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Drug abuse treatment success among needle exchange participants.
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Jun 1998
Source: Public Health Rep. 113(Suppl 1):129-139
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Description:Although lowering incidence rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission is the primary goal of needle exchange programs (NEPs), other desirable outcomes are possible. Referring exchange participants to more comprehensive drug abuse treatment programs has the potential to reduce or eliminate the use of drugs. This possibility was evaluated by comparing the treatment responses of new admissions with an outpatient opioid agonist treatment program in Baltimore, Maryland.|New admissions (1994 - 1997) to an opioid agonist treatment program were first grouped by referral source (needle exchange, n = 82 vs. standard referrals, n = 243) and then compared on admission demographic and clinical variables and response to treatment during the first three months. Outcome measures included retention rates, self-reported drug use and injecting frequencies, self-reported illegal activities for profit, and results from weekly urinalysis testing for opioids and cocaine.|Patients from the NEP were significantly older and more likely to be male, African American, and unemployed than standard referral patients. Needle exchange patients also had a greater baseline severity of drug use than patients in the standard referral group. Despite these baseline differences, both groups achieved comparably good short-term treatment outcomes (including reduced drug use and criminal activity for profit); treatment retention was also good, although slightly better in the standard referral group (88% vs. 76%).|These data demonstrate the feasibility and merits of creating strong linkages between NEPs and more comprehensive drug abuse treatment clinics.
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Outreach in natural settings: the use of peer leaders for HIV prevention among injecting drug users' networks.
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Jun 1998 | Public Health Rep. 113(Suppl 1):151-159
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Guided by a social influence and empowerment framework, peer leaders in the injecting drug user (IDU) community were trained to promote human immunode...
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