Behavior changes among crack-using rural and urban women

H. Virginia McCoy; Clyde B. McCoy; Shenghan Lai; Norman L. Weatherby; Sarah Messiah

doi:10.3109/10826089909037237

Behavior changes among crack-using rural and urban women

H. Virginia McCoy, Clyde B. McCoy, Shenghan Lai, Norman L. Weatherby, Sarah Messiah

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Abstract

This study compared rural and urban crack-using women and examined their responses to two interventions. A prospective cohort study design was employed to assess the effectiveness of standard and innovative HIV prevention interventions on 541 urban and 268 rural women in Florida. Generalized estimating equation analysis, accounting for repeated measures, found that for combined urban and rural samples, the innovative intervention was more effective than the standard for a number of drug and sexual risk behaviors. However, the analysis indicated no significant differences in intervention efficacy between rural and urban women. The results imply that there is a need for similar HIV prevention services in both areas.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	667-684
Number of pages	18
Journal	Substance Use and Misuse
Volume	34
Issue number	4-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/10826089909037237
State	Published - 1999
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

AIDS
Behavior change
Drug use
HIV
Intervention effectiveness

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Health(social science)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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