Are We Reaching and Enrolling At-Risk Drug Users for Prevention Studies?

• NCJ Number: 167110
• Journal: Journal of Drug Issues Volume: 26 Issue: 3 Dated: (Summer 1996) Pages: 541-560
• Author(s): R M Cunningham; L B Cottler; W M Compton
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 20 pages
• Grant Number(s): DA-08324; DA-00209
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DCC

Annotation

The St. Louis EachOneTeachOne (EOTO) project, a cooperative agreement project funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, examined rates of HIV risk behaviors and studied HIV risk reduction interventions among out-of-treatment injection and crack cocaine drug users.

Abstract

Data were collected during the first year of project recruitment and enrollment to document the effect of street outreach on HIV risk behavior involvement. Men reported more HIV risk behaviors than women, but results failed to show striking racial or ethnic differences. Women were successfully enrolled in the project despite the fact that women street contacts were largely ineligible to enroll in EOTO. Actual EOTO enrollees, compared with all street contacts and eligible street contacts, engaged in fewer HIV risk behaviors. Findings imply that strategies in addition to street outreach may be needed to enlist more individuals, particularly whites and females who engage in the highest risk drug and sexual behaviors. 17 references, 7 tables, and 1 figure