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Efficacy of a woman-focused intervention to reduce HIV risk and increase self-sufficiency among African American crack abusers (2004)
(Efficacité d'une intervention ciblée sur les femmes dans la réduction du risque VIH et l'augmentation de l'autosuffisance parmi des usagers de crack Afro-américain)
Auteur(s) :
W. M. WECHSBERG ;
LAM W. K. ;
W. A. ZULE ;
G. BOBASHEV
Article en page(s) :
1165-1173
Refs biblio. :
78
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
VIH
;
SEXE FEMININ
;
CRACK
;
ENQUETE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
ETHNIE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
American Journal of Public Health, 2004, 94, (7), 1165-1173
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
OBJECTIVES: This study compares 3- and 6-month outcomes of a woman-focused HIV intervention for crack abusers, a revised National Institute on Drug Abuse standard intervention, and a control group. METHODS: Out-of-drug-treatment African American women (n = 620) who use crack participated in a randomized field experiment. Risk behavior, employment, and housing status were assessed with linear and logistic regression. RESULTS: All groups significantly reduced crack use and high-risk sex at each follow-up, but only woman-focused intervention participants consistently improved employment and housing status. Compared with control subjects at 6 months, woman-focused intervention participants were least likely to engage in unprotected sex; revised standard intervention women reported greatest reductions in crack use. CONCLUSIONS: A woman-focused intervention can successfully reduce risk and facilitate employment and housing and may effectively reduce the frequency of unprotected sex in the longer term. (Review' s abstract)
ENGLISH :
OBJECTIVES: This study compares 3- and 6-month outcomes of a woman-focused HIV intervention for crack abusers, a revised National Institute on Drug Abuse standard intervention, and a control group. METHODS: Out-of-drug-treatment African American women (n = 620) who use crack participated in a randomized field experiment. Risk behavior, employment, and housing status were assessed with linear and logistic regression. RESULTS: All groups significantly reduced crack use and high-risk sex at each follow-up, but only woman-focused intervention participants consistently improved employment and housing status. Compared with control subjects at 6 months, woman-focused intervention participants were least likely to engage in unprotected sex; revised standard intervention women reported greatest reductions in crack use. CONCLUSIONS: A woman-focused intervention can successfully reduce risk and facilitate employment and housing and may effectively reduce the frequency of unprotected sex in the longer term. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.