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Providing HIV counseling and testing services in methadone maintenance programs.

M L Cartter¹, L R Petersen, R B Savage

¹Connecticut Department of Health Services, Hartford.

AIDS (London, England)

|May 1, 1990

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Connecticut

Area of Science:

Public Health
Infectious Disease Prevention
Substance Abuse Treatment

Background:

State-supported methadone maintenance programs in Connecticut offered counseling and HIV-1 antibody testing starting in 1987.
This initiative marked the first statewide program of its kind in the United States.
Integration of HIV prevention into drug treatment centers was explored.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the implementation and outcomes of an integrated HIV counseling and testing program within methadone maintenance services.
To evaluate the feasibility of combining drug use and HIV-1 transmission prevention strategies.
To report on the initial 2-year experience of a statewide HIV counseling and testing program in a methadone maintenance setting.

Main Methods:

Provided pre-test counseling to 2118 individuals in methadone maintenance programs.

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Offered confidential human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) antibody testing.

Conducted post-test counseling and additional HIV counseling sessions.

Main Results:

1521 individuals accepted HIV-1 antibody testing.
1010 individuals received post-test counseling.
A total of 1600 HIV counseling sessions were conducted beyond initial pre- and post-test sessions.

Conclusions:

The integration of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention services, including counseling and testing, into drug treatment centers is feasible and effective.
Statewide programs can successfully offer these services within methadone maintenance settings.
This approach supports the dual goals of preventing drug use and mitigating HIV-1 transmission.