Providing HIV counseling and testing services in methadone maintenance programs |
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| Authors: | M L Cartter L R Petersen R B Savage J Donagher J L Hadler |
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| Affiliation: | Connecticut Department of Health Services, Hartford. |
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| Abstract: | Counseling about AIDS and optional confidential testing for antibody to HIV-1 have been available in state-supported methadone maintenance programs in Connecticut since 1 January 1987. In the first 2 years of the program, 2118 people received pre-test counseling. Overall, 1521 people agreed to anti-HIV-1-antibody testing and 1010 received post-test counseling. Other than the pre- and post-test counseling sessions, a total of 1600 HIV counseling sessions were conducted. This is the first statewide program for providing HIV counseling and testing in methadone maintenance programs in the United States. Our experience suggests that the prevention of both drug use and HIV-1 transmission can be integrated in drug treatment centers. |
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