Clapp J D
School of Social Work, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 89154, USA.
J Health Soc Policy. 1998;9(3):1-13. doi: 10.1300/j045v09n03_01.
The association of HIV and AIDS with intravenous drug use is well documented. Given this, substance abuse treatment providers must figure prominently in any effective national response to HIV/AIDS. The strategies employed by human service managers to address AIDS may be important in explaining how substance abuse treatment units implement policies and programs concerning AIDS-related prevention services. This paper utilizes data from the National Drug Abuse Treatment System Survey to examine how strategic activities concerning AIDS/HIV undertaken by outpatient substance abuse treatment unit managers impacted the provision of preventive AIDS-related services to clients. Results of multiple regression analysis indicate collaboration with other human service organizations and environmental scanning activities are important variables in explaining variation among substance abuse treatment units in the provision of AIDS prevention education to clients. Based on these findings, implications for future research and policy concerning AIDS prevention within the context of substance abuse treatment are made.
艾滋病毒和艾滋病与静脉注射吸毒之间的关联已有充分记录。鉴于此，药物滥用治疗提供者在任何有效的国家应对艾滋病毒/艾滋病行动中都必须发挥重要作用。人类服务管理者应对艾滋病所采用的策略，对于解释药物滥用治疗单位如何实施与艾滋病相关的预防服务政策和项目可能至关重要。本文利用国家药物滥用治疗系统调查的数据，研究门诊药物滥用治疗单位管理者开展的与艾滋病/艾滋病毒相关的战略活动如何影响向客户提供与艾滋病相关的预防服务。多元回归分析结果表明，与其他人类服务组织的合作以及环境扫描活动是解释药物滥用治疗单位在向客户提供艾滋病预防教育方面存在差异的重要变量。基于这些发现，提出了在药物滥用治疗背景下对未来艾滋病预防研究和政策的启示。
