Treatment-Related Reduction in HIV Sexual Risk Behavior : A CTN Secondary Analysis.

Poster presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) annual meeting, June 17-22, 2006.

Therese Killeen, PhD (Medical University of South Carolina, SC Node), Rickey E. Carter, PhD. (Medical University of South Carolina, SC Node), Maxine L. Stitzer, PhD (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MA Node), George Woody, MD (University of Pennsylvania, DV Node), Marc Copersino, PhD (McLean Hospital, NNE Node), John M. Roll, PhD (Washington State University, Tacoma), Robert Booth, PhD (University of Colorado).

Several studies have shown that substance abuse treatment reduces HIV risk taking behavior, especially in methadone maintained populations. Less is known about HIV sex risk behavior in non-methadone treatment populations, or about differential risk behavior change associated with various treatment modalities. This poster describes a study that is a secondary analysis of a NIDA CTN protocol (CTN-0006) investigating the effectiveness of abstinence reinforcement in stimulant (cocaine, amphetamine, or methamphetamine) abusers presenting for treatment at community treatment programs across the United States. This study determined that substance abuse treatment may have secondary benefits in reducing certain HIV risk behaviors. (Poster, PowerPoint slides, English, 2006)

Keywords: CTN platform/ancillary study | HIV/AIDS | MIEDAR | Sexual risk behavior | Stimulant abuse | College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) annual meeting 2006

Document No: 132

Submitted by Therese Killeen, Co-Investigator, 6/22/2006.