SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HIV RISK--WOMEN OFFENDERS IN RECOVERY

除了减少危害的方法外，药物- 免费治疗和康复是减少艾滋病毒风险的重要战略 注射毒品和从事危险性活动的妇女。的 拟议研究的前提是，无药物恢复直接减少 注射毒品和快克使用，间接降低性风险 行为。此外，社会支助-定义为“由 其他人”-对维持无毒品的恢复和影响至关重要 通过和不断实践减少艾滋病毒风险的行为， 时间本研究的目的是：（1）纵向记录 对妇女的社会支助的来源、类型、数量和质量， 在戒毒后的头七个月内的罪犯; (2)从人种学的角度评估各种类型的社会 与降低艾滋病毒风险行为相关的支持;（3）检查 艾滋病毒/艾滋病各种行为指标之间的相互关系 艾滋病危险行为、社会支持、药物 治疗和个体特征（包括HIV血清状态， 心理特征和人口统计学）以及这些变化 （4）建立预测艾滋病毒相关性的模型 曾被强制执行的女性前罪犯的风险降低行为 药物综合研究结果并推荐艾滋病干预措施 战略布局为达致上述目的，建议的研究将进行 对最近接受药物治疗的女性（N-600）进行基线访谈 监狱/监狱和社区方案中的治疗，并对其进行跟踪 30-在他们离开治疗或监狱/监狱后的7天和7个月。的 研究整合了定性和定量的数据和方法。一 半结构式问卷将包含开放式问题， 关于社会支助来源和类型的定性信息，以及 封闭式问题，以获得艾滋病毒相关的定量数据 行为和个人特征。几个标准的心理 还将管理工具。一个民族志研究 此外，亦会抽取60名接受治疗的毕业生作次样本。中 在研究贫瘠的地区，这项研究将提供关于如何 社会支持对女性降低艾滋病风险行为的影响 复苏

In addition to harm reduction approaches, the combined process of drug- free treatment and recovery is a significant HIV risk reduction strategy for woman who inject drugs and engage in risky sexual activities. The premise of the proposed studies that drug-free recovery directly reduces injection drug use and crack use, and indirectly reduces sexual risk behaviors. Further, social support--defined as "resources provided by others"--is essential to maintaining drug-free recovery and influences the adoption and constant practice of HIV risk reduction behaviors over time. The aims of the study are: (1) To document longitudinally the sources, types, amount, and quality of social support for women ex- offenders during the first seven months after leaving drug treatment; (2) to assess ethnographically the function of various types of social support in relation to HIV risk reduction behaviors; (3) to examine the interrelationships between various behavioral indicators of HIV/AIDS risk reduction and measures of HIV risk behaviors, social support, drug treatment, and individual characteristics (including HIV serostatus, psychological traits, and demographics) as well as variations in these relationships over time; (4) to develop models to predict HIV related risk reduction behaviors among women ex-offenders who have been mandated to drug synthesize research findings and recommend HIV intervention strategies. To achieve the aims, the proposed study will conduct baseline interviews with women (N-600) recently admitted to drug treatment in prison/jail and community based programs and follow them up 30-days and 7-months after they leave treatment or prison/jail. The study integrates qualitative and quantitative data and methods. A semistructured questionnaire will contain open-ended questions to obtain qualitative information on the sources and types of social support, and close-ended questions to obtain quantitative data on HIV related behaviors and individual characteristics. Several standard psychological instruments will also be administered. An ethnographic study of a subsample of treatment graduates (N=60) will also be conducted. In an area barren with research, this study will provide insight about how social support influences HIV risk reduction behaviors among women in recovery.