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Adding-On a brief skill-based HIV prevention psychoeducation to needle and syringe programs: A randomized controlled trial
| Τίτλος: | Adding-On a brief skill-based HIV prevention psychoeducation to needle and syringe programs: A randomized controlled trial |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Hajebi, A., Naserbakht, M., Noroozi, A. |
| Έτος έκδοσης: | 2016 |
| Συλλογή: | eprints Iran University of Medical Sciences |
| Περιγραφή: | Background: It is estimated that there are 180,000 people who inject drugs (PWID) in Iran. To reduce HIV-related high-risk behaviours among PWID, primary needle and syringe programs (NSPs) are delivered through drop-in centres (DICs) in Iran since 2002, but there is a paucity of research on the differential effectiveness of psychosocial components of NSPs on high-risk injection and sexual behaviours of drug users. Objectives: The current study aimed to examine the effectiveness of adding-on a brief skill-based HIV prevention psychoeducation on HIV-related high-risk behaviours among clients of two drop-in centres (DICs) in Tehran, Iran. Materials and Methods: One hundred and twenty consecutive clients with the mean age of 34 years who met diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th edition, text revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria for opioid dependence were selected and randomly assigned into intervention and control groups. Demographic data, history of drug abuse, high-risk sexual behaviours and drugrelated behaviours were gathered using a researcher-made questionnaire. The intervention group received two brief sessions of skill-based HIV prevention psychoeducation added on routine needle and syringe program; while the control group received routine services. The two groups were followed in months one and three, respectively. Results: The intervention group showed significantly more reduction in high risk injecting behaviours including average number of daily injections (F = 4.32, P < 0.05), number of injections during the last month (F = 11.45, P < 0.05), and number of times using syringes used by another person (F = 4.27, P < 0.05). The intervention group showed significantly greater reductions on some measures of sexual behaviours compared to the control group. These measures included the number of sex partners (F = 4.43, P < 0.05), the number of sex partners whom they had unprotected sex with (F = 3.20, P < 0.05) and the number of new sex partners (F = 3.58, P < 0.05). Conclusions: ... |
| Τύπος εγγράφου: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Γλώσσα: | unknown |
| Relation: | Hajebi, A. and Naserbakht, M. and Noroozi, A. (2016) Adding-On a brief skill-based HIV prevention psychoeducation to needle and syringe programs: A randomized controlled trial. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 10 (4). |
| Διαθεσιμότητα: | http://eprints.iums.ac.ir/4135/ https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85012231765&doi=10.17795%2fijpbs-7411&partnerID=40&md5=03f093a8f7f95c14552aa21fd854f934 |
| Αριθμός Καταχώρησης: | edsbas.C39390F3 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | BASE |
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