Shenghan Lai

Biographic Data

ID3619924
NAMEShenghan Lai
GIVEN NAMESShenghan
FAMILY NAMELai
SIGNATURELAI S
AFFILIATIONSJohns Hopkins Medicine
ORCID0000-0003-1340-9609
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS11
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1988
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX2

  • Urine Nitric Oxide Is Lower in Parents of Autistic Children

    Open AccessLulu Yao, Kun Cai et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    Parents raising children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) usually carry on their daily life under tremendous stress, but limited empirical research has been devoted to this population. It is known that parents' health status directly impacts therapeutic outcome of ASD children. As an important regulator in cardiovascular, nervous and immune systems, nitric oxide (NO) levels haven't been reported in parents of ASD children yet. In this study, w…

  • Cocaine Use May be Associated with Increased Depression in Persons Infected with HIV

    Open AccessEdward R Hammond, Shenghan Lai et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2015

  • Alcohol Use Accelerates HIV Disease Progression

    Marianna K Baum, Carlin Rafie et al.ARTICLEAIDS Research and Human…2010

    The effects of alcohol abuse on HIV disease progression have not been definitively established. A prospective, 30-month, longitudinal study of 231 HIV(+) adults included history of alcohol and illicit drug use, adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), CD4(+) cell count, and HIV viral load every 6 months. Frequent alcohol users (two or more drinks daily) were 2.91 times (95% CI: 1.23-6.85, p = 0.015) more likely to present a decline of CD4 to <o…

  • Understanding Caregivers’ Help-Seeking for Latino Children's Mental Health Care Use

    Margarita Alegria, Glorisa Canino et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2004References: 53

    BACKGROUND: Latino children have persistent low rates of mental health service use. Understanding the factors that influence caregivers' decisions about whether to use mental health care for their children can help explain why. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the factors reported by the primary caregiver that could help classify Puerto Rican children into users versus nonusers of mental health services and mental health …

  • Adoption of Injection Practices in Heroin Users in Guangxi Province, China

    Shenghan Lai, Jie Chen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs2000

    This preliminary study collected data from 326 heroin users in Guangxi Province, China, in 1997. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the risk factors for injection. Survival analysis identified factors independently associated with time from initiation of heroin use to adoption of injection. Four factors were independently associated with injection: number of friends who used heroin in the last year, duration of heroin use, dos…

  • A gender comparison of HIV and drug use across the rural-urban continuum

    Open AccessClyde B Mccoy, Lisa R Metsch et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…1999References: 30

  • Continuing Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Seropositive Chronic Drug Users in Miami, Florida

    Open AccessLisa R Metsch, Clyde B Mccoy et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior1998

  • HIV-Related Risk Behaviors and Seropositivity among Homeless Drug-Abusing Women in Miami, Florida

    Lisa R Metsch, Clyde B Mccoy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs1995

    This article examines the multifaceted interactions among homelessness, HIV, substance abuse, and gender. Data were collected on 1,366 chronic drug users using a nationally standardized validated instrument within the Miami CARES project of a multisite federally funded program. HIV testing accompanied by pretest and posttest counseling was conducted on-site by certified phlebotomists and counselors. In addition to descriptive analyses and corresp…

  • Risk factors for HIV-1 seroconversion among injection drug users

    Dale D Chitwood, David Griffin et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1995Cited by: 5References: 28

    OBJECTIVES. A nested case-control study was conducted in Miami, Fla, to determine risk factors associated with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) seroconversion among injection drug users. METHODS. The study identified 21 incident cases of HIV-1 infection and 76 unmatched controls from two longitudinal cohorts of injection drug users. One cohort consisted of individuals who originally had been recruited from treatment centers; a second c…

  • Sexual Behavior and the Risk of HIV Infection

    Open AccessH Virginia Mccoy, Carolyn Y Mckay et al.ARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist1990Cited by: 6References: 29

  • Breast Cancer in Relation to Early Use of Oral Contraceptives

    James J Schlesselman, Bruce V Stadel et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning1988

    A long-term latent effect of oral contraceptives (OCs) on breast cancer risk has been suggested as an explanation for some studies' failure to detect an association between OCs and breast cancer. To address this latency hypothesis, we analyzed data on 4714 case subjects and 4540 control subjects from the population-based Cancer and Steroid Hormone Study. No support was evident for a latent effect of OCs on breast cancer risk through age 54 years:…