Lauren R. Violette

PrEP access and utilization among women with a history of injection drug use in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Abstract Background In the setting of an ongoing HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Minneapolis, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake remains low, particularly among women. Prior work in large urban centers in the northeastern United States has linked low...

Multi-stakeholder perspectives on acceptability and delivery of buprenorphine for women who use drugs

Women who use drugs (WWUD) face substantial barriers to accessing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), including buprenorphine. As part of a formative evaluation to co-design a community-based intervention for MOUD delivery, we explored multi-stakeholder perspectives on th...