Behavioral outcomes of AIDS educational interventions for drug users in short-term treatment

This paper reports the behavioral outcomes of informational vs enhanced small-group educational interventions for drug users among 407 subjects in a short-term drug treatment program. Logistic regression was used to analyze drug use and sexual behaviors at the final follow-up visit. Among lower risk...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1993-10, Vol.83 (10), p.1463-1466
Main Authors: McCusker, J, Stoddard, A M, Zapka, J G, Lewis, B F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - prevention & control
Adolescent
Adult
AIDS
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Drug abuse
Female
Health Behavior
Health Education
Humans
Intervention
Intravenous drug addicts
Male
Medical sciences
Needle Sharing
Outcomes
Prevention and actions
Preventive programmes
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk Factors
Sexual Behavior
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Substance Abuse, Intravenous - rehabilitation
Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
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Summary:This paper reports the behavioral outcomes of informational vs enhanced small-group educational interventions for drug users among 407 subjects in a short-term drug treatment program. Logistic regression was used to analyze drug use and sexual behaviors at the final follow-up visit. Among lower risk subjects, the enhanced intervention was more effective in reducing injection practices that produced risks in terms of human immunodeficiency virus infection; among those at highest risk, the informational interventions were more effective. The enhanced intervention was more effective than the informational interventions in reducing cocaine use at follow-up. No differential intervention effect on sexual risk behaviors was found.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.83.10.1463