AIDS education in drug user treatment programs.
This paper presents the results of an AIDS educational intervention for intravenous drug users (IVDUs) who participated in the New Jersey State Department of Health's Coupon program. An examination of the data showed that those with high pre-intervention test scores were more likely to have been White and to have been in treatment since 1981. Furthermore, the 1-hour AIDS educational intervention produced significantly higher post-intervention test scores (overall and for 27 of the 31 individual test items). Finally, none of the demographic and drug history variables used in this analysis were found to contribute significantly to the effectiveness of the educational session.
Passannante
M R
MR
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey--New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103-2757.
Wells
D V
DV
Quinones
M A
MA
Jackson
J F
JF
Rotkiewicz
L G
LG
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016485:Needle Sharing / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000534:rehabilitation*
D008691:Methadone