Ll. Gabel et Ja. Pearsol, THE TWIN EPIDEMICS OF SUBSTANCE USE AND HIV - A STATE-LEVEL RESPONSE USING A TRAIN-THE-TRAINER MODEL, Family practice, 10(4), 1993, pp. 400-405
Use of alcohol and drugs is highly correlated with acquiring the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the precursor to developing an AIDS-rel
ated condition. Today the USA faces not one but two epidemics, the twi
n epidemics of substance use and HIV infection. A needs assessment in
the state of Ohio of the 300 state-supported drug treatment facilities
confirmed a need for HIV-related education and training of the 120 he
alth care personnel, physicians and nurses. Unique train-the-trainer p
rogramming was planned and undertaken, including in the same training
programme physician and nurse participants dealing both with substance
use and HIV/AIDS issues. Significant differences were found in percei
ved levels of knowledge, and/or attitudes, before and after programme
sessions, regarding substance use, HIV/AIDS, and related training issu
es. To reach all of Ohio's 120 drug treatment facility physicians and
nurses required a 2.75 person-hour per trainee expenditure of professi
onal resources.