A randomized trial of a behavioral intervention for high risk substance-using MSM

Steven P. Kurtz; Ronald D. Stall; Mance E. Buttram; Hilary L. Surratt; Minxing Chen

doi:10.1007/s10461-013-0531-z

A randomized trial of a behavioral intervention for high risk substance-using MSM

Steven P. Kurtz, Ronald D. Stall, Mance E. Buttram, Hilary L. Surratt, Minxing Chen

Behavioral Science

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Abstract

Substance-using men who have sex with men (MSM) are among the groups at highest risk for HIV infection in the United States. We report the results of a randomized trial testing the efficacy of a small group sexual and substance use risk reduction intervention based on empowerment theory compared to an enhanced efficacious control condition among 515 high risk not-in-treatment MSM substance users. Effect sizes for sexual risk and substance use outcomes were moderate to large: HIV transmission risk frequency, d = 0.71 in the control versus 0.66 in the experimental group; number of anal sex partners, d = 1.04 versus 0.98; substance dependence symptoms, d = 0.49 versus 0.53; significant differences were not observed between conditions. Black MSM reduced their risks at a greater rate than White or Latino men. The findings point to a critically important research agenda to reduce HIV transmission among MSM substance users.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2914-2926
Number of pages	13
Journal	AIDS and Behavior
Volume	17
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-013-0531-z
State	Published - Nov 2013

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Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was supported by DHHS Grant Number 5 R01 DA024579 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health.

Keywords

Behavioral intervention
HIV
MSM
Sexual risk
Substance use

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Social Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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