Outcomes of a peer HIV prevention program with injection drug and crack users: The risk avoidance partnership
dc.contributor.author | Weeks, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Li, Jianghong | |
dc.contributor.author | Dickson-Gomez, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Convey, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Martinez, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Radda, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Clair, S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T11:31:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T11:31:35Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-09-12T08:36:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Weeks, M. and Li, J. and Dickson-Gomez, J. and Convey, M. and Martinez, M. and Radda, K. and Clair, S. 2009. Outcomes of a peer HIV prevention program with injection drug and crack users: The risk avoidance partnership. Substance Use and Misuse. 44 (2): pp. 253-281. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12587 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/10826080802347677 | |
dc.description.abstract |
The Risk Avoidance Partnership (RAP) Project conducted in Hartford, Connecticut, tested a program to train active drug injectors and crack cocaine users as "Peer Health Advocates" (PHAs) to deliver a modular HIV, hepatitis, and STI prevention intervention to hard-to-reach drug users in their networks and others in the city. The intervention was designed to diffuse health promotion and risk-reduction interventions by supporting PHAs to model prevention practices and deliver risk- and harm-reduction materials and information. We compared change in behaviors and attitudes between baseline and 6-month follow-up of 112 primarily African-American and Latino PHAs, 223 of their drug-user network contact referrals, and 118 other study recruits (total n = 523). Results indicated significant HIV risk reduction among all study participants, associated with significant health advocacy action conducted by PHAs, and a relationship between exposure to the RAP peer-delivered intervention and risk reduction among all study groups. Findings suggest that active drug users' engagement in peer health advocacy can set in motion a feedback and diffusion process that supports both the continued work of the PHAs and the adoption of harm reduction and mimicking of health advocacy by their peers. Copyright © 2009 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc. | |
dc.publisher | Informa Healthcare | |
dc.title | Outcomes of a peer HIV prevention program with injection drug and crack users: The risk avoidance partnership | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 44 | |
dcterms.source.number | 2 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 253 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 281 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 1082-6084 | |
dcterms.source.title | Substance Use and Misuse | |
curtin.department | Centre for Population Health Research | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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