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Computer-based typing and keypad skills training outcomes of unemployed injection drug users in a therapeutic workplace
(Formation à la saisie informatique et la maîtrise du clavier numérique pour des usagers de drogue par voie injectable sans emploi dans un atelier thérapeutique)
Auteur(s) :
DILLON, E. M. ;
WONG, C. J. ;
SYLVEST C. E. ;
CRONE TODD D. E. ;
SILVERMAN, K.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
2325-2353
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
21
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
REINSERTION PROFESSIONNELLE
;
FORMATION
;
INFORMATIQUE
;
PROGRAMME
;
USAGER
;
INJECTION
;
EMPLOI
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2004, 39, (13-14), 2325-2353
Note de contenu :
graph. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The Therapeutic Workplace is an employment-based treatment for chronic drug misuse and unemployment. As a part of this intervention, participants are taught skills to perform data entry jobs and are paid based on attendance and productivity. In this study, computerized typing and keypad training programs were evaluated in recently detoxified HIV-positive injection drug users (n = 32) enrolled in the Therapeutic Workplace treatment program between October 2000 and September 2001. Results show that trainees can be taught fundamental typing and keypad skills in an average of 51.48 and 1.73 h of training, respectively, administered over 17.91 and 12.59 weeks, respectively. Overall, the results demonstrate that adults with long histories of chronic unemployment and drug addiction can reliably acquire typing and keypad skills and do so over relatively short periods of time. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
John Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5200 Eastern Ave., St. 142W, Baltimore, MD 21224. E-mail : ksilverm@jhmi.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.