Abstract:
:The purpose of this study was to examine whether methadone maintenance treatment reduces injecting risk behaviour (and therefore transmission of blood-borne viral infections) among prisoners in New South Wales (NSW), using comparison of retrospective reports of drug use in prisons for people who received standard drug treatment, time-limited methadone treatment and methadone maintenance treatment. The setting for the study was the NSW prison system. One hundred and eighty-five injecting drug users who had been recently released from NSW prisons were recruited in 1993. Self-reported drug use and injecting risk behaviour were compared in inmates who received standard drug treatment (counselling), time-limited methadone treatment and methadone maintenance treatment. HIV status was determined by serology. Intervention comprised high and low dose methadone treatment and counselling. The groups were similar in terms of most basic demographic characteristics but subjects who had been maintained on methadone reported a significantly lower prevalence of heroin injection, syringe sharing and scored lower on an HIV Risk-taking Behavioural Scale than subjects who received standard drug treatment and time-limited methadone treatment. This study suggests that methadone treatment is associated with reduced injecting risk behaviour in prison with adequate (greater than 60 mg) dose and duration in treatment. These treatment conditions are known to increase effectiveness in community-based methadone programmes. Prospective studies are required to evaluate the effectiveness of methadone programmes in the prevention of HIV and other blood-borne viral infections among IDU prisoners.
journal_name
Drug Alcohol Revjournal_title
Drug and alcohol reviewauthors
Dolan KA,Wodak AD,Hall WDdoi
10.1080/09595239800186951subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-06-01 00:00:00pages
153-8issue
2eissn
0959-5236issn
1465-3362pii
NLK67X1922647464journal_volume
17pub_type
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更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Drug and alcohol review
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00257.x
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/dar.13215
更新日期:2020-11-10 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00