A Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for HIV Prevention Among Injection Drug Users and Cocaine Smokers not in Treatment
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This study compared the effectiveness for altering sexual and drug use risk behaviors of an innovative cognitive-behavioral intervention with a standard intervention developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Participants were 254 female and 488 male injection drug users and cocaine smokers not currently in treatment who were randomly assigned to receive one of the two interventions. Although a 6-month follow-up revealed some significant decreases in risk behaviors across both intervention groups, no significant differences were revealed in the effectiveness of the two interventions in creating changes in sex risk or drug using behaviors.
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