@article{e0c0342bf0e24be2a755d71a2e481c8d,
title = "A Network-Based HIV Prevention Intervention for Tajik Migrant Workers Who Inject Drugs",
abstract = "We developed and pilot-tested the Migrants{\textquoteright} Approached Self-Learning Intervention in HIV/AIDS for Tajiks (MASLIHAT). We recruited 30 Tajik labor migrants who inject drugs in Moscow as peer educators (PEs) to attend the 5-session intervention, then share what they learned with their peers. Each PE recruited two drug-injecting network members for interviewing about their drug and sexual behavior at baseline, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months post-intervention. GEE and mixed effects regression tested time and participant type effects on each outcome. HIV knowledge and risk perception increased among both PEs and network peers, while use of shared syringes, condomless sex, sex with a sex worker, and alcohol use decreased significantly for both groups at 6 weeks and 3 months with a sustained effect through 6 months. The MASLIHAT intervention proved successful in disseminating HIV prevention information and reducing HIV risk behavior over 6 months among both PEs and network members.",
keywords = "HIV prevention, Injection drug use, Migrant workers, Peer networks, Tajik migrants",
author = "Levy, {Judith A.} and Mackesy-Amiti, {Mary Ellen} and Makhbatsho Bakhromov and Jonbek Jonbekov and Latkin, {Carl A.}",
note = "Funding Information: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health (USA) under Award Number R21DA039068. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. We thank the Tajik Diaspora Union for its assistance and also the study{\textquoteright}s participants and members of the MASLIHAT staff for making this research possible. We thank the Tajik Diaspora Union for its assistance and also the study{\textquoteright}s participants and members of the MASLIHAT staff for making this research possible. Funding Information: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health (USA) under Award Number R21DA039068. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2022",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1007/s10461-021-03431-5",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "26",
pages = "719--727",
journal = "AIDS and behavior",
issn = "1090-7165",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "3",
}