki, Hilary L Surratt, Maria A. Levi-Minzi, and Catherine O'Grady
Diversion and Illicit Sale of Extended Release Tapentadol in the United States, N. West, M.C. Le Lait, Steven P. Kurtz, Richard C Dart, J. Burke, N. Dasgupta, and V. Bebarta
Submissions from 2013
Group Sex Events Among Young Adult Multidrug Users, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Social and Environmental Predictors of Resilience among Young Adult Multidrug Users in Miami's Nightclub Scene, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Health Risks and Mental Health Problems Associated with Prescription Opioid and Benzodiazepine Abusing Men, Mance E. Buttram, Steven P. Kurtz, and Hilary L. Surratt
Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion among Young Adult Polydrug Users in South Florida, Steven P. Kurtz
HIV Prevention for Men Who Have Sex with Men, Steven P. Kurtz and Mance E. Buttram
HIV Prevention for Men Who Have Sex with Men, Steven P. Kurtz and Mance E. Buttram
Predictors of Resilience Among Young Multidrug Users in Miami's Club Scene, Steven P. Kurtz and Mance E. Buttram
Resilience Measure Predict 12-month Continuous Safe Sex Behaviors among Highly Vulnerable MSM Following Intervention, Steven P. Kurtz and Mance E. Buttram
A Randomized Clinical Trial of Two Interventions to Reduce HIV Risk and Substance Use among Highly Vulnerable MSM, Steven P. Kurtz, Mance E. Buttram, Ronald Stall, and Hilary L Surratt
Diversion of ARVs to Street Markets among Substance Using MSM: Potential Implications for TasP and PrEP Rollouts in the US, Steven P. Kurtz, Mance E. Buttram, and Hilary L. Surratt
Emerging Synthetic and Natural Psychoactive Drugs in South Florida's Club Scene: Users' Demographic and Health Risk Profiles, Steven P. Kurtz, Mance E. Buttram, Hilary L. Surratt, Catherine O'Grady, and Shenika Moraldo
Emerging Synthetic and Natural Psychoactive Drugs in South Florida's Club Scene: Users' Demographic and Health Risk Profiles, Steven P. Kurtz, Mance E. Buttram, Hilary L. Surratt, Catherine O'Grady, and Shenika Moraldo
Vulnerable Infected Populations and Illicit Markets for ARVs: Potential Implications for PrEP Rollout in the U.S., Steven P. Kurtz, Hilary L Surratt, and Mance E. Buttram
Victimization, Substance Use, Sex Risk and Serious Mental Illness among Young Adult Women in Miami's Club Scene, Steven P. Kurtz, Hilary L. Surratt, and Catherine O'Grady
A Case for Systemic Interventions for Schizophrenia, Maria A. Levi-Minzi
Under Treatment of Pain: A Prescription for Opioid Misuse among the Elderly?, Maria A. Levi-Minzi
Sex Trading, Substance Abuse, and Mental Health Problems Among Indigent HIV Positive Women: Implications for HIV Treatment, Adherence, and Diversion, Maria A. Levi-Minzi, Hilary L. Surratt, and Steven P. Kurtz
Antiretroviral Medication Diversion in South Florida: Prescription Types and Motivations, Catherine O'Grady, Hilary L Surratt, and Steven P. Kurtz
A National Perspective on the Abuse and Diversion of Prescription Drugs, Hilary L Surratt and Steven P. Kurtz
Applying Community Epidemiology to Research Priorities and Designs, Hilary L Surratt and Steven P. Kurtz
Street Prices of Prescription Opioids Diverted to the Illicit Market: Data from a National Surveillance Program, Hilary L. Surratt, Steven P. Kurtz, Theodore J. Cicero, Richard C Dart, Gary Baker, and Gary Vorsanger
Serious Mental Illness and Treatment Adherence among Vulnerable HIV-Positive Women, Hilary L. Surratt, Steven P. Kurtz, and Catherine L. O'Grady
HIV-Related Outcomes among Indigent HIV Positive Abusers in South Florida, Hilary L. Surratt, Catherine O'Grady, Maria A. Levi-Minzi, and Steven P. Kurtz
Promoting Health Service Linkages among Underserved African-American Women at High Risk for HIV, Hilary L. Surratt, Catherine L. O'Grady, and Steven P. Kurtz
Submissions from 2012
Neighborhood Influence on Substance Use and HIV Transmission Risk in South Florida, Mance E. Buttram
Health and Social Characteristics of Prescription Opioid Abusing Men, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Results of a Randomized Intervention Trial to Reduce HIV Risk Behavior and Substance Use and Increase Social Support among Vulnerable African American/Black Men, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
The Geography of Risk Factors and Protective Characteristics of HIV Transmission and Substance Use among MSM in South Florida, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
HIV Risk Behavior among Substance-using Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women (MSMW): Findings from Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, Mack Friedman, Ronald Stall, L. Heerten, Mance E. Buttram, and Steven P. Kurtz
Prescription Opioid Diversion: Mechanisms, Street Prices, and Prevention Measures, Steven P. Kurtz
Resilience Based Interventions for Highly Vulnerable MSM, Steven P. Kurtz
HIV Risk Behaviors by Age Group among Prescription Opioid Abusers in South Florida, Catherine L. O'Grady, Steven P. Kurtz, and Hilary L. Surratt
HIV Risk Behaviors among Nonmedical Prescription Drug Users in Public and Private Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities, Catherine O'Grady, Hilary L. Surratt, Steven P. Kurtz, and Maria A. Levi-Minzi
Party, Play and Pay: Associations Between Transactional Sex and High-risk UAI among Substance-using MSM in South Florida, Ronald Stall, Mack Friedman, Steven P. Kurtz, and Mance E. Buttram
Syndemic Associations of HIV Risk among Sex-working MSM in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, U.S.A., Ronald Stall, Mack Friedman, Steven P. Kurtz, and Mance E. Buttram
Street Prices of Prescription Opioids Diverted to the Illicit Market, Hilary L. Surratt, Steven P. Kurtz, Theodore J. Cicero, and Richard C Dart
Submissions from 2011
Migration-Related Health Risks and Adverse Aspects of Social Capital among MSM in South Florida's Drug-Sex Scene, Mance E. Buttram
Using Geographic Information Systems to Understand Spatial Distribution of Substance Use and HIV Transmission Risk among MSM in South Florida, Mance E. Buttram
Using Geographic Information Systems to Understand Spatial Distribution of Substance Use and HIV Transmission Risk among MSM in South Florida, Mance E. Buttram and Steven P. Kurtz
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Social Environment and Health among Urban Substance Using MSM, Mance E. Buttram, Steven P. Kurtz, and Khary K Rigg
Resilience Based Interventions for Highly Vulnerable MSM, Steven P. Kurtz
Differences in Health and Health Behaviors Between HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Substance-Using MSM, Steven P. Kurtz, Mance E. Buttram, Ronald Stall, Hilary L Surratt, and Minxing Chen
Difference in Health Behaviors between HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Substance-Using MSM, Steven P. Kurtz, Mance E. Buttram, Ronald Stall, Hilary L. Surratt, and Minxing Chen
Migration-related Health Risks and Adverse Aspects of Social Capital among MSM in South Florida's Drug Scene, Steven P. Kurtz, Mance E. Buttram, Ronald Stall, Hilary L. Surratt, and Minxing Chen
A Strengths-Based Risk Reduction Intervention for Highly Vulnerable Urban Gay Men: Resiliency Measures, Steven P. Kurtz, Ronald Stall, and Hilary L Surratt
Sources of Diverted Prescription Opioids among a Diverse Sample of Abusers in South Florida, Steven P. Kurtz, Hilary L. Surratt, Theodore J. Cicero, Gladys E. Ibanez, and Maria A. Levi-Minzi
Internet-Based Diversion of Prescription Opioids, Steven P. Kurtz, Hilary L. Surratt, Theodore J. Cicero, Gladys E. Ibanez, Andrew Rosenblum, Richard C Dart, and James A. Inciardi
Drug Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Young Adults in Brazil's Club Scene, Steven P. Kurtz, Hilary L. Surratt, Flavio Pechansky, and Lysa Remy
Patterns of Prescription Medication Diversion among Drug Dealers, Khary K Rigg, Steven P. Kurtz, and Hilary L. Surratt
Medication Diversion among HIV-Positive Substance Abusers in Miami, Hilary L. Surratt
Violence, Psychological Distress and Sexual Risk among Highly Vulnerable Female Sex Workers, Hilary L. Surratt and Steven P. Kurtz
The Impact of Violent Victimization and Serious Mental Illness on HIV Risk among Female Sex Workers, Hilary L. Surratt, Steven P. Kurtz, and Theodore J. Cicero
Submissions from 2010
Migration-Related Health and Social Risks for Urban MSM, Steven P. Kurtz
Recruiting High Risk Substance Using MSM in South Florida, Steven P. Kurtz
Awareness and Uptake of HAV and HBV Vaccines among Gay and Bisexual Men, Steven P. Kurtz and Ronald Stall
A Strengths-Based Risk Reduction Intervention for Highly Vulnerable Urban Gay Men, Steven P. Kurtz, Ronald Stall, and J C Weaver
Social Isolation, Substance Use and Sexual Behaviors among High Risk MSM, Steven P. Kurtz and Hilary L. Surratt
Submissions from 2009
Empowering Behavior Change among High Risk Urban MSM, Steven P. Kurtz
Prescription Drug Misuse among Gay and Bisexual Men, Steven P. Kurtz
Interview as Intervention: The Case of Young Adult Polydrug Users, Steven P. Kurtz, James A. Inciardi, Hilary L. Surratt, and J C Weaver
The Preliminary Field Trial of a New Intervention for Substance Using MSM, Steven P. Kurtz, James A. Inciardi, and J C Weaver