Open AccessEffects of a Hepatitis C Virus Educational Intervention or a Motivational Intervention on Alcohol Use, Injection Drug Use, and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Injection Drug Users
Author(s) -
William Zule,
Elizabeth Costenbader,
Curtis Coomes,
Wendee M. Wechsberg
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.126854
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , psychological intervention , syringe , condom , odds ratio , hepatitis c , injection drug use , logistic regression , confidence interval , outreach , drug , drug injection , family medicine , psychiatry , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , political science , law
We compared the effects of 2 interventions on alcohol use, use of a new syringe at last injection, and condom use at last sexual encounter in a community sample of injection drug users.