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Problems in Implementing an AIDS Prevention Program for Injecting Drug Users
Author(s) -
Vogtsberger Kenneth N.,
Desmond David P.,
Maddux James F.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1993.tb00435.x
Subject(s) - outreach , attrition , drop out , drug , intervention (counseling) , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , nursing , psychiatry , dentistry , political science , economics , law , demographic economics
The authors present the design and implementation of an AIDS prevention program of information and counseling for injecting drug users (IDUs). Outreach worker attrition has been a major problem. IDUs tend to drop out of the intervention; they do not seek HIV antibody test results and reject drug treatment referrals.