Document 0194
 DOCN  M9480194
 TI    Psychoeducational group approach: HIV risk reduction in drug users.
 DT    9410
 AU    Sorensen JL; London J; Heitzmann C; Gibson DR; Morales ES; Dumontet R;
       Acree M; University of California, San Francisco.
 SO    AIDS Educ Prev. 1994 Apr;6(2):95-112. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94289153
 AB    In two trials of a small-group AIDS prevention approach, 50 methadone
       maintenance patients and 98 heroin abusers in outpatient detoxification
       were randomly assigned to experimental or comparison conditions.
       Experimental condition subjects received a 6-hour, small-group
       intervention that aimed to improve their knowledge and attitudes about
       AIDS, skills in syringe sterilization and condom use, and changing
       high-risk needle use and sexual behaviors. Comparison subjects received
       a set of written materials about AIDS. At posttest and 3-month
       follow-ups, experimental condition subjects in both maintenance and
       detoxification demonstrated greater knowledge of AIDS and risk reduction
       practices and improved skill in demonstrating condom use. Although
       outpatient detoxification subjects displayed considerably more risk
       behaviors at study outset, the intervention's effect appeared to be more
       robust in methadone maintenance patients. The relative lack of impact on
       subjects' behaviors points out that more potent, sustained interventions
       need to be developed to slow the spread of HIV among injecting drug
       users.
 DE    Adult  Ambulatory Care  Combined Modality Therapy  Comparative Study
       Female  Follow-Up Studies  Health Behavior  Heroin
       Dependence/COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY/*REHABILITATION  Human  HIV
       Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Knowledge,
       Attitudes, Practice  Male  Methadone/*THERAPEUTIC USE  Middle Age
       *Patient Education  *Psychotherapy, Group  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY/  *REHABILITATION  Support, U.S.
       Gov't, P.H.S.  CLINICAL TRIAL  JOURNAL ARTICLE  RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
       TRIAL

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