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Aims
The objective of this study was to examine factors that predict antiretroviral therapy (ART) access among eligible, HIV‐positive methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clients. We also tested the hypothesis that sustained MMT participation increases the likelihood of accessing ART.
Design
A nation‐wide cohort study conducted from 1 March 2004 to 31 December 2011.
Setting
MMT clients were...
Aim
To estimate the prevalence of, and identify factors associated with, depression and anxiety among community‐based methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clients in China.
Design
A cross‐sectional survey.
Setting
Nine MMT clinics, three each from three Chinese provinces (Yunnan, Anhui and Jiangsu) between October 2008 and February 2009.
Participants
A total of 1301 MMT clients.
Measurements...
Aim
To describe trends in the HIV epidemic among drug users (DUs) in China from 1995 to 2011.
Design, Setting and Participants
Data sets from China's national HIV/AIDS case reporting and sentinel surveillance systems as of December 2011 were used separately for descriptive analysis.
Measures
Changes in the geographic distribution of the number of HIV cases and HIV prevalence among injecting drug...
Aims
To describe the data collected by the Chinese methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) system and the characteristics of clients entering the programme.
Design
Descriptive study using routinely collected data from the MMT data management system for the period March 2004 and March 2010.
Setting
All MMT clinics in China.
Participants
Clients who enrolled for services between March 2004 and...
Aim
To investigate the characteristics of the different club drugs and associated high‐risk sexual behaviours in China.
Design
Multicentre cross‐sectional study.
Setting
Drug Detoxification and Rehabilitation Centres in six provinces, China.
Participants
A total of 1434 eligible club drug users were included.
Measurements
Participants were investigated by trained interviewers using a self‐designed...
Aims
Steady increases in alcohol consumption and related problems are likely to accompany China's rapid epidemiological transition and profit‐based marketing activities. We reviewed research on health promotion interventions and policies to address excessive drinking and to guide health‐care reform.
Methods
We searched Chinese‐ and English‐language databases and included 21 studies in China published...
Aim
To characterize trends in drug abuse in China before and after the 2005 initiation of the ‘People's War on Drugs’.
Design
Retrospective self‐controlled study.
Setting
Annual, nation‐wide surveillance from 2003 to 2010 of all registered drug users in China's National Surveillance System on Drug Abuse (NSSDA).
Participants
A total of 1 184 124 drug users registered in NSSDA were involved...
Aim
To examine the association between needle and syringe exchange programme (NSEP) participation and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among intravenous drug users (IDUs) in China.
Design
Cross‐sectional survey study design.
Setting
Six counties with active NSEP were selected from each of the seven provinces with active NSEP sampled, resulting in a sample of 42 counties in China....
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