Methadone maintenance treatment reduces the vulnerability of drug users on hiv/aids in vietnamese remote settings: Assessing the changes in hiv knowledge, perceived risk, and testing uptake after a 12-month follow-up

• Main Authors: Nguyen, T.M.T, Tran, B.X, Fleming, M, Pham, M.D, Nguyen, L.T, Le, H.T, Nguyen, A.L.T, Nguyen, T.H, Hoang, V.H, Le, X.T.T, Vuong, Q.H, Ho, M.T, Dam, V.N, Vuong, T.T, Do, H.N, Nguyen, V, Nguyen, H.L.T, Do, H.P, Doan, P.L, Nguyen, H.H, Latkin, C.A, Ho, C.S.H, Ho, R.C.M
• Other Authors: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2020
• Subjects: methadone; silver; Article; attitude; controlled study; developing country; disease transmission; drug dependence; drug use; eating; female; follow up; hospital; human; Human immunodeficiency virus infected patient; Human immunodeficiency virus infection; knowledge; longitudinal study; major clinical study; methadone treatment; mosquito; multicenter study; needle sharing; outcome assessment; patient counseling; pretest posttest design; prevalence; risk assessment; Viet Nam; Vietnamese; adult; attitude to health; counseling; male; middle aged; opiate substitution treatment; organization and management; procedures; psychology; rural health care; transmission; Adult; Counseling; Drug Users; Follow-Up Studies; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; HIV Infections; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Methadone; Middle Aged; Opiate Substitution Treatment; Rural Health Services; Substance-Related Disorders; Vietnam
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/183826
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.3390/ijerph15112567