Reductions in Drug Use Among Young People Living with HIV

W. Scott Comulada Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the AIDS Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USACorrespondence[email protected]

, Dr.P.H.,

Robert E. Weiss Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the AIDS Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

, Ph.D.,

William Cumberland Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the AIDS Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

, Ph.D. &

Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the AIDS Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

, Ph.D.

Abstract

ZIP models were used to detect reductions in drug abuse among young people living with HIV (YPLH) over 15 months when most young people abstain from use. YPLH (n = 171) aged 16 to 29 years were randomly assigned to an 18 session intervention or a delayed-intervention condition. The ZIP models showed significant reductions in abuse of multiple substances over time in the non-delayed intervention. Previous analyses did not find significant reductions. Intervention efficacy often cannot be detected if there are highly skewed distributions of outcomes, such as drug abuse. ZIP modeling offers an opportunity to more reliably detect behavioral changes.

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This research was supported by Grant R01 DA-07903 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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