ResearchProjects

In some areas of Southern China and neighboring northern Vietnam, there were extremely high rates of HIV among injection drug users (IDUs). This border area had been affected by large-scale drug trafficking and cross-border movement related to small-scale drug purchase and use, and had very limited HIV prevention activities.

The project developed and evaluated an HIV prevention intervention for injection drug users (IDUs) that included peer educators. The intervention was a comprehensive, peer education model embracing elements of social marketing of sterile injection equipment, risk reduction for drug users, public health infection control, and community education and mobilization. This was the first-ever intervention designed to prevent cross-border HIV transmission. The project also sought to improve cross-border collaboration regarding prevention interventions and policy research and development.

Abstract on NIH RePORTER

Des Jarlais DC, Hammett TM, Kieu B, Chen Y, Feelemyer J (2018).
Working with persons who inject drugs and live in rural areas: Implications from China/Vietnam for the USA
Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 15 (4), 302-307. doi: 10.1007/s11904-018-0405-0. PMCID: PMC6873704.

Hammett TM, Des Jarlais DC, Kling R, Kieu BT, McNicholl JM, Wasinrapee P, McDougal JS, Liu W, Chen Y, Meng D, Doan N, Huu Nguyen T, Ngoc Hoang Q, Van Hoang T (2012).
Controlling HIV epidemics among injection drug users: Eight years of cross-border HIV prevention interventions in Vietnam and China
PLoS One, 7 (8), e43141. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043141. PMCID: PMC3428343.

Broadhead RS, Hammett TM, Kling R, Doan N, Liu W, Chen Y, Hoang NQ, Kieu TB, Hoang VT, Borch C, Gauchat G, Des Jarlais DC (2009).
Peer-driven interventions in Vietnam and China to prevent HIV: A pilot study targeting injection drug users
Journal of Drug Issues, 39 (4), 829-850. doi: 10.1177/002204260903900403.

Hammett TM, Wu Z, Duc TT, Stephens D, Sullivan S, Liu W, Chen Y, Ngu D, Des Jarlais DC (2008).
‘Social evils’ and harm reduction: The evolving policy environment for human immunodeficiency virus prevention among injection drug users in China and Vietnam
Addiction, 103 (1), 137-145. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02053.x.

Des Jarlais DC, Kling R, Hammett TM, Ngu D, Liu W, Chen Y, Binh KT, Friedmann P (2007).
Reducing HIV infection among new injecting drug users in the China-Vietnam Cross Border Project
AIDS, 21 (Suppl 8), S109-S114. doi: 10.1097/01.aids.0000304705.79541.34.

Hammett TM, Des Jarlais D, Johnston P, Kling R, Ngu D, Liu W, Chen Y, Van LK, Donghua M (2007).
HIV prevention for injection drug users in China and Vietnam: Policy and research considerations
Global Public Health, 2 (2), 125-139. doi: 10.1080/17441690600981806.

Hammett TM, Kling R, Johnston P, Liu W, Ngu D, Friedmann P, Binh KT, Dong HV, Van LK, Donghua M, Chen Y, Des Jarlais DC (2006).
Patterns of HIV prevalence and HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users prior to and 24 months following implementation of cross-border HIV prevention interventions in Northern Vietnam and Southern China
AIDS Education and Prevention, 18 (2), 97-115. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2006.18.2.97.

Des Jarlais DC, Johnston P, Friedmann P, Kling R, Liu W, Ngu D, Chen Y, Hoang TV, Donghua M, Van LK, Tung ND, Binh KT, Hammett TM (2005).
Patterns of HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in the cross-border area of Lang Son Province, Vietnam, and Ning Ming County, Guangxi Province, China
BMC Public Health, 5, 89. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-89. PMCID: PMC1232855.

Hammett TM, Bartlett NA, Chen Y, Ngu D, Cuong DD, Phuong NM, Tho NH, Van LK, Liu W, Donghua M, Shaomi X, Chen H, Quyen HN, Broadhead RS, Des Jarlais DC (2005).
Law enforcement influences on HIV prevention for injection drug users: Observations from a cross-border project in China and Vietnam
International Journal of Drug Policy, 16 (4), 235-245. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.05.009.

Hammett TM, Johnston P, Kling R, Liu W, Ngu D, Tung ND, Binh KT, Dong HV, Hoang TV, Van LK, Donghua M, Chen Y, Des Jarlais DC (2005).
Correlates of HIV status among injection drug users in a border region of southern China and northern Vietnam
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 38 (2), 228-235.

Hammett TM, Norton GD, Kling R, Liu W, Chen Y, Ngu D, Binh KT, Dong HV, Des Jarlais DC (2005).
Community attitudes toward HIV prevention for injection drug users: Findings from a cross-border project in Southern China and Northern Vietnam
Journal of Urban Health, 82 (3 Suppl 4), iv34-iv42. doi: 10.1093/jurban/jti106.

Des Jarlais DC, Hammett TM, Wei L, Van LK, Donghua M, Ngu D (2004).
Opiate agonist maintenance treatment for injecting drug user peer educators
Addiction, 99 (10), 1355-1356. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00883.x.

Hammett TM, Des Jarlais DC, Liu W, Ngu D, Tung ND, Hoang TV, Van LK, Donghua M (2003).
Development and implementation of a cross-border HIV prevention intervention for injection drug users in Ning Ming County (Guangxi Province), China and Lang Son Province, Vietnam
International Journal of Drug Policy, 14 (5-6), 389-398. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2003.07.003.