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Addiction Medicine
Peer-based substance abuse intervention benefits HIV+ women in rural area
June 2nd, 2005
A peer-based substance abuse intervention had positive results in a small group of HIV positive women living in a rural area. "Alcohol and other drug (AOD) use play a major role in the acquisition and spread of HIV, and the majority of women living with HIV are either active or recovering drug users. Forty-six percent of women's cases of HIV infection have been attributed to injection-drug use and 18% to women's heterosexual contacts with injection-drug users. Substance abuse often contributes to noncompliance with HIV treatment," wrote M.R. Boyd and colleagues, University of South Carolina, College of Nursing. They continued, "Individuals with...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-02)
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