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Improving entry to methadone maintenance among out-of-treatment injection drug users
(Améliorer l'entrée en traitement de maintenance à la méthadone pour des usagers de drogues par voie intraveineuse non traités)
Auteur(s) :
BOOTH, R. E. ;
CORSI K. F. ;
MIKULICH, S. K.
Année
2003
Page(s) :
305-311
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
42
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
TRAITEMENT DE MAINTENANCE
;
METHADONE
;
ACCES AUX SOINS
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2003, 24, (4), 305-311
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This study of 577 out-of-treatment drug injectors was designed to assess predictors of methadone maintenance treatment entry, including offering free treatment coupons. Using targeted sampling methods, participants were recruited through street outreach ; randomly, they were either assigned a coupon for 90 days of free treatment or required to pay for their treatment. Regardless of assignment, all subjects who desired treatment were provided transportation, rapid intake, and a waiver of the treatment entry fee. Overall, 33% entered treatment, including 66% of those who received a free coupon. Other factors associated with treatment entry included desire for treatment, heroin use, prior treatment experience, associating with fewer drug-using friends, and injecting with a previously used unsterile needle/syringe. Injecting cocaine and smoking crack reduced the probability of treatment entry. Findings lend support to street outreach efforts designed to increase rates of treatment entry among chronic out-of treatment drug injectors. Additional treatment options are required for those abusing cocaine. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Univ. Colorado Hlth. Sciences Ctr., Sch. Med., Dept. Psychiat., 1741 Vine St., Denver, CO 80206. E-mail : robert.boothuchsc.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.