Cumulative Effects of Adding a Small Group Intervention to Social Network Testing on HIV Testing Rates Among Crack Users in San Salvador, El Salvador. AIDS Behav 2021 Jul;25(7):2316-2323
Date
01/31/2021Pubmed ID
33515335Pubmed Central ID
PMC8165071DOI
10.1007/s10461-021-03160-9Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85099933384 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 1 CitationAbstract
The present study evaluates a combination prevention intervention for crack users in San Salvador, El Salvador that included social network HIV testing, community events and small group interventions. We examined the cumulative effects of the social network HIV testing and small group interventions on rates of HIV testing, beyond the increase that we saw with the introduction of the social network HIV testing intervention alone. HIV test data was converted into the number of daily tests and analyzed the immediate and overtime impact of small group interventions during and in the twelve weeks after the small group intervention. The addition of the small group interventions to the baseline of monthly HIV tests resulted in increased rates of testing lasting 7 days after the small group interventions suggesting a reinforcing effect of small group interventions on testing rates.
Author List
Dickson-Gomez J, Tarima S, Glasman L, Cuellar W, de Mendoza LR, Bodnar GAuthor
Julia Dickson-Gomez PhD Professor in the Institute for Health and Humanity department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Crack CocaineEl Salvador
HIV Infections
Humans
Social Networking
