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Table 1 Included papers

From: Peer driven or driven peers? A rapid review of peer involvement of people who use drugs in HIV and harm reduction services in low- and middle-income countries

 

Reference

Design

Country

1

Ayon, S., et al. (2017). "Barriers and facilitators of access to HIV, harm reduction and sexual and reproductive health services by women who inject drugs: role of community-based outreach and drop-in centers." AIDS Care: 1–8

Qualitative study

Kenya

2

Bartlett, N., et al. (2011). "A qualitative evaluation of a peer-implemented overdose response pilot project in Gejiu, China." International Journal of Drug Policy 22(4): 301–305

Qualitative study

China

3

Booth, R. E., et al. (2016). "HIV incidence among people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in Ukraine: results from a clustered randomised trial." Lancet HIV 3(10): e482-489

Cluster randomized trial

Ukraine

4

Booth, R. E., et al. (2009). "Use of a Peer Leader Intervention Model to Reduce Needle-Related Risk Behaviors among Drug Injectors in Ukraine." Journal of Drug Issues 39(3): 607–625

Survey with baseline and follow-up linked to intervention implementation

Ukraine, Crimea

5

Booth, R. E., et al. (2011). "Individual and Network Interventions With Injection Drug Users in 5 Ukraine Cities." American journal of public health 101(2): 336–343

Survey with baseline and follow-up linked to intervention implementation

Ukraine

6

Broadhead, R. S., et al. (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

Survey with baseline and follow-up linked to intervention implementation

Vietnam and China

7

Des Jarlais, D. C., et al. (2007). "Reducing HIV infection among new injecting drug users in the China–Vietnam Cross Border Project." AIDS 21: S109-S114

Serial cross sectional survey

cross broder between China and Vietnam

8

Dhand, A. (2006). "The roles performed by peer educators during outreach among heroin addicts in India: ethnographic insights." Social Science & Medicine 63(10): 2674–2685

Ethnography

India

9

Friedman, S. R., et al. (2007). "Harm reduction theory: Users’ culture, micro-social indigenous harm reduction, and the self-organization and outside-organizing of users’ groups." International Journal of Drug Policy 18(2): 107–117

Secondary analysis of qualitative and quantitative data and studies

New York City, Rotterdam, Buenos Aires, and sites in Central Asia

10

Go, V. F., et al. (2013). "Effects of an HIV peer prevention intervention on sexual and injecting risk behaviors among injecting drug users and their risk partners in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam: A randomized controlled trial." Social Science & Medicine 96: 154–164

Randomised Controlled Trial

Vietnam

11

Hammett, T. M., et al. (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

Serial cross-sectional surveys, interviews and HIV tests

Vietnam and China

12

Hayes-Larson, E., et al. (2013). "Drug users in Hanoi, Vietnam: factors associated with membership in community-based drug user groups." Harm Reduction Journal 10(1): 33

Survey

Vietnam

13

Hoffman, I., et al. (2013). "A Peer-Educator Network HIV Prevention Intervention Among Injection Drug Users: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in St. Petersburg, Russia." AIDS and Behavior 17(7): 2510–2520

Randomised Controlled Trial

Russia

14

Jain, B., et al. (2014). "Effect of peer-led outreach activities on injecting risk behavior among male drug users in Haryana, India." Harm Reduction Journal 11(1): 3

Programme data

India

15

Kerr, T., et al. (2010). "Expanding the reach of harm reduction in Thailand: Experiences with a drug user-run drop-in centre." International Journal of Drug Policy 21(3): 255–258

Cross-sectional survey

Thailand

16

Kumar, M. S., et al. (1998). "Community-based outreach HIV intervention for street-recruited drug users in Madras, India." Public Health Reports 113(Suppl 1): 58–66

Randomised Controlled Trial

India

17

Latkin, C. A., et al. (2009). "The efficacy of a network intervention to reduce HIV risk behaviors among drug users and risk partners in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Philadelphia, USA." Social Science & Medicine 68(4): 740–748

Randomised Controlled Trial

USA and Thailand

18

Le, L. T., et al. (2015). "Coalition building by drug user and sex worker community-based organizations in Vietnam can lead to improved interactions with government agencies: a qualitative study." Harm Reduction Journal 12(1): 38

Qualitative study

Vietnam

19

Liu, B., et al. (2007). "An evaluation of needle exchange programmes in China." AIDS 21: S123-S128

Cross sectional survey

China

20

Moorthi, G. (2014). "Models, experts and mutants: Exploring the relationships between peer educators and injecting drug user clients, in Delhi's harm reduction programs." Qualitative Social Work 13(1): 69–84

Ethnography

India

21

Ngo, A. D., et al. (2009). "Qualitative evaluation of a peer-based needle syringe programme in Vietnam." International Journal of Drug Policy 20(2): 179–182

Qualitative study

Vietnam

22

Sherman, S. G., et al. (2009). "Evaluation of a peer network intervention trial among young methamphetamine users in Chiang Mai, Thailand." Social Science & Medicine 68(1): 69–79

Randomised Controlled Trial

Thailand

23

Smyrnov, P., et al. (2012). "Rejuvenating harm reduction projects for injection drug users: Ukraine's nationwide introduction of peer-driven interventions." International Journal of Drug Policy 23(2): 141–147

Programme data

Ukraine

24

Stengel, C. M., et al. (2018). " “They accept me, because I was one of them”: formative qualitative research supporting the feasibility of peer-led outreach for people who use drugs in Dakar, Senegal." Harm Reduction Journal 15(1): 9

Qualitative study

Senegal

25

Ti, L., et al. (2012). "HIV testing and willingness to get HIV testing at a peer-run drop-in centre for people who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand." BMC Public Health 12

Cross-sectional survey

Thailand

26

Ti, L., et al. (2013). "Low rates of hepatitis C testing among people who inject drugs in Thailand: implications for peer-based interventions." J Public Health (Oxf) 35(4): 578–584

Cross-sectional survey

Thailand

27

Van Khoat, D., et al. (2003). "Peer Education for HIV Prevention in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: A National Assessment." Journal of Community Health 28(1): 1–17

Review of annual reports, combined with qualitative study

Vietnam

28

Walsh, N., et al. (2009). "The development of peer educator‐based harm reduction programmes in northern Vietnam." Drug and Alcohol Review 27(2): 200–203

Rapid assessment linked to programme reflections

Vietnam

29

Wang, K., et al. (2014). "Do community-based strategies reduce HIV risk among people who inject drugs in China? A quasi-experimental study in Yunnan and Guangxi provinces." Harm Reduction Journal 11(1): 15

Survey

China