Behavior changes among crack-using rural and urban women.
This study compared rural and urban crack-using women and examined their responses to two interventions. A prospective cohort study design was employed to assess the effectiveness of standard and innovative HIV prevention interventions on 541 urban and 268 rural women in Florida. Generalized estimating equation analysis, accounting for repeated measures, found that for combined urban and rural samples, the innovative intervention was more effective than the standard for a number of drug and sexual risk behaviors. However, the analysis indicated no significant differences in intervention efficacy between rural and urban women. The results imply that there is a need for similar HIV prevention services in both areas.
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Department of Public Health, Florida International University, North Miami 33181, USA. mccoyh@servax.fiu.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012309:Risk-Taking; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000592:standards; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000592:standards; D016387:Women's Health
D016578:Crack Cocaine