Alcohol and drug use outcomes among vulnerable women living with HIV: results from the Western Cape Women's Health CoOp

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dc.contributor.authorZule, Williamen
dc.contributor.authorMyers, Bronwynen
dc.contributor.authorCarney, Taraen
dc.contributor.authorNovak, Scott P.en
dc.contributor.authorMcCormick, Kaitlinen
dc.contributor.authorWechsberg, Wendee M.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-17T05:06:40Zen
dc.date.available2015-12-17T05:06:40Zen
dc.date.epub2014-07-21en
dc.date.issued2014-12-02en
dc.description.abstractAlcohol and other drug use can negatively affect adherence to and retention in antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV/AIDS. Yet, there are few brief interventions that reduce these behaviors among this population. This article presents the findings from a randomized field experiment that assessed the effects of a woman-focused intervention (the Women's Health CoOp [WHC]) on reducing alcohol and other drug use among vulnerable women in Cape Town, South Africa. The analyses were limited to 84 women living with HIV who reported drinking alcohol at baseline. Because of the small sample size, analyses were performed using an exact logistic regression procedure. At 12-month follow-up, women in the WHC arm were more likely to be abstinent from alcohol (odds ratio [OR] = 3.61; 95% confidence intervals [CI] = 1.23, 11.70; p = 0.016) and somewhat more likely to test negative for other drugs (OR = 3.07; 95% CI = 0.83, 12.31; p = 0.105), compared with women in the comparison arms. This study provides preliminary evidence of the efficacy of a brief, woman-focused intervention in reducing alcohol and other drug use among vulnerable women living with HIV and it has implications for HIV treatment.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) [grant number R01 HD058320] (Wechsberg).en
dc.identifier.citationAlcohol and drug use outcomes among vulnerable women living with HIV: results from the Western Cape Women's Health CoOp 2014, 26 (12):1494 AIDS Careen
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09540121.2014.933769en
dc.identifier.issn0954-0121en
dc.identifier.issn1360-0451en
dc.identifier.journalAIDS Careen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11288/583992en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09540121.2014.933769en
dc.research.unitAlcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug RUen
dc.rightsArchived with thanks to AIDS Careen
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSen
dc.subjectAlcohol useen
dc.subjectOther Drug useen
dc.subjectInterventionen
dc.subjectWomen's Health CoOpen
dc.titleAlcohol and drug use outcomes among vulnerable women living with HIV: results from the Western Cape Women's Health CoOpen
dc.typeArticleen
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