Drug use and behavior change.

Antiretroviral drug access and behavior change

The rapid expansion in access to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in sub-Saharan Africa from under 10,000 in 2000 to more than 8 million in 2011 has been enormous. Anticipating the impact of this expansion and future policy options requires identification of the impacts of access on individual behaviors that determine the course of the epidemic. This paper combines geocoded information about the timi...

RAMADAN AND CARDIOVASCULAR DRUG USE

Effecting attitudinal change towards rational drug use.

Attitudes of 40 interns towards rational drug use (RDU) were assessed, using a standardized Likert type scale. The assessment was repeated after 4 months to evaluate the effect of usual working conditions of the hospital. After this period, the attitudes had slided towards negative side (p < 0.01). At this point, an intervention in the form of a workshop was provided for half the group while ot...

Maintenance of self-attributed and drug-attributed behavior change.

It is proposed that behavior changes which are believed to be brought about by oneself will be maintained to a greater degree than behavior changes which are believed to be due to external forces or agents. Within the framework of psychoactive drug therapy, a change in overt behavior which is attributed to cue's own efforts should be more persistent than a change in overt behavior which Is attr...

Who is Ready to Change Illicit Drug Use Behavior: An Emergency Department Study

OBJECTIVE To identify emergency department patients who are ready to change their illicit drug use behavior. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 198 Emergency Department patients at least 18 years old, seeking emergency department services, using at least one illicit drug, and scoring positive for alcohol problem based on CAGE score ≥ 1. RESULTS Of the patients, 46% were "not ready" to chang...