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

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

J McCusker  1 , A M Stoddard, J G Zapka, B F Lewis
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Behavioral outcomes of AIDS educational interventions for drug users in short-term treatment

J McCusker et al. Am J Public Health. 1993 Oct.

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.

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