Ashery R S, Wild J, Zhao Z, Rosenshine N, Young P
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Prevention Research Branch, Rockville, MD, USA.
J Subst Abuse Treat. 1997 Mar-Apr;14(2):113-21. doi: 10.1016/s0740-5472(96)00129-8.
The Women Helping to Empower and Enhance Lives (WHEEL) Project focused on female sexual partners of injection drug users (i.d.u.s). It was conducted in five sites, three within and two outside the continental United States. The study's two main intervention goals were to (a) reduce HIV-related sexual risk behaviors and (b) reduce HIV-related drug risk behaviors. The Project also featured needs assessment, planning, and staff training components. Baseline data were collected on 2,794 women, which made this the largest study of noninjecting female sexual partners of i.d.u.s in the United States. Six-month follow-up data were obtained on 1,953 women. The Wheel Project tested two interventions: an individual intervention and a group intervention. The study found significant reductions in drug use and risky sexual behaviors for the 6-month follow-up sample for both interventions. These changes were substantial and point to the viability of both interventions for this population of sexual partners of injection drug users.
“助力女性增强权能与改善生活”（WHEEL）项目聚焦于注射吸毒者的女性性伴侣。该项目在五个地点开展，其中三个在美国本土内，两个在美国本土外。该研究的两个主要干预目标是：（a）减少与艾滋病病毒相关的性风险行为；（b）减少与艾滋病病毒相关的吸毒风险行为。该项目还包括需求评估、规划和工作人员培训部分。收集了2794名女性的基线数据，这使得该项目成为美国针对注射吸毒者的非注射女性性伴侣开展的规模最大的研究。获取了1953名女性的六个月随访数据。WHEEL项目测试了两种干预措施：个体干预和小组干预。研究发现，两种干预措施针对六个月随访样本的吸毒和危险性行为都有显著减少。这些变化幅度很大，表明这两种干预措施对注射吸毒者的这类性伴侣群体都是可行的。
