The impact of opioid agonist treatment on the incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infection notifications among people with a history of opioid dependence in New South Wales, Australia: A retrospective data linkage study
OAT services are well-positioned to offer STI screening to people with opioid dependence and detect undiagnosed or untreated infections early during treatment. Subsequent testing to identify further, incident infections should be informed by individual risk factors, including sex and meth/amphetamine use.
Authors
- Louisa Degenhardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8513-2218)
- Chrianna Bharat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9778-0386)
- N. R. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5742-4598)
- Amy Peacock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5705-2026)
- Phillip Read (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5422-3777)
- Olivia Price (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2259-735X)
- Matthew J. Hickman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2651-685X)
Institutions
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112929
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00