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

Am J Public Health. 1993 Oct;83(10):1463-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.83.10.1463.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / prevention & control*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Health Behavior*
  • Health Education*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Needle Sharing
  • Risk Factors
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous / rehabilitation
  • Substance-Related Disorders / rehabilitation*