Document 0805
 DOCN  M9440805
 TI    Social network, support and influence: relationships with drug use and
       protective AIDS behavior.
 DT    9404
 AU    Zapka JG; Stoddard AM; McCusker J; School of Public Health, University
       of Massachusetts at Amherst.
 SO    AIDS Educ Prev. 1993 Winter;5(4):352-66. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94128508
 AB    One reason for difficulty in long-term maintenance of behavior changes
       by injection drug users (IDUs) is the concomitant support or distraction
       from the IDUs social environment. This study explored the relationship
       of social factors--e.g., encouragement from friends, beliefs about
       social norms--with drug injection behaviors. Subjects were clients in a
       short-term residential detoxification program. Self-reports of drug and
       AIDS-protective behaviors were gathered at baseline and at least 6
       months following a trial of enhanced vs. informational educational
       interventions. Results provide support both for the general hypothesis
       about the influence of peers and drug-use partners prior and subsequent
       to detoxification and for the greater effectiveness of the enhanced
       intervention on social factors. Particularly important to improved drug
       use behavior were decreased number of friends who inject drugs (social
       network), increased number of people to talk with when upset (social
       support), and increased argument skills about safe drug use (social
       influence).
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Adolescence  Adult  Comparative Study  Condoms
       Female  Health Education  Human  *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male
       Needle Sharing/ADVERSE EFFECTS/PSYCHOLOGY  Risk-Taking  Sex Education
       *Social Facilitation  *Social Support  Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
       Substance Abuse, Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY/  *REHABILITATION
       Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  Treatment Outcome  CLINICAL TRIAL  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE  RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

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