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Implementation and evaluation of an educational intervention for safer injection in people who inject drugs in Europe: a multi-country mixed-methods study

Roux, Perrine, Donadille, Cécile, Magen, Carine, Schatz, Eberhard, Stranz, Richard, Curado, Adriana, Tsiakou, Tania, Verdes, Ludmila, Aleksova, Aleksandrina, Carrieri, Patrizia, Mezaache, Salim, Charif Ali, Ben·2021·International Journal of Drug Policy
DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102992
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Background Harm reduction (HR) interventions are essential to reduce human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in people who inject drugs (PWID). Preliminary testing of the Individually Tailored Support and Education for Safer Injection (ITSESI) evidence-based educational intervention for PWID was performed in France in 2011. We created the Eurosider project to implement and evaluate ITSESI at a wider European level, with a view to its future pan-European diffusion. Methods We performed a mixed-methods study involving quantitative (a 6-month before-after study with PWID) and qualitative (focus groups with field workers) components. The study was conducted in 2018-2019 with 307 eligible PWID participating in four existing HR programmes in Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, and Romania. ITSESI consists in trained field workers observing PWID injection practices and providing an educational exchange. For the present study, PWID participants were allocated to either the control group (i.e., they continued receiving only the current HR services) or the intervention group (i.e., current HR services plus ITSESI). We used the RE-AIM QuEST framework to assess the effectiveness of ITSESI and its acceptability by field workers. Effectiveness was defined as a reduction in both syringe sharing - the highest HIV/HCV transmission risk practice - and in cutaneous abscesses. We used a multivariable mixed logit model to analyse both effectiveness outcomes and to prov…

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Roux, P., Donadille, C., Magen, C., Schatz, E., Stranz, R., Curado, A., Tsiakou, T., Verdes, L., Aleksova, A., Carrieri, P., Mezaache, S., & Charif Ali, B.
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International Journal of Drug Policy
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Elsevier BV
Published
2021-01
Volume
87
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102992
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0955-3959
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10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102992
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Roux, P., Donadille, C., Magen, C., Schatz, E., Stranz, R., Curado, A., Tsiakou, T., Verdes, L., Aleksova, A., Carrieri, P., Mezaache, S., & Charif Ali, B. (2021). Implementation and evaluation of an educational intervention for safer injection in people who inject drugs in Europe: a multi-country mixed-methods study. International Journal of Drug Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102992