A Pilot Study of HIV Education on Readiness to Change on Substance Use, AIDS Knowledge, Self-Efficacy for Risk Reduction Among Male Drug-Dependent Inmates

Taiwan is experiencing an outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus infection among injection drug users. The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of a Transtheoretical Model-based HIV education program among drug-dependent inmates. A single group pre/post design was used to evaluate shor...

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Published in:Substance use & misuse 2009-01, Vol.44 (3), p.322-331
Main Authors: Ko, Nai-Ying, Hsu, Su-Ting, Chen, Cheng-Hui, Tsai, Chi-Yeh, Chu, Pei-Jen, Huang, Chiao-Jung, Yen, Cheng-Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Drug Abuse
Drug addiction
Drug Injection
Educational Programs
Health Education
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
HIV
HIV education program
HIV Infections
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
injection drug users
Male
Males
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Models, Theoretical
Needle use
Pilot Projects
Prevention and actions
Prisoners
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
readiness to change
Risk
Risk reduction
Risk Reduction Behavior
Self Efficacy
Substance Abuse
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Taiwan
transtheoretical model
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Summary:Taiwan is experiencing an outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus infection among injection drug users. The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of a Transtheoretical Model-based HIV education program among drug-dependent inmates. A single group pre/post design was used to evaluate shortened impacts among 136 inmates who were arrested for illicit drug use and had attended a brief HIV education program in 2005. A repeated-measures analysis of variance indicated positive changes in AIDS knowledge (F > = 104.16, p < 0.001), self-efficacy to reduce HIV-risk behaviors (F = 26.5, p < 0.001), and readiness of change on substance use (F = 4.83, p = 0.03). The study findings showed that a brief TTM-based HIV education program can be effective for drug-dependent inmates.
ISSN:1082-6084
1532-2491
DOI:10.1080/10826080802344740