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Evidence-Based Practice |
| Description |
The goals of the Holistic Health Recovery Program (HHRP) are to promote health and improve quality of life among injection drug users. HHRP is conducted on a group-level over 12 sessions.
During these sessions participants are taught various skills, such as: reducing harm caused by injection drug use and unprotected sex, decision making and problem solving, goal setting, stress management, and improving health and adherence to medical treatments. HHRP is guided by the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model. They believe that the three steps necessary to change behavior are: 1) provide HIV prevention information, 2) motivate individuals to engage in HIV prevention, and 3) give individuals opportunities to practice HIV prevention skills.
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| Goal / Mission |
The goals of the Holistic Health Recovery Program are to promote health and improve quality of life of injection drug users. |
| Results / Accomplishments |
One study compared participants that had received methadone maintenance treatment enhanced with an HIV risk reduction intervention (E-MMP) to patients that had received all components of E-MMP plus harm reduction therapy (HHRP+). The authors found that HHRP+ participants were significantly less likely to engage in unprotected sex or needle sharing during the post-intervention follow-up phase than were participants in the E-MMP (p<0.04). In addition, although both groups reduced their use of illicit opiates, the HHRP+ group had a much more significant decrease than the E-MMP group (p<0.01). |
| Categories |
Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
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| Source |
Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) |
| Date of Publication |
2003 |
| Date of Implementation |
Jan 1997 |
| Geographic Type |
Urban |
| Location |
City: New Haven, CT |
| Primary Contact |
Arthur Margolin
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry, Substance Abuse Center
34 Park St.
New Haven, CT 06519
arthur.margolin@yale.edu
http://www.effectiveinterventions.org/en/HighIm...
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| For more details |
http://www.effectiveinterventions.org/Files/HHR...
http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionT...
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| Target Audience |
injection drug users |
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