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Jennifer R. Havens is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a strong focus on epidemiology and public health. Their research encompasses several subfields including infectious diseases, hepatology, and general health professions.

Their work primarily addresses topics related to HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, as well as opioid use disorder treatment and substance abuse treatment outcomes. Additional research areas include hepatitis C virus research, HIV/AIDS research and interventions, forensic toxicology and drug analysis, and prenatal substance exposure effects.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include April M. Young, Abby E. Rudolph, William W. Stoops, Peter Vickerman, and Hannah K. Knudsen.

Jennifer R. Havens has published in several key academic journals, with multiple papers appearing in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, International Journal of Drug Policy, BMJ Open, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, and International Journal of Athletic Therapy & Training.

Recent papers include:

  • The continued rise of methamphetamine use among people who use heroin in the United States, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Modelling the intervention effect of opioid agonist treatment on multiple mortality outcomes in people who inject drugs: a three-setting analysis, 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Modeling the role of incarceration in HCV transmission and prevention amongst people who inject drugs in rural Kentucky, 2020, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Recent Increase in Methamphetamine Use in a Cohort of Rural People Who Use Drugs: Further Evidence for the Emergence of Twin Epidemics, 2022, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • A qualitative examination of recent increases in methamphetamine use in a cohort of rural people who use drugs, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Best Publications

  • Understanding the Rural–Urban Differences in Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use and Abuse in the United States

    Katherine M. Keyes;Magdalena Cerdá;Joanne E. Brady;Jennifer R. Havens

  • Gabapentin misuse, abuse and diversion: a systematic review

    Rachel V. Smith;Jennifer R. Havens;Sharon L. Walsh

  • Incarceration history and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Jack Stone;Hannah Fraser;Aaron G. Lim;Josephine G. Walker

  • Individual and Network Factors Associated With Prevalent Hepatitis C Infection Among Rural Appalachian Injection Drug Users

    Jennifer R. Havens;Michelle R. Lofwall;Simon D. W. Frost;Carrie B. Oser

  • Nonmedical use of prescription medications among adolescents in the United States: a systematic review

    April M. Young;April M. Young;Natalie Glover;Jennifer R. Havens

  • Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use in a Nationally Representative Sample of Adolescents Evidence of Greater Use Among Rural Adolescents

    Jennifer R. Havens;April M. Young;Christopher E. Havens

  • Transition from first illicit drug use to first injection drug use among rural Appalachian drug users: a cross‐sectional comparison and retrospective survival analysis

    April M. Young;April M. Young;Jennifer R. Havens

  • Factors associated with substance use during pregnancy: results from a national sample.

    Jennifer R. Havens;Leigh Ann Simmons;Lisa M. Shannon;Wendy F. Hansen

  • Route of administration for illicit prescription opioids: a comparison of rural and urban drug users

    April M Young;April M Young;Jennifer R Havens;Carl G Leukefeld

  • Facilitating entry into drug treatment among injection drug users referred from a needle exchange program: Results from a community-based behavioral intervention trial

    Steffanie A. Strathdee;Steffanie A. Strathdee;Erin P. Ricketts;Steven Huettner;Lee Cornelius

  • Prevalence of opioid analgesic injection among rural nonmedical opioid analgesic users.

    Jennifer R. Havens;Robert Walker;Carl G. Leukefeld

  • Screening for depressive symptoms among HCV-infected injection drug users: Examination of the utility of the CES-D and the beck depression inventory

    Elizabeth T. Golub;Mary Latka;Holly Hagan;Jennifer R. Havens

  • Intergenerational Transmission of Violence: the Influence of Self-Appraisals, Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse

    Jason B. Whiting;Leigh Ann Simmons;Jennifer R. Havens;Douglas B. Smith

  • A comparison of rural and urban nonmedical prescription opioid users' lifetime and recent drug use.

    April M Young;Jennifer R Havens;Carl G Leukefeld

  • Individual and network factors associated with non-fatal overdose among rural Appalachian drug users.

    Jennifer R. Havens;Carrie B. Oser;Carrie B. Oser;Hannah K. Knudsen;Michelle Lofwall

  • A nationally representative analysis of “twin epidemics”: Rising rates of methamphetamine use among persons who use opioids

    Justin C. Strickland;Jennifer R. Havens;William W. Stoops

  • Depression and poverty among rural women: a relationship of social causation or social selection?

    Leigh A. Simmons;Bonnie Braun;Richard Charnigo;Jennifer R. Havens

  • Differences in Prevalence of Prescription Opiate Misuse Among Rural and Urban Probationers

    Jennifer R. Havens;Carrie B. Oser;Carl G. Leukefeld;J. Matthew Webster

  • Circumstances surrounding the first injection experience and their association with future syringe sharing behaviors in young urban injection drug users

    Laura A. Novelli;Susan G. Sherman;Jennifer R. Havens;Steffanie A. Strathdee

  • OxyContin® as currency: OxyContin® use and increased social capital among rural Appalachian drug users

    Adam B. Jonas;April M. Young;April M. Young;Carrie B. Oser;Carl G. Leukefeld

  • UnderstandingtheRural-UrbanDifferencesinNonmedical PrescriptionOpioidUseandAbuseintheUnitedStates

    Katherine M. Keyes;Magdalena Cerdá;Joanne E. Brady;Jennifer R. Havens

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl G. Leukefeld
Carl G. Leukefeld University of Kentucky
Carrie B. Oser
Carrie B. Oser University of Kentucky
Hannah K. Knudsen
Hannah K. Knudsen University of Kentucky
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego
Carl A. Latkin
Carl A. Latkin Johns Hopkins University
David M. Bishai
David M. Bishai Johns Hopkins University
Michael Prendergast
Michael Prendergast University of California, Los Angeles
William W. Stoops
William W. Stoops University of Kentucky
Linda K. Frisman
Linda K. Frisman University of Connecticut
Richard A. Crosby
Richard A. Crosby University of Kentucky

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