title: A pilot study of HIV education on readiness to change on substance use, AIDS knowledge, self-efficacy for risk reduction among male drug-dependent inmates.
abstract: Taiwan is experiencing an outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus infection among injection drug users. The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of a Transtheoretical Model-based HIV education program among drug-dependent inmates. A single group pre/post design was used to evaluate shortened impacts among 136 inmates who were arrested for illicit drug use and had attended a brief HIV education program in 2005. A repeated-measures analysis of variance indicated positive changes in AIDS knowledge (F > = 104.16, p < 0.001), self-efficacy to reduce HIV-risk behaviors (F = 26.5, p < 0.001), and readiness of change on substance use (F = 4.83, p = 0.03). The study findings showed that a brief TTM-based HIV education program can be effective for drug-dependent inmates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Nai-Ying
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Su-Ting
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Cheng-Hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chi-Yeh
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Pei-Jen
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Chiao-Jung
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Cheng-Fang
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Yen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011329:Prisoners; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D020377:Self Efficacy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan