Abstract
Many people enrolled in drug diversion programs are not receiving evidence-based prevention for HIV or hepatitis. This study translated basic research from cognitive science to increase screening for infection and condom use in this population. A parallel three-condition randomized trial was conducted in a drug diversion sample (N = 358), comparing a memory practice condition with two active control conditions. Outcomes were condom use frequency and testing for infection (hepatitis B/C, HIV). At 3-month follow-up, participants in the memory practice condition were at least twice as likely (OR = 2.10 or greater, p <.01) to self-report testing compared to those in the control conditions and also reported more frequent condom use compared to a health education condition [B =.37, t(1) = 2.02, p =.02]. Basic research on memory can be effectively translated to brief interventions on infection screening and risk prevention in existing drug diversion programs.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 440-451 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Behavioral Medicine |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 15 2019 |
Funding
Funding Research reported in this publication was supported by grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded to Alan Stacy (R01DA033871) and from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism awarded to Mary Larimar partially supporting Yusuke Shono (T32AA007455). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Keywords
- Cognitive science
- Condom use
- HIV/AIDS
- Hepatitis
- Screening
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health
