Completed
Intervention for Migrant Puerto Rican Drug Users (Bienvenidos Project)
Funding Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Funding Period: 1996-2009
Principal Investigator: Sherry Deren, Ph.D.
A completed study (Puerto Rican Drug Users in NY and PR: HIV Risk Behavior Determinants; ARIBBA II, S. Deren, PI) found that among Puerto Rican IDUs in New York, those who migrated from Puerto Rico reported higher levels of risky injection behavior (e.g., shooting gallery use and sharing injection equipment). The Bienvenidos Project is a continuation of the ARIBBA project. It is developing and evaluating an intervention that incorporates peer outreach workers and program staff from methadone maintenance treatment programs (MMTPs). Using a group randomized trial design, the study will be based in four pairs of MMTPs in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Newark, NJ. Within each pair of MMTPs, one will be assigned to the intervention, which will provide joint training of staff and peer outreach workers regarding the higher level of risk behaviors among Puerto Rican migrant drug users, and train peers in outreach and risk reduction among migrants. In the comparison program, peers will receive a non-HIV related training. Study outcomes to be assessed include changes in clinic services to address the needs of migrants, and reductions in drug- and sex-related risk behaviors of peers and migrants.
Project Reports Disparidad en Servicios de Prevencion de VIH, Tasas de Infeccion y Mortalidad: Comparacion entre Usuarios de Drogas en Puerto Rico y Nueva York
Disparities in HIV Prevention Services, Infection Rates and Mortality: A Comparison of Drug Users in Puerto Rico and New York
Project Fact Sheet ARIBBA Project Fact Sheet
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Colon, R. M., Deren, S., Guarino, H., Mino, M., & Kang, S. Y. (2010). Challenges in recruiting and training drug treatment patients as peer outreach workers: A perspective from the field. Substance Use and Misuse, 45 (12), 892-1908.
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Deren, S., Kang, S. Y., Mino, M., & Guarino, H. (2010). Migrant drug users: Predictors of HIV-related sexual and injection risk behaviors. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 12 (2), 179-186.
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Guarino, H., Deren, S., Mino, M., Kang, S. Y., & Shedlin, M. G. (2010). Training drug treatment patients to conduct peer-based HIV outreach: An ethnographic perspective on peers' experiences. Substance Use and Misuse, 45 (3), 414-436.
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Kang, S. Y., & Deren, S. (2009). Factors mediating and moderating the relationship between gender and utilization of health care among Puerto Rican drug users in New York. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 102 (1-3), 138-143.
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Kang, S. Y., Deren, S., & Colon, H. (2009). Gender comparisons of factors associated with drug treatment utilization among Puerto Rican drug users. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 35 (2), 73-79.
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Kang, S. Y., Deren, S., Mino, M., & Cortes, D. E. (2009). Biculturality and HIV-risk behaviors among Puerto Rican drug users in New York City. Substance Use and Misuse, 44 (4), 578-592.
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Andia, J. F., Deren, S., Robles, R. R., Kang, S. Y., & Colon, H. M. (2008). Peer norms and sharing of injection paraphernalia among Puerto Rican injection drug users in New York and Puerto Rico. AIDS Education and Prevention, 20 (3), 249-257.
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Deren, S., Strauss, S., Kang, S. Y., Colon, H. M., & Robles, R. R. (2008). Sex risk behaviors of drug users: A dual site study of predictors over time. AIDS Education and Prevention, 20 (4), 325-337.
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Cleland, C. M., Deren, S., Fuller, C. M., Blaney, S., McMahon, J. M., Tortu, S., Des Jarlais, D. C., & Vlahov, D. (2007). Syringe disposal among injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx during the New York State Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program. Health Education and Behavior, 34 (2), 390-403.
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Deren, S., Kang, S. Y., Colon, H. M., & Robles, R. R. (2007). Predictors of injection drug use cessation among Puerto Rican drug injectors in New York and Puerto Rico. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 33 (2), 291-299.
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Deren, S., Kang, S. Y., Colon, H. M., & Robles, R. R. (2007). The Puerto Rico-New York airbridge for drug users: Description and relationship to HIV risk behaviors. Journal of Urban Health, 84 (2), 243-254.
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Colon, H. M., Deren, S., Robles, R. R., Kang, S. Y., Cabassa, M., & Sahai, H. (2006). A comparative study of mortality among Puerto Rican injection drug users in East Harlem, New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Journal of Urban Health, 83 (6), 1114-1126.
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Finlinson, H. A., Oliver-Velez, D., Deren, S., Cant, J. G. H., Colon, H. M., Robles, R. R., Kang, S. Y., & Andia, J. F. (2006). A longitudinal study of syringe acquisition by Puerto Rican injection drug users in New York and Puerto Rico: Implications for syringe exchange and distribution programs. Substance Use and Misuse, 41 (9), 1313-1336.
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Mino, M., Deren, S., & Kang, S. Y. (2006). Social support and HIV-related injection risk among Puerto Rican migrant and nonmigrant injection drug users recruited in New York City. AIDS Education and Prevention, 18 (1), 81-90.
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Robles, R. R., Matos, T. D., Deren, S., Colon, H. M., Sahai, H., Marrero, C. A., Reyes, J. C., Andia, J., & Shepard, E. W. (2006). Drug treatment disparities among Hispanic drug-using women in Puerto Rico and New York City. Health Policy, 75 (2), 159-169.
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Andia, J. F., Deren, S., Robles, R. R., Kang, S. Y., Colon, H. M., Oliver-Velez. D., & Finlinson, A. (2005). Factors associated with injection and noninjection drug use during incarceration among Puerto Rican drug injectors in New York and Puerto Rico. Prison Journal, 85 (3), 329-342.
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Deren, S., Shedlin, M., Decena, C. U., & Mino, M. (2005). Research challenges to the study of HIV/AIDS among migrant and immigrant Hispanic populations in the United States. Journal of Urban Health, 82 (2, Supplement 3), iii13-iii25.
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Kang, S. Y., Deren, S., Andia, J., Colon, H. M., & Robles, R. R. (2005). Egocentric HIV risk networks among Puerto Rican crack users in New York and Puerto Rico: Impact on sex risk behaviors over time. AIDS Education and Prevention, 17 (1), 53-67.
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Kang, S. Y., Deren, S., Andia, J., Colon, H. M., Robles, R., & Oliver-Velez, D. (2005). HIV transmission behaviors in jail/prison among Puerto Rican drug injectors in New York and Puerto Rico. AIDS and Behavior, 9 (3), 377-386.
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Pouget, E. R., Deren, S., Fuller, C. M., Blaney, S., McMahon, J. M., Kang, S. Y., Tortu, S., Andia, J. F., Des Jarlais, D. C., & Vlahov, D. (2005). Receptive syringe sharing among injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx during the New York State Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 39 (4), 471-477.
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Deren, S., Kang, S. Y., Colon, H. M., Andia, J. F., & Robles, R. R. (2004). HIV incidence among high-risk Puerto Rican drug users: A comparison of East Harlem, New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 36 (5), 1067-1074.
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Kang, S. Y., Deren, S., Andia, J., Colon, H. M., & Robles, R. R. (2004). Effects of changes in perceived self-efficacy on HIV risk behaviors over time. Addictive Behaviors, 29 (3), 567-574.
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Andia, J. F., Deren, S., Friedman, S. R., Winick, C., Kang, S. Y., Palij, M., Robles, R. R., Colon, H. M., Oliver-Velez, D., & Finlinson, A. (2003). Towards an HIV role theory: Drug-related peer beliefs and role strain indicators as predictors of injection risk behaviors among Puerto Rican injection drug users in New York and Puerto Rico. Journal of Drug Issues, 33 (4), 963-982.
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Cortes, D. E., Deren, S., Andia, J., Colon, H., Robles, R., & Kang, S. Y. (2003). The use of the Puerto Rican Biculturality Scale with Puerto Rican drug users in New York and Puerto Rico. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 35 (2), 197-207.
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Deren, S., Fuller, C., Pouget, E. R., Blaney, S., Tortu, S., Kang, S. Y., McMahon, J. M., Andia, J. F., Des Jarlais, D. C., Johnson, B., Rosenblum, A., & Vlahov, D. (2003). Impact of expanding syringe access in New York on sources of syringes for injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx, NYC, USA. International Journal of Drug Policy, 14 (5), 373-379.
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Deren, S., Kang, S. Y., Colon, H. M., Andia, J. F., Robles, R. R., Oliver-Velez, D., & Finlinson, A. (2003). Migration and HIV risk behaviors: Puerto Rican drug injectors in New York City and Puerto Rico. American Journal of Public Health, 93 (5), 812-816.
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Deren, S., Kang, S. Y., Rapkin, B., Robles, R. R., Andia, J. F., & Colon, H. M. (2003). The utility of the PRECEDE model in predicting HIV risk behaviors among Puerto Rican injection drug users. AIDS and Behavior, 7 (4), 405-412.
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Deren, S., Oliver-Velez, D., Finlinson, A., Robles, R., Andia, J., Colon, H. M., Kang, S. Y., & Shedlin, M (2003). Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods: Comparing HIV-related risk behaviors among Puerto Rican drug users in Puerto Rico and New York. Substance Use and Misuse, 38 (1), 1-24.
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Finlinson, H. A., Oliver-Velez, D., Deren, S., Cant, J. G. H., Colon, H. M., Robles, R. R., & Andia, J. F. (2003). Puerto Rican drug users' experiences of physical and sexual abuse: Comparisons based on gender and developmental stage. Violence Against Women, 9 (7), 839-858.
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Finlinson, H. A., Robles, R. R., Colon, H. M., Lopez, M. S., Negron, M. D., Oliver-Velez, D., Deren, S., Andia, J. F., & Cant, J. G. H. (2003). Puerto Rican drug users' experiences of physical and sexual abuse: Comparisons based on sexual identities. Journal of Sex Research, 40 (3), 277-285.
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Oliver-Velez, D., Deren, S., Finlinson, A., Shedlin, M., Robles, R. R., Andia, J., Colon, H. M., & Kang, S. Y. (2003). Sexual risk behaviors of Puerto Rican drug users in East Harlem, New York and Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 5 (1), 19-35.
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Robles, R. R., Matos, T. D., Colon, H. M., Deren, S., Reyes, J. C., Andia, J., Marrero, C. A., & Sahai, H. (2003). Determinants of health care use among Puerto Rican drug users in Puerto Rico and New York City. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 37, S392-S403.
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Friedman, S. R., Kang, S. Y., Deren, S., Robles, R., Colon, H. M., Andia, J., Oliver-Velez, D., & Finlinson, A. (2002). Drug-scene roles and HIV risk among Puerto Rican injection drug users in East Harlem, New York and Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 34 (4), 363-369.
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Oliver-Velez, D., Finlinson, H. A., Deren, S., Robles, R. R., Shedlin, M., Andia, J., & Colon, H. (2002). Mapping the Air-Bridge locations: The application of ethnographic mapping techniques to a study of HIV risk behavior determinant in East Harlem, New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Human Organization, 61 (3), 262-276.
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Andia, J. F., Deren, S., Kang, S. Y., Robles, R. R., Colon, H. M., Oliver-Velez, D., Finlinson. A., Beardsley, M., & Friedman, S. R. (2001). Residential status and HIV risk behaviors among Puerto Rican drug injectors in New York and Puerto Rico. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 27 (4), 719-735.
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Colon, H. M., Finlinson, H. A., Robles, R. R., Deren, S., Andia, J., Kang, S. Y., & Oliver-Velez, D. (2001). Joint drug purchases and drug preparation risk behaviors among injection drug users. AIDS and Behavior, 5 (1), 85-96.
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Colon, H. M., Robles, R. R., Deren, S., Sahai, H., Finlinson, H. A., Andia, J., Cruz, M. A., Kang, S. Y., & Oliver-Velez, D. (2001). Between-city variation in frequency of injection among Puerto Rican injection drug users: East Harlem, New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 27 (4), 405-413.
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Deren, S., Robles, R., Andia, J., Colon, H. M., Kang, S. Y., & Perlis, T. (2001). Trends in HIV seroprevalence and needle sharing among Puerto Rican drug injectors in Puerto Rico and New York: 1992-1999. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 26 (2), 164-169.
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Kang, S. Y., Deren, S., Andia, J., Colon, H. M., & Robles, R. R. (2001). Gender differences in HIV risk behaviors among Puerto Rican drug injectors by awareness of HIV seropositive status. AIDS and Behavior, 5 (3), 241-249.
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Andia, J., Deren, S., Beardsley, M., & Friedman, S. R. (2000). Drug abuse treatment and needle exchange service utilization among Puerto Rican drug injectors and crack smokers in East Harlem, New York City. Alcohol and Drugs, American Sociological Association's Alcohol and Drug Section Newsletter, 9 (1), 1, 4.
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Finlinson, H. A., Oliver-Velez, D., Colon, H. M., Deren, S., Robles, R. R., Beardsley, M., Cant, J. G. H., Andia, J., & Soto-Lopez, M. (2000). Syringe acquisition and use of syringe exchange programs by Puerto Rican drug injectors in New York and Puerto Rico: Comparisons based on quantitative and qualitative methods. AIDS and Behavior, 4 (4), 341-351.
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Finlinson, H. A., Colon, H. M., Robles, R. R., Deren, S., Soto Lopez, M., & Munoz, A. (1999). Access to sterile syringes by injection drug users in Puerto Rico. Human Organization, 58 (2), 201-210.
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