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- Title
Impact of interim methadone maintenance on HIV risk behaviors.
- Authors
Wilson, Monique E; Schwartz, Robert P; O'Grady, Kevin E; Jaffe, Jerome H
- Abstract
The extent to which interim methadone (IM) without counseling reduces HIV risk behavior has not been reported. The AIDS Risk Assessment scale was administered at baseline and 4-month follow-up to 319 adult heroin-dependent participants randomly assigned to IM or waiting list. On an intent-to-treat basis, there was a significantly greater reduction in drug injection and unprotected sex while high from baseline to follow-up, favoring the IM condition. Remedying the shortage of methadone capacity through the expansion of IM would be a worthwhile approach to reducing the spread of HIV infection.
- Publication
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2010, Vol 87, Issue 4, p586
- ISSN
1468-2869
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11524-010-9451-7