Community Mobilization to Reduce Drug Use, Quang Ninh, Vietnam

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ID11034786
AuthorsHien Tran Nguyen (Roger Detels and Ronald S. Brookmeyer are with the Fielding School of Public Health, University of California-Los Angeles. Hien Tran Nguyen, Nguyen Binh Nguyen, and Diep Bich Vu are with the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Anh Viet Tran and Son Hong Nguyen are with the Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi. Nhu To Nguyen is with the Family Health International 360, Hanoi.), Anh Viet Tran (0009-0004-7975-9307, Roger Detels and Ronald S. Brookmeyer are with the Fielding School of Public Health, University of California-Los Angeles. Hien Tran Nguyen, Nguyen Binh Nguyen, and Diep Bich Vu are with the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Anh Viet Tran and Son Hong Nguyen are with the Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi. Nhu To Nguyen is with the Family Health International 360, Hanoi.), Nguyen Binh Nguyen (Roger Detels and Ronald S. Brookmeyer are with the Fielding School of Public Health, University of California-Los Angeles. Hien Tran Nguyen, Nguyen Binh Nguyen, and Diep Bich Vu are with the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Anh Viet Tran and Son Hong Nguyen are with the Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi. Nhu To Nguyen is with the Family Health International 360, Hanoi.), Son Hong Nguyen (Roger Detels and Ronald S. Brookmeyer are with the Fielding School of Public Health, University of California-Los Angeles. Hien Tran Nguyen, Nguyen Binh Nguyen, and Diep Bich Vu are with the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Anh Viet Tran and Son Hong Nguyen are with the Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi. Nhu To Nguyen is with the Family Health International 360, Hanoi.), Diep Bich Vu (Roger Detels and Ronald S. Brookmeyer are with the Fielding School of Public Health, University of California-Los Angeles. Hien Tran Nguyen, Nguyen Binh Nguyen, and Diep Bich Vu are with the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Anh Viet Tran and Son Hong Nguyen are with the Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi. Nhu To Nguyen is with the Family Health International 360, Hanoi.), Nhu Nguyen (0009-0006-0976-3970, Family Health International 360), Nhu To Nguyen (Roger Detels and Ronald S. Brookmeyer are with the Fielding School of Public Health, University of California-Los Angeles. Hien Tran Nguyen, Nguyen Binh Nguyen, and Diep Bich Vu are with the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Anh Viet Tran and Son Hong Nguyen are with the Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi. Nhu To Nguyen is with the Family Health International 360, Hanoi.), Ronald Brookmeyer (Vietnam National University, Hanoi), Ronald S Brookmeyer (Roger Detels and Ronald S. Brookmeyer are with the Fielding School of Public Health, University of California-Los Angeles. Hien Tran Nguyen, Nguyen Binh Nguyen, and Diep Bich Vu are with the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Anh Viet Tran and Son Hong Nguyen are with the Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi. Nhu To Nguyen is with the Family Health International 360, Hanoi.), Roger Detels (0000-0002-6622-9655, Roger Detels and Ronald S. Brookmeyer are with the Fielding School of Public Health, University of California-Los Angeles. Hien Tran Nguyen, Nguyen Binh Nguyen, and Diep Bich Vu are with the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Anh Viet Tran and Son Hong Nguyen are with the Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi. Nhu To Nguyen is with the Family Health International 360, Hanoi.)
Year2015
Volume105
Issue1
Pages189-195
Publication date2015-01-01
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.2014.302101
PMID25393171
PMCIDPMC4265918
OpenAlexW1992431246
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

Objectives. We implemented an intervention to reduce drug use in an urban commune in northern Vietnam. Methods. We encouraged the intervention commune to accept responsibility for developing their own intervention strategies based on a community mobilization model used in southern, rural China. We selected a comparison commune, which had demographic characteristics and a drug history similar to the intervention commune. The 2-year incidence of new drug users was estimated retrospectively in the intervention and comparison communes between baseline (2003) and follow-up (2009). Results. Increased incidence of new (noninjecting) drug users between 2003 and 2009 in the intervention commune was lower than that in the comparison commune, and these participants expressed more positive attitudes toward local authority and people with drug use and HIV/AIDS. Increased condom use during last intercourse with female sex workers and with female casual partners was observed in the intervention commune. HIV prevalence and positive opioid tests decreased more in the intervention commune. Conclusions. Our results suggested that the community mobilization had a positive influence in the intervention commune

Casual · Condom · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Incidence (geometry) · Intervention (counseling) · Political science · Sociology · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Sex work and related issues

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