Susan G Sherman
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 352313 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Susan G Sherman |
| PRENOMES | Susan G |
| SOBRENOME | Sherman |
| ASSINATURA | SHERMAN S G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8399-7544 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 165 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 115 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 165 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1999 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Surveillance, Violence, and Assistance
Gentrification, policing, and potential pathways to health
Harm reduction vending machines
Sociodemographic Characteristics and Drug Use Practices Associated with Fentanyl Use Frequency Among People Who Use Drugs in Rhode Island
Background Since 2013, fentanyl has dominated unregulated drug supplies in the northeast and has become a key driver of overdose deaths. In this analysis, we sought to identify the characteristics associated with fentanyl use frequency among people who use drugs in Rhode Island.Methods We examined baseline data from the Rhode Island Prescription and Illicit Drug Study, which enrolled participants from August 2020 to February 2023. We used an ordi…
A Qualitative Study on the Impact of Covid-19 on Overdose Risk from the Perspective of Survivors and Witnesses of Drug Overdose
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on people who use drugs (PWUD). Reductions in access to harm reduction tools and treatment services elevated rates of fatal overdose for many. We explore the mechanism through which these factors influenced the rise in overdose mortality during COVID-19 from the perspective of people with overdose encounters. METHODS: We conducted in-depth, semi-structured, 60-minute telephone-based int…
The Drug Market’s Impact on the Overdose Risk Environment for Women Who Use Drugs During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Experiences of a drug decriminalization policy among police and people who use drugs in Baltimore City
Drug decriminalization aims to reduce the harms of punitive enforcement while improving police-community relations. Baltimore City implemented de facto decriminalization in 2020, declining to prosecute simple drug possession cases. We examined perspectives of 26 people who use drugs (PWUD) and 22 police officers on policy impacts using semi-structured interviews conducted in 2023–2024. Using post-structural policy analysis, we explored support fo…
Fentanyl test strip use and homelessness among people who use drugs in Rhode Island
We found that housing status was not independently and longitudinally associated with FTS use; however, people who used crystal methamphetamine were more than twice as likely to have used FTS in the past month. Future research exploring how differential housing situations may affect uptake of harm reduction services is needed to prevent fentanyl overdose
Structural Vulnerability and Police Interaction among Women Who Use Drugs amid De Facto Decriminalization in Baltimore, Maryland
Exposure to criminal-legal systems, including policing, arrest, and incarceration, has deleterious effects on access to health and social services among people who use drugs. Women who use drugs (WWUD) may be especially vulnerable to policing, due to the high prevalence of sex work among them, which is also a criminalized behavior. Recent epidemiologic events and policy reforms are thought to have reduced exposure to arrests for low-level, non-vi…
Provider Perspectives on Group PrEP Care for Sex Workers
Reducing new HIV infections is crucial. Sex workers continue to face disparities in both HIV infection rates and inadequate prevention care. Stigma, criminalization, and financial instability hinder access to vital HIV prevention methods, including Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). Evidence-based, community-centered PrEP care may help address these issues. An evidence-based group PrEP care model, Centering PrEP (C-PrEP +), could empower communitie…
Navigating US illicit drug market volatility
The US illicit drug market is increasingly unreliable, with new and often harmful adulterants contributing to overdose risk among people who use drugs. In this context, it is crucial to examine whether people who inject drugs (PWID) are aware of these changes and if so, how they are adapting to inform harm reduction interventions and programs. In-depth interviews were conducted with 23 PWID between July 2022 and January 2023. Interviews explored …
“All You Can Do is What You Know to Do”
Community-based distribution of naloxone has continued to serve as an important strategy in combatting the U.S. opioid overdose crisis. People who use drugs are first responders in this crisis, administering and disseminating knowledge about naloxone among their social networks. However, it is unclear how knowledge of naloxone evolves over time and across individuals, especially amid a volatile, unregulated drug market. OBJECTIVES: We conducted 2…
Examining the association between psychological resilience and chronic versus discrete stressors among individuals who use opioids in Baltimore, Maryland
Evaluating health outcomes among American Indian/Alaska Native people who use drugs in Oregon
The present study determined the association between identifying as American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) and ever having had an opioid-related overdose, housing status, prior diagnosis of a psychiatric illness, and utilization of syringe service and drug checking services. We recruited and surveyed people who use drugs in community-settings using targeted samplings methods in eight Oregon counties ( N = 468). We conducted logistic regression ana…
The Simplest Way to Go”
Long-acting injectable PrEP was approved for use in the US in 2021 but roll out has been slow, with few studies exploring uptake among cisgender women who inject drugs (WWID). We purposively recruited 25 WWID within 30-days of receiving a PrEP prescription from a low-barrier clinic co-located with a syringe services program to complete semi-structured interviews about PrEP product choice. We used an intersectional lens to compare decision-making …
We can't change that while they're in the hospital”
It always needs a higher level of care than what I can provide”
Wound-associated agents in the unregulated drug supply
Multiple material need insecurities and severity of psychological distress during the Covid-19 pandemic among women who use drugs
WWUD experienced a substantial burden of multiple material needs during the pandemic which were associated with elevated levels of mental distress. Results speak to the need to advance mental health equity by addressing access to material needs and mental healthcare for marginalized populations, particularly during health emergencies that threaten already-precarious social safety nets and healthcare infrastructure
Centering PrEP
In direct alignment with community empowerment, we followed the ADAPT-ITT framework, phases 1-6, to iteratively adapt Centering Healthcare to suit the stated HIV Prevention and PrEP care needs of sex workers in Chicago. The study represents the first time the first time Centering has been adapted to suit the HIV prevention and PrEP care needs of sex workers. Addressing a gap in HIV prevention care for sex workers, Centering PrEP harnesses the pow…
Public support for reinvesting resources from enforcing drug possession to health-promoting alternatives
What I should be doing is harm reduction, if I'm doing my job right”
Volatile drug use and overdose during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States
Overdose Experiences among People Who Inject Drugs in West Virginia
Background: As overdose remains a major public health concern in the United States, it is important to understand the experiences people who inject drugs (PWID) have with overdose. Past experiences during such emergencies are an important determinant of future behavior, including help seeking, which can be lifesaving. Methods: We explored experiences with overdose, using data from 21 in-depth interviews collected from PWID in a rural county in We…
Interrogating perceived relevance and feasibility of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
Introduction: Uptake of daily oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) remains low among cisgender women who inject drugs (WWID) in the U.S., who experience elevated sexual- and injection-mediated HIV exposure risks. While anticipated barriers to PrEP uptake have been explored, further work is needed to situate PrEP acceptability (i.e., PrEP interest and willingness) within the context of WWID's lives and the HIV risk environment. Methods: We con…
The efficacy of a network intervention to reduce HIV risk behaviors among drug users and risk partners in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Philadelphia, USA
More than a dance
Entry to Sex Trade and Long-Term Vulnerabilities of Female Sex Workers Who Enter the Sex Trade Before the Age of Eighteen
Evaluation of a peer network intervention trial among young methamphetamine users in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Correlates of Current Transactional Sex among a Sample of Female Exotic Dancers in Baltimore, MD
Police-Related Correlates of Client-Perpetrated Violence Among Female Sex Workers in Baltimore City, Maryland
Objectives. To characterize interactions that female sex workers (FSWs) have with the police and explore associations with client-perpetrated violence. Methods. Baseline data were collected April 2016 to January 2017 from 250 FSWs from the Sex Workers and Police Promoting Health in Risky Environments (SAPPHIRE) study based in Baltimore, Maryland. Interviewer-administered questionnaires captured different patrol or enforcement and abusive police e…
Implementing Targeted Sampling
Globally, HIV prevention interventions have proven efficacious among street-based female sex workers (FSWs); yet, there is a dearth of US-based HIV prevention research among this group. The lack of research among FSWs in the USA is partially driven by challenges in recruiting members of this population. The purpose of this research is to describe how targeted sampling was employed to recruit a cohort of street-based FSWs for a study that examined…
On the frontline of eastern Burma's chronic conflict - Listening to the voices of local health workers
Police Encounters Among Needle Exchange Clients in Baltimore
Objectives. We piloted a monitoring mechanism to document police encounters around programs targeting people who inject drugs (PWID), and assessed their demographic predictors at 2 Baltimore, Maryland, needle exchange program (NEP) sites. Methods. In a brief survey, 308 clients quantified, characterized, and sited recent police encounters. Multivariate linear regression determined encounter predictors, and we used geocoordinate maps to illustrate…
Sexual and Drug Risk Behaviors Among Women Who Have Sex With Women
Objectives. We examined risk behaviors of female drug users, comparing those who reported recently having had sex with women (recent WSW), those who reported previously having had sex with women (former WSW), and those who reported never having had sex with women (never WSW). Methods. We used data from the Risk Evaluation and Assessment of Community Health III Study. Adjusted odds for predictors of WSW status were determined via multinomial logis…
Brief Report
We know the streets
Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Construct Validity of the Internalized Sex Work Stigma Scale among a Cohort of Cisgender Female Sex Workers in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Internalized sex work stigma among cisgender female sex workers (FSW) is produced within contexts of social marginalization and associated with a range of ill-effects, including psychological distress, and lower rates of healthcare-seeking. This study seeks to uncover latent domains of the new Internalized Sex Work Stigma Scale (ISWSS) using data from 367 FSW in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The sample was 56% white with high substance use (82% smoke…
PWUD Experiences of Criminal Justice Reform
In this paper we explore people who use drugs (PWUD) perceptions and experiences of drug-related law enforcement in a major U.S. city. Maryland recently implemented several harm reduction policies/interventions aiming to improve PWUD-police relationships, such as the Good Samaritan Law (GSL), intended to avoid criminalizing police encounters with PWUD in cases of overdose. PWUD, though most impacted by these efforts, are seldom included in the de…
Estimating the Number of People Who Inject Drugs in A Rural County in Appalachia
Objectives. To demonstrate how we applied the capture–recapture method for population estimation directly in a rural Appalachian county (Cabell County, WV) to estimate the number of people who inject drugs (PWID). Methods. We conducted 2 separate 2-week periods of data collection in June (“capture”) and July (“recapture”) 2018. We recruited PWID from a syringe services program and in community locations where PWID were known to congregate. Partic…
Language Matters in Combatting the Opioid Epidemic
AffiliationsColleen L. Barry and Emma E. McGinty are with the Department of Health Policy and Management and Susan G. Sherman is with the Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
This is our sanctuary”
Exposure to Police and Client Violence Among Incarcerated Female Sex Workers in Baltimore City, Maryland
Objectives. To determine the rate and correlates of incarceration among street-based female sex workers (FSWs). Methods. From April 2016 to January 2017, FSWs (n = 250) in Baltimore City, Maryland, were enrolled in a 12-month prospective cohort study. We analyzed baseline data and used zero-inflated negative binomial regression to model the incarceration rate. Results. Overall, 70% of FSWs had ever been incarcerated (mean = 15 times). In the mult…
An Exploration of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Initiation Among Women Who Inject Drugs
Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and invariance assessment of the perceived powerlessness scale among youth in Baltimore
Generalized perceived powerlessness is an important psychosocial construct that determines a wide range of health behaviors and outcomes. This study has two aims: (1) examine the structure of the newly developed perceived powerlessness scale using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and (2) assess the scale’s invariance across key demographic variables using multi-group confirmatory factor analysis among a random household sample of Afri…
Willingness to Use Safe Consumption Spaces among Opioid Users at High Risk of Fentanyl Overdose in Baltimore, Providence, and Boston
A cluster randomized trial of community mobilization to reduce methamphetamine use and HIV risk among youth in Thailand
Client and Partner Violence Among Urban Female Exotic Dancers and Intentions for Seeking Support and Justice
Evaluation of the Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program of the Baltimore Student Harm Reduction Coalition
Although historically the majority of overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) programs have targeted opioid users, states are increasingly passing laws that enable third-party prescriptions of naloxone to individuals who may be able to respond to an overdose, including friends and family members of individuals who use opioids. In this report, we discuss the Baltimore Student Harm Reduction Coalition (BSHRC) OEND program, Maryland’s fi…
An Index of Community-Level Socioeconomic Composition for Global Health Research
A Qualitative Exploratory Study of Injection Drug Users' Participation in a Long-Term Epidemiological Study of HIV
Brief Report
Point Defiance
Drug Users' Involvement in the Drug Economy
Social influences on the transition to injection drug use among young heroin sniffers
HIV prevention among drug users
A network-oriented HIV prevention intervention based on social identity theory and peer outreach was implemented for HIV positive and negative drug users. A community sample of 250 were randomly assigned to an equal-attention control condition or a multisession, small-group experimental condition, which encouraged peer outreach; 94% of participants were African American, and 66% used cocaine or opiates. At follow-up, 92% of participants returned,…
The reliability and validity of the Modified Condom Outcome Expectancy Scale (MCOES) among an international sample of HIV-negative partners of people living with HIV/Aids
Safer sexual behaviour is vital in curbing the HlV epidemic in many developing countries where the epidemic is primarily transmitted through heterosexual sex. Reliable and valid assessment of factors related to HIV risk behaviours are important in testing behavioural theories as well as informing effective AIDS prevention programmes. The current study tests the reliability and validity of a modified version of the Condom Outcome Expectancy Scale …
A matter of convenience
Direct and indirect acquisition of syringes from syringe exchange programmes in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Addressing the “Risk Environment” for Injection Drug Users
Ecological models of the determinants of health and the consequent importance of structural interventions have been widely accepted, but using these models in research and practice has been challenging. Examining the role of criminal law enforcement in the “risk environment” of injection drug users (IDUs) provides an opportunity to apply structural thinking to the health problems associated with drug use. This article reviews international eviden…
The influence of Thailand's 2003 ‘war on drugs’ policy on self-reported drug use among injection drug users in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Correlates of Initiation of Injection Drug Use Among Young Drug Users in Baltimore, Maryland
This article examines individual and social factors associated with initiation of illicit drug injection, with a focus on racial differences. Data were derived from across-sectional survey of young injection and noninjection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland. Participants were aged 15 to 30 and had initiated use of heroin, cocaine, and/or crack within the prior five years. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to identif…
The evaluation of the Jewel project
The JEWEL (Jewellery Education for Women Empowering Their Lives) pilot study examined the efficacy of an economic empowerment and HIV prevention intervention targeting illicit drug-using women (n=50) who were involved in prostitution in Baltimore, Maryland. The intervention was comprised of six 2-hour sessions that taught HIV prevention risk reduction and the making, marketing and selling of jewellery. Bivariate comparisons examined behaviour cha…
Release from Jail
Sexual and Drug Risk Behaviors Among Women Who Have Sex With Women
Objectives. We examined risk behaviors of female drug users, comparing those who reported recently having had sex with women (recent WSW), those who reported previously having had sex with women (former WSW), and those who reported never having had sex with women (never WSW). Methods. We used data from the Risk Evaluation and Assessment of Community Health III Study. Adjusted odds for predictors of WSW status were determined via multinomial logis…
Timing of Incarceration During Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes
Women and drugs across the globe
Young Thai women who use methamphetamine
Evaluation of the Staying Alive programme
The life they save may be mine”
Evaluation of a peer network intervention trial among young methamphetamine users in Chiang Mai, Thailand
The efficacy of a network intervention to reduce HIV risk behaviors among drug users and risk partners in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Philadelphia, USA
Maternal Incarceration During Pregnancy and Infant Birthweight
Acceptability of a Microenterprise Intervention Among Female Sex Workers in Chennai, India
Measuring perceived stigma in female sex workers in Chennai, India
Although sex work is highly stigmatized throughout the world, a limited body of research has examined stigma among female sex workers (FSWs). We developed a Sex Worker Stigma (SWS) Index to measure perceived stigma among 150 FSWs in Chennai, India. These women were at a median age of 35 years and reported, on average, having engaged in sex work for nine out of the previous 12 months. The two-factor structure of the index was verified in both expl…
Medicine (148 obras) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (117 obras) · Psychiatry (80 obras) · Psychology (80 obras) · Environmental health (73 obras) · Public health (73 obras) · Family medicine (65 obras) · Sex work and related issues (62 obras) · Nursing (61 obras) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (57 obras)