Addiction Medicine

Scientists at Boston University detail research in addiction medicine

Published in Health Risk Factor Week, September 16th, 2008

" To assess the effectiveness of a sexual risk reduction intervention in the Russian narcology hospital setting. setting and participants This was a randomized controlled trial from October 2004 to December 2005 among patients with alcohol and/or heroin dependence from two narcology hospitals in St Petersburg, Russia," researchers in the United States report.

" Intervention subjects received two personalized sexual behavior counseling sessions plus three telephone booster sessions. Control subjects received usual addiction treatment, which did not include sexual behavior counseling. All received a research assessment and condoms at baseline. Primary outcomes were...

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Source: Health Risk Factor Week (2008-09-16)

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