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. 1993 Oct;83(10):1463–1466. 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 1, J G Zapka 1, B F Lewis 1
PMCID: PMC1694831  PMID: 8214241

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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