David L Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 4126918 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David L Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | David L |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS D L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1970-1013 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Drug use stigma and its association with active hepatitis C virus infection and injection drug use behaviors among community-based people who inject drugs in India
Individual and network factors associated with HCV treatment uptake among people who inject drugs
Hepatitis C care continuum and associated barriers among people who inject drugs in Chennai, India
An Education and Field Experience Program to Increase Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus
Generation Tomorrow has been successful in engaging students and community peers in HIV and HCV education, testing, and counseling, and has documented HIV and HCV positivity rates well above general community prevalence
Should a Prisoner Be Placed on the Organ Transplant Waiting List
Reading is a 45-year-old inmate serving a life sentence for double homicide. A former alcoholic and drug addict, Mr. Reading suffers from hepatitis C and symptoms of end-stage liver disease. Dr. Reardon was asked by the prison staff to evaluate Mr. Reading's eligibility for a liver transplant. Once Dr. Reardon makes arrangements to add Mr. Reading's name to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) list of those awaiting transplants, UNOS will …
Design and Feasibility of a Randomized Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Distributive Injection Risk and Improve Health-Care Access Among hepatitisC virus Positive Injection Drug Users: The Study to R…
Prevalence and Incidence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Young Adult Injection Drug Users
Through community-based outreach, young adult injection drug users (IDUs) were enrolled in a prospective study of the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Demographics and information on sexual and injecting practices were collected during semiannual interviews, and HCV infection was evaluated using a second-generation antibody assay. Of the 229 participants, 86 (37.6%) were HCV-seropositive at baseline. …
Advance directives in a correctional setting
Using advance directives to preconsent to mental health treatment is a promising approach to contending with the quandary posed by patients suffering from severe mental health illness, particularly those in a prison setting. The implementation of advance directives represents unfamiliar territory because it focuses on the patient's ability to preconsent to treatment rather than the commonly interpreted prerefusal of treatment. The challenge of co…
Advance directives in a correctional setting
Desertification: The uneasy interface between science, people & environmental issues in Africa
Desertification is a major environmental issue that is the focus of a recent UN convention (the CCD) that aims to improve the resolution of the problem. Desertification is however not a straight forward issue and has many controversial dimensions, in part due to confusion over its definition, extent, characteristics and causes. Many difficulties have arisen at the interface between science, politics and decision makers. From a scientific perspect…
Memory accuracy in the recall of emotions
Les auteurs etudient dans quelle mesure les sujets sont capables d'estimer correctement l'intensite et la frequence de leurs emotions positives ou negatives. On s'interesse egalement a determiner dans quelle mesure l'une de ces deux dimensions (intensite et frequence) peut biaiser le rappel de l'autre
Memory accuracy in the recall of emotions
Les auteurs etudient dans quelle mesure les sujets sont capables d'estimer correctement l'intensite et la frequence de leurs emotions positives ou negatives. On s'interesse egalement a determiner dans quelle mesure l'une de ces deux dimensions (intensite et frequence) peut biaiser le rappel de l'autre
Design and Feasibility of a Randomized Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Distributive Injection Risk and Improve Health-Care Access Among hepatitisC virus Positive Injection Drug Users: The Study to R…
Desertification: The uneasy interface between science, people & environmental issues in Africa
Desertification is a major environmental issue that is the focus of a recent UN convention (the CCD) that aims to improve the resolution of the problem. Desertification is however not a straight forward issue and has many controversial dimensions, in part due to confusion over its definition, extent, characteristics and causes. Many difficulties have arisen at the interface between science, politics and decision makers. From a scientific perspect…
Advance directives in a correctional setting
Using advance directives to preconsent to mental health treatment is a promising approach to contending with the quandary posed by patients suffering from severe mental health illness, particularly those in a prison setting. The implementation of advance directives represents unfamiliar territory because it focuses on the patient's ability to preconsent to treatment rather than the commonly interpreted prerefusal of treatment. The challenge of co…
Memory accuracy in the recall of emotions
Les auteurs etudient dans quelle mesure les sujets sont capables d'estimer correctement l'intensite et la frequence de leurs emotions positives ou negatives. On s'interesse egalement a determiner dans quelle mesure l'une de ces deux dimensions (intensite et frequence) peut biaiser le rappel de l'autre
Desertification: The uneasy interface between science, people & environmental issues in Africa
Desertification is a major environmental issue that is the focus of a recent UN convention (the CCD) that aims to improve the resolution of the problem. Desertification is however not a straight forward issue and has many controversial dimensions, in part due to confusion over its definition, extent, characteristics and causes. Many difficulties have arisen at the interface between science, politics and decision makers. From a scientific perspect…
Prevalence and Incidence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Young Adult Injection Drug Users
Through community-based outreach, young adult injection drug users (IDUs) were enrolled in a prospective study of the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Demographics and information on sexual and injecting practices were collected during semiannual interviews, and HCV infection was evaluated using a second-generation antibody assay. Of the 229 participants, 86 (37.6%) were HCV-seropositive at baseline. …
Advance directives in a correctional setting
Using advance directives to preconsent to mental health treatment is a promising approach to contending with the quandary posed by patients suffering from severe mental health illness, particularly those in a prison setting. The implementation of advance directives represents unfamiliar territory because it focuses on the patient's ability to preconsent to treatment rather than the commonly interpreted prerefusal of treatment. The challenge of co…
Advance directives in a correctional setting
Design and Feasibility of a Randomized Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Distributive Injection Risk and Improve Health-Care Access Among hepatitisC virus Positive Injection Drug Users: The Study to R…
Should a Prisoner Be Placed on the Organ Transplant Waiting List
Reading is a 45-year-old inmate serving a life sentence for double homicide. A former alcoholic and drug addict, Mr. Reading suffers from hepatitis C and symptoms of end-stage liver disease. Dr. Reardon was asked by the prison staff to evaluate Mr. Reading's eligibility for a liver transplant. Once Dr. Reardon makes arrangements to add Mr. Reading's name to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) list of those awaiting transplants, UNOS will …
Hepatitis C care continuum and associated barriers among people who inject drugs in Chennai, India
An Education and Field Experience Program to Increase Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus
Generation Tomorrow has been successful in engaging students and community peers in HIV and HCV education, testing, and counseling, and has documented HIV and HCV positivity rates well above general community prevalence
Individual and network factors associated with HCV treatment uptake among people who inject drugs
Drug use stigma and its association with active hepatitis C virus infection and injection drug use behaviors among community-based people who inject drugs in India
Medicine (8 works) · Hepatitis C virus research (6 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (6 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Hepatitis B Virus Studies (3 works) · Hepatitis C (3 works) · Hepatitis C virus (3 works)