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HIV testing and counseling in the nation's outpatient substance abuse treatment system, 1995-2005.
| Τίτλος: | HIV testing and counseling in the nation's outpatient substance abuse treatment system, 1995-2005. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Pollack HA (AUTHOR), D'Aunno T (AUTHOR), Pollack, Harold A1 (AUTHOR), D'Aunno, Thomas (AUTHOR) |
| Πηγή: | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Jun2010, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p307-316. 10p. |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | *Therapeutic use of narcotics, *Methadone treatment programs, *Diagnosis of HIV infections, *HIV prevention, *Counseling, *Treatment programs, *Outpatient medical care, *Substance abuse treatment, *Cross-sectional method, *Intravenous drug abuse, *Acquisition of data, *Medical screening, *Sex work, *Regression analysis |
| Γεωγραφικοί όροι: | United States |
| Περίληψη: | This article examines the extent to which U.S. outpatient substance abuse treatment (OSAT) facilities provide HIV counseling and testing (C&T) to clients between 1995 and 2005. We also examine organizational and client characteristics associated with OSAT facilities' provision of HIV C&T. Data were collected from a nationally representative sample of outpatient treatment facilities in 1995 (n = 618), 2000 (n = 571), and 2005 (n = 566). Results show that in 1995, 26.8% of OSAT clients received HIV C & T; by 2005, this proportion had increased, but only to 28.8%. Further, results from random-effects interval regression analysis show that C&T is especially widespread in public and nonprofit facilities, in methadone facilities, and in units that serve injection drug users and commercial sex workers. HIV C&T was also more widespread in units that employed formal intake protocols. Despite widespread efforts to increase HIV C&T services in OSAT care, only a small and stable minority of clients receive these services. Adoption of formal intake procedures may provide one vehicle to increase provision of C&T services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | Academic Search Index |
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