{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Des Jarlais D"],"funding":["Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de la Formation professionnelle, de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique (MA)","NIDA NIH HHS","Ministère de l&apos;Education Nationale, de la Formation professionnelle, de l&apos;Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique","National Institute on Drug Abuse"],"pagination":["2304-2314"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6746607"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["23(9)"],"pubmed_abstract":["We tested the hypothesis that an updated \"Break the Cycle\" (BtC) intervention, based in social cognitive theory and motivational interviewing, would reduce the likelihood that current persons who inject drugs (PWID) would assist persons who do not inject drugs (non-PWID) with first injections in Tallinn, Estonia and Staten Island, New York City. 402 PWID were recruited, a baseline interview covering demographics, drug use, and assisting non-PWID with first drug injections was administered, followed by BtC intervention. 296 follow-up interviews were conducted 6 months post-intervention. Percentages assisting with first injections declined from 4.7 to 1.3% (73% reduction) in Tallinn (p < 0.02), and from 15 to 6% (60% reduction) in Staten Island (p < 0.05). Persons assisted with first injecti"],"journal":["AIDS and behavior"],"pubmed_title":["Implementing an Updated \"Break the Cycle\" Intervention to Reduce Initiating Persons into Injecting Drug Use in an Eastern European and a US \"opioid epidemic\" Setting."],"pmcid":["PMC6746607"],"funding_grant_id":["5-DP1-DA039542","DP1 DA039542","IUT34-17"],"pubmed_authors":["Demarest D","Des Jarlais D","Tross S","Raag M","Berg H","Org G","Barnes DM","Talu A","Uuskula A","Arasteh K","Feelemyer J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Implementing an Updated \"Break the Cycle\" Intervention to Reduce Initiating Persons into Injecting Drug Use in an Eastern European and a US \"opioid epidemic\" Setting.","description":"We tested the hypothesis that an updated \"Break the Cycle\" (BtC) intervention, based in social cognitive theory and motivational interviewing, would reduce the likelihood that current persons who inject drugs (PWID) would assist persons who do not inject drugs (non-PWID) with first injections in Tallinn, Estonia and Staten Island, New York City. 402 PWID were recruited, a baseline interview covering demographics, drug use, and assisting non-PWID with first drug injections was administered, followed by BtC intervention. 296 follow-up interviews were conducted 6 months post-intervention. Percentages assisting with first injections declined from 4.7 to 1.3% (73% reduction) in Tallinn (p < 0.02), and from 15 to 6% (60% reduction) in Staten Island (p < 0.05). Persons assisted with first injecti","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Sep","modification":"2026-05-04T19:59:38.09Z","creation":"2020-09-05T07:14:33Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6746607","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30879209"],"doi":["10.1007/s10461-019-02467-y"]}}