Community-Based Trial to Prevent Drug Use Among Youths in Yunnan, China

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ID11030640
AuthorsZunyou Wu (0000-0002-0839-4548, Zunyou Wu is with the National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Roger Detels and Virginia Li are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. At the time of this study, Jiapeng Zhang was with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Jianhua Li is with the Yunnan Anti-Epidemic Station, Yunnan Institute on Drug Abuse, Kunming, China.), Roger Detels (0000-0002-6622-9655, Zunyou Wu is with the National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Roger Detels and Virginia Li are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. At the time of this study, Jiapeng Zhang was with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Jianhua Li is with the Yunnan Anti-Epidemic Station, Yunnan Institute on Drug Abuse, Kunming, China.), Jiapeng Zhang (0000-0003-3764-5921, Zunyou Wu is with the National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Roger Detels and Virginia Li are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. At the time of this study, Jiapeng Zhang was with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Jianhua Li is with the Yunnan Anti-Epidemic Station, Yunnan Institute on Drug Abuse, Kunming, China.), Virginia Li (0000-0002-5576-963X, Zunyou Wu is with the National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Roger Detels and Virginia Li are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. At the time of this study, Jiapeng Zhang was with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Jianhua Li is with the Yunnan Anti-Epidemic Station, Yunnan Institute on Drug Abuse, Kunming, China.), Jianhua Li (0000-0002-6831-3973, Zunyou Wu is with the National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Roger Detels and Virginia Li are with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. At the time of this study, Jiapeng Zhang was with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Jianhua Li is with the Yunnan Anti-Epidemic Station, Yunnan Institute on Drug Abuse, Kunming, China.)
Year2002
Volume92
Issue12
Pages1952-1957
Publication date2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.92.12.1952
PMID12453815
OpenAlexW2155629181
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited19

Objectives. This study evaluated a community-based program in China to prevent initiation of drug use in young men. Methods. Similar intervention and control areas were selected. Village leaders, teachers, and women and youth leaders were recruited to participate in the program. Community activities were organized and intervention activities in schools were implemented. Incidence of new drug users was estimated. Results. There was a 2.7-fold greater reduction in drug use initiation in the intervention area (1.59% vs 0.60%). Reduction was highest among males aged 15 to 19, single men, illiterate men, and the Jingpo minority. HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes and recognition of drug problems were all significantly better in the intervention area. Conclusions. Community-based intervention programs to prevent drug use can be successful in rural areas of China

China · Drug · Drug prevention · Environmental health · Family medicine · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Incidence (geometry) · Intervention (counseling) · Psychiatry · Substance abuse · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Gerontology

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