Implementing an Updated 'Break the Cycle' Intervention to Reduce Initiating Persons into Injecting Drug Use in an Eastern European and a US 'opioid epidemic' Setting
| Autor: | Hayley Berg, Don C. Des Jarlais, Anneli Uusküla, Susan Tross, Mait Raag, Greete Org, Donna Demarest, David M. Barnes, Jonathan Feelemyer, Ave Talu, Kamyar Arasteh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult Estonia Male medicine.medical_specialty Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Motivational interviewing Motivational Interviewing Article Drug Users 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk-Taking Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Epidemics Substance Abuse Intravenous media_common 030505 public health business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Opioid-Related Disorders Eastern european Analgesics Opioid Health psychology Infectious Diseases Family medicine Female New York City Implementation research 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | AIDS Behav |
| ISSN: | 1573-3254 |
| Popis: | We tested the hypothesis that an updated “Break the Cycle” (BtC) intervention, based in social cognitive theory and motivational interviewing, would reduce the likelihood that current persons who inject drugs (PWID) would assist persons who do not inject drugs (non-PWID) with first injections in Tallinn, Estonia and Staten Island, New York City. 402 PWID were recruited, a baseline interview covering demographics, drug use, and assisting non-PWID with first drug injections was administered, followed by BtC intervention. 296 follow-up interviews were conducted 6 months post-intervention. Percentages assisting with first injections declined from 4.7 to 1.3% (73% reduction) in Tallinn (p |
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