title: Changes in HIV-related risk behaviors following drug abuse treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To measure changes in HIV-related injection drug and sexual risk behaviors following drug treatment in a therapeutic community program.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a prospective cohort study of 261 drug users, randomly assigned to day or residential treatment. Participants were interviewed 2 weeks after entering treatment and 6, 12 and 18 months later (follow-up rate: 83%).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Greater reductions in injection risk behaviors were associated with more time in treatment and the later waves of measurement. Wave was also associated with a reduction of sexual risk behavior.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Drug abuse treatment was associated with a decrease in HIV-related risk behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 94105, USA. bwoods@psg.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Guydish
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sorensen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coutts
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bostrom
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acampora
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016739:Behavior, Addictive; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome