TY - JOUR
T1 - Peer-driven interventions in Vietnam and China to prevent HIV
T2 - A pilot study targeting injection drug users
AU - Broadhead, Robert S.
AU - Hammett, Theodore M.
AU - Kling, Ryan
AU - Ngu, Doan
AU - Liu, W. E.I.
AU - Chen, Yi
AU - Quyen, Hoang Ngoc
AU - Binh, Kieu Thanh
AU - Van Tren, Hoang
AU - Borch, Casey
AU - Gauchat, Gordon
AU - Des Jarlais, Don C.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The HIV epidemic in China and Vietnam is on the increase among injection drug users (IDUs). We report on the results of a pilot outreach study in northern Vietnam and southern China to test the feasibility of a peer-driven intervention (PDI) to prevent HIV among IDUs. In the PDI, recruitment relies on a "chain-referral" model in which IDUs carry-out the core outreach activities that salaried outreach-workers/ peer-educators traditionally provide. A 6-month follow-up was built into the study design to measure possible changes in IDUs' risk behaviors. The impact results of the pilot study are reported bearing on several different measures, such as changes in IDUs'rates of lending or borrowing used syringes, willingness to enter into drug treatment, baseline and follow-up recruitment success, and effectiveness of serving as peer-educators in the community. The evidence suggests the PDI is highly feasible and deserving of greater research in both China and Vietnam.
AB - The HIV epidemic in China and Vietnam is on the increase among injection drug users (IDUs). We report on the results of a pilot outreach study in northern Vietnam and southern China to test the feasibility of a peer-driven intervention (PDI) to prevent HIV among IDUs. In the PDI, recruitment relies on a "chain-referral" model in which IDUs carry-out the core outreach activities that salaried outreach-workers/ peer-educators traditionally provide. A 6-month follow-up was built into the study design to measure possible changes in IDUs' risk behaviors. The impact results of the pilot study are reported bearing on several different measures, such as changes in IDUs'rates of lending or borrowing used syringes, willingness to enter into drug treatment, baseline and follow-up recruitment success, and effectiveness of serving as peer-educators in the community. The evidence suggests the PDI is highly feasible and deserving of greater research in both China and Vietnam.
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U2 - 10.1177/002204260903900403
DO - 10.1177/002204260903900403
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77649148209
SN - 0022-0426
VL - 39
SP - 829
EP - 850
JO - Journal of Drug Issues
JF - Journal of Drug Issues
IS - 4
ER -