The Impact of Methadone Maintenance Treatment on HIV Risk Behaviors among High-Risk Injection Drug Users: A Systematic Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
The Impact

Predictors of Positive Outcomes for Out-of-Treatment Opiate Injectors Recruited into Methadone Maintenance through Street Outreach

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 999-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Fortuin Corsi ◽  
Carol F. Kwiatkowski ◽  
Robert E. Booth
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Positive Outcomes

This study was conducted to assess behavior change in the areas of drug use, productivity, criminal activity, and HIV risk among street-recruited injection drug users who entered methadone maintenance treatment. In addition, the study examined a number of variables that could account for these changes, including demographics, intervention effects, and treatment-related measures. A total of 168 participants were interviewed at baseline, received outreach interventions, entered methadone maintenance treatment, and were reinterviewed 5–9 months later. Significant (p<.001) improvements were seen in the areas of drug use, productivity, criminality, and HIV risk behaviors. The only variables significantly associated with behavior change were related to drug treatment. In particular, being in treatment at the time of the follow-up assessment had the strongest relationship to positive outcomes, including length of treatment. Having no prior treatment experience was associated with fewer injections at follow-up. These findings emphasize the importance of retaining clients, given the likelihood that positive change is likely to be evidenced while they remain in treatment

Defunding the Poor: The Impact of Lost access to Subsidized Methadone Maintenance Treatment on Women Injection Drug Users

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 923-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly R. Knight ◽  
Marsha Rosenbaum ◽  
Margaret S. Kelley ◽  
Jeanette Irwin ◽  
Allyson Washburn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Injection Drug Users ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Heroin Use ◽  
The Impact

Qualitative data from women defunded from a subsidized methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program were analyzed to determine the impact of defunding on the women and their dependents. Women attested to the efficacy of MMT in creating a stable environment in which their illicit drug use was eliminated or controlled; they were able to decrease their participation in illicit activities and pursue further employment and educational goals. When defunding occurred women employed a variety of strategies including family borrowing, welfare funds, and illicit activities to remain on private MMT programs. The result of these payment strategies was often a premature detoxification from MMT due to unpaid clinic bills. Many women returned to heroin use to alleviate withdrawal symptoms from methadone detoxification. This return to heroin use was also accompanied by increased illicit activities. Defunded women reported severe emotional and financial destabilization as a result of lost access to subsidized methadone maintenance treatment.

HIV Risk Behaviors among Women in Methadone Maintenance Treatment

1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine E. Grella ◽  
M. Douglas Anglin ◽  
Jeffrey J. Annon
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Hiv Risk Behaviors
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