| Title | Challenges to implementing opioid substitution therapy in Ukrainian prisons: Personnel attitudes toward addiction, treatment, and people with HIV/AIDS. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2015 |
| Authors | Polonsky, Maxim, Lyuba Azbel, Jeffrey A. Wickersham, Faye S. Taxman, Evgeny Grishaev, Sergey Dvoryak, and Frederick L. Altice |
| Journal | Drug and alcohol dependence |
| Volume | 148 |
| Pagination | 47-55 |
| Date Published | 2015 Mar 1 |
| ISSN | 1879-0046 |
| Keywords | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Adult, Attitude of Health Personnel, Behavior, Addictive, HIV Infections, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Opiate Substitution Treatment, Opioid-Related Disorders, Prisoners, Prisons, Ukraine, Young Adult |
| Abstract | Ukraine is experiencing one of the most volatile HIV epidemics globally, fueled primarily by people who inject drugs (PWIDs), and a parallel incarceration epidemic. Opioid substitution therapy (OST) is internationally recognized as one of the most effective forms of treatment for opioid dependence and is among the most effective HIV prevention strategies available, yet efforts to adopt it in Ukraine's Criminal Justice System (CJS) have been thwarted. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.12.008 |
| Alternate Journal | Drug Alcohol Depend |
