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- Title
Substance use disorders and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment intervention: research and practice considerations.
- Authors
Campbell, Aimee N C; Tross, Susan; Calsyn, Donald A
- Abstract
Social workers are often on the front lines of the HIV/AIDS epidemic delivering prevention education and interventions, offering or linking individuals to HIV testing, and working to improve treatment access, retention, and adherence, especially among vulnerable populations. Individuals with substance use disorders face additional challenges to reducing sexual and drug risk behaviors, as well as barriers to testing, treatment, and antiretroviral therapy adherence. This article presents current data on HIV transmission and research evidence on prevention and intervention with substance abusers and highlights how individual social workers can take advantage of this knowledge in practice and through adoption and implementation within organizations.
- Publication
Social work in public health, 2013, Vol 28, Issue 3-4, p333
- ISSN
1937-190X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/19371918.2013.774665