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标题：Effectiveness of Couple-Based HIV Counseling and Testing for Women Substance Users and Their Primary Male Partners: A Randomized Trial
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作者：James M. McMahon ; Stephanie Tortu ; Enrique R. Pouget 等
期刊名称：Advances in Preventive Medicine
印刷版ISSN：2090-3480
电子版ISSN：2090-3499
出版年度：2013
卷号：2013
DOI：10.1155/2013/286207
出版社：Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要：A randomized trial was conducted to test the effectiveness of couple-based HIV counseling and testing (CB-HIV-CT) and women-only relationship-focused HIV counseling and testing (WRF-HIV-CT) in reducing HIV risk compared to the National Institute on Drug Abuse HIV-CT standard intervention. Substance using HIV-negative women and their primary heterosexual partner ( couples) were randomized to 1 of the 3 interventions. Follow-up assessments measuring HIV risk behaviors and other relevant variables were conducted at 3- and 9-months postintervention. Repeated measures generalized linear mixed model analysis was used to assess treatment effects. A significant reduction in HIV risk was observed over the 9-month assessment in the CB-HIV-CT group compared to that of the control group () and compared to that of the WRF-HIV-CT group (), but no significant difference was observed between WRF-HIV-CT and controls (). A brief couple-based HIV counseling and testing intervention designed to address both drug-related and sexual risk behaviors among substance using women and their primary male partners was shown to be more effective at reducing overall HIV risk compared to a standard HIV-CT intervention in an urban setting.