title: Building a peer network for a community level HIV prevention program among injecting drug users in Denver.
abstract: As part of a multi-site Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded initiative, a community-level HIV prevention project targeting injection drug users was implemented in the FivePoints community in Denver, Colorado. The protocol for the initiative included the use of peer networks to conduct outreach and disseminate intervention materials to injecting drug users. Since April 1993, project staff established a peer network of 119 participants who distribute approximately 3,000 materials per month.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Denver Health and Hospitals, CO, USA.
authors.forename: P Z
authors.initials: PZ
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rietmeijer
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guenther-Grey
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Cohn
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003120:Colorado; D019058:Community Networks; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D016730:Program Development; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous; D014505:Urban Population