Evaluation of a cognitive-behavioural intervention for HIV prevention among injecting drug users

AIDS
A BakerP Holt

Abstract

To evaluate the effectiveness of relapse prevention (RP) and brief intervention (BI) in reducing HIV risk-taking behaviours among injecting drug users (IDU) enrolled in methadone programmes. The hypotheses tested were: (1) that a six-session RP programme would be more effective in reducing HIV risk-taking behaviours than a one-session BI and a non-intervention control condition (C); and (2) that BI would be more effective in reducing HIV risk-taking behaviours than C. Clients of methadone programmes were randomly assigned to either RP, BI, or C. Follow-up occurred 6 months after pre-intervention assessment and was conducted by independent research assistants who were not aware of subjects' group allocations. Confidential assessment interviews and interventions generally took place at the methadone unit treating the subject. Ninety-five IDU enrolled in methadone programmes. Study entry criteria were: injection of any drug in the 6 months before the day of pre-intervention assessment; literacy in English; agreement to HIV-antibody testing for research purposes; and no known diagnosis of a serious mental illness. Eighty subjects were contacted successfully for a 6-month follow-up. The RP intervention was a six-session programme. E...Continue Reading

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