Nontraditional employees
Indigenous outreach workers employed as Aids educators for street addicts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11044973 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Sager Ashery (National Institutes of Health, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 200-209 |
| Publication date | 1993-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/1520-6629(199307)21:3<200::aid-jcop2290210304>3.0.co;2-p |
| OpenAlex | W2060058192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
This descriptive study examined issues in the employment of indigenous outreach workers (OWs) hired to deliver AIDS risk-reduction messages to street addicts who were not in treatment. Twenty-six projects responded to a mailed questionnaire. These projects were part of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded National AIDS Demonstration Research (NADR) projects. Fifty-eight percent of the OWs hired were recovering addicts with an average of just over 2 years in recovery. Out of a total of 395 OWs hired, 61% left prior to the conclusion of the 3-year project. Of those who left, 62% left employment within the first year. The study recognizes that OWs are “nontraditional” employees, and suggestions are given for further study and to increase retention.
Addiction · Drug addict · Family medicine · Indigenous · Medical education · Outreach · Political science · Psychiatry · Substance abuse · Community Health and Development · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2006 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |