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41
Citations
6237
World Ranking
5103
National Ranking
2408

Overview

Steven P. Kurtz is affiliated with Nova Southeastern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within medicine, with notable specialization in public health, epidemiology, pediatrics, physiology, and pharmacology.

Their work covers several main topics including opioid use disorder treatment, prenatal substance exposure effects, HIV and drug use related sexual risk, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, treatment of major depression, pain mechanisms and treatments, as well as transportation and mobility innovations.

Significant recent publications by Steven P. Kurtz include:

  • "Ride hailing app use and drunk/drugged driving among young adult nightclub patrons," 2020, published in Traffic Injury Prevention
  • "Descriptions of Gabapentin Misuse and Associated Behaviors among a Sample of Opioid (Mis)users in South Florida," 2020, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
  • "Preliminary Evidence of Pregabalin Misuse among Prescription and/or Illicit Opioid (Mis)users," 2020, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
  • "Increasing rates of buprenorphine diversion in the United States, 2002 to 2019," 2021, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
  • "Test-retest reliability and cross-cultural applicability of DSM-5 adopted diagnostic criteria for ketamine use disorders," 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steven P. Kurtz include:

  • Mance E. Buttram
  • Zachary Margolin
  • Stevan G. Severtson
  • Nicole D. Fitzgerald
  • Catherine W. Striley

Academic contributions are often published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
  • Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
  • Traffic Injury Prevention
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Best Publications

  • The Changing Face of Heroin Use in the United States: A Retrospective Analysis of the Past 50 Years

    Theodore J. Cicero;Matthew S. Ellis;Hilary L. Surratt;Steven P. Kurtz

  • Mechanisms of prescription drug diversion among drug-involved club- and street-based populations.

    James A. Inciardi;Hilary L. Surratt;Steven P. Kurtz;Theodore J. Cicero

  • Barriers to health and social services for street-based sex workers.

    Steven P. Kurtz;Hilary L. Surratt;Marion C. Kiley;James A. Inciardi

  • Sex Work and Drug Use in a Subculture of Violence

    Hilary L. Surratt;James A. Inciardi;Steven P. Kurtz;Marion C. Kiley

  • Post-Circuit Blues: Motivations and Consequences of Crystal Meth Use Among Gay Men in Miami

    Steven P. Kurtz

  • Migration, Neighborhoods, and Networks: Approaches to Understanding How Urban Environmental Conditions Affect Syndemic Adverse Health Outcomes Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men

    James E. Egan;Victoria Frye;Victoria Frye;Steven P. Kurtz;Carl Latkin

  • Sex Work and “Date” Violence

    Steven P. Kurtz;Hilary L. Surratt;James A. Inciardi;Marion C. Kiley

  • Reductions in prescription opioid diversion following recent legislative interventions in Florida

    Hilary L. Surratt;Catherine O'Grady;Steven P. Kurtz;Yamilka Stivers

  • RESILIENCE, SYNDEMIC FACTORS, AND SEROSORTING BEHAVIORS AMONG HIV-POSITIVE AND HIV-NEGATIVE SUBSTANCE-USING MSM

    Steven P. Kurtz;Mance E. Buttram;Hilary L. Surratt;Ronald D. Stall

  • The Connections of Mental Health Problems, Violent Life Experiences, and the Social Milieu of the “Stroll” with the HIV Risk Behaviors of Female Street Sex Workers

    Hilary L. Surratt;Steven P. Kurtz;Jason C. Weaver;James A. Inciardi

  • The diversion of prescription drugs by health care workers in Cincinnati, Ohio

    James A. Inciardi;Hilary L. Surratt;Steven P. Kurtz;John J. Burke

  • The "black box" of prescription drug diversion.

    James A. Inciardi;Hilary L. Surratt;Theodore J. Cicero;Steven P. Kurtz

  • Multiple Determinants of Specific Modes of Prescription Opioid Diversion.

    Theodore J. Cicero;Steven P. Kurtz;Hilary L. Surratt;Gladys E. Ibanez

  • Abuse and diversion of buprenorphine sublingual tablets and film.

    Eric J. Lavonas;S. Geoffrey Severtson;Erin M. Martinez;Becki Bucher-Bartelson

  • Factors contributing to the rise of buprenorphine misuse: 2008-2013.

    Theodore J. Cicero;Matthew S. Ellis;Hilary L. Surratt;Steven P. Kurtz

  • Patterns of prescription medication diversion among drug dealers.

    Khary K. Rigg;Steven P. Kurtz;Hilary L. Surratt

  • Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Gay Neighborhood Residence

    Mance E. Buttram;Steven P. Kurtz

  • Medication adherence challenges among HIV positive substance abusers: the role of food and housing insecurity.

    Hilary L. Surratt;Catherine L. O'Grady;Maria A. Levi-Minzi;Steven P. Kurtz

  • HIV, HBV, and HCV Infections Among Drug-Involved, Inner-City, Street Sex Workers in Miami, Florida

    James A. Inciardi;Hilary L. Surratt;Steven P. Kurtz

  • HIV risk among female sex workers in Miami: The impact of violent victimization and untreated mental illness

    Hilary L. Surratt;Steven P. Kurtz;Minxing Chen;Angela Mooss

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Inciardi
James A. Inciardi University of Delaware
Ron Stall
Ron Stall University of Pittsburgh
Andrew Rosenblum
Andrew Rosenblum National Development and Research Institutes
Linda B. Cottler
Linda B. Cottler University of Florida
Robert Garofalo
Robert Garofalo Northwestern University
Felix Henrique Paim Kessler
Felix Henrique Paim Kessler Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Michael Ungar
Michael Ungar Dalhousie University
Carl A. Latkin
Carl A. Latkin Johns Hopkins University
Karin E. Tobin
Karin E. Tobin Johns Hopkins University
Joseph J. Palamar
Joseph J. Palamar New York University

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