Evaluation of the efficacy of WhatsApp through a harm reduction intervention group for injecting drug users

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Calvo, Fran ^{[1
,2
]}

Turro-Garriga, Oriol ^{[3
]}

Carbonell, Xavier ^{[4
]}

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[1] Univ Girona, Inst Recerca Qualitat Vida, Dept Pedag, Girona, Spain

[2] Inst Invest Biomed Girona IdIBGi, Inst Assistencia Sanitaria, Grp Invest Salud Mental & Adicc, Girona, Spain

[3] Grp Invest Envejecimiento Discapacidad & Salud Id, Girona, Spain

[4] Univ Ramon Llull, FPCEE Blanquerna, Barcelona, Spain

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ADICCIONES | 2021年 / 33卷 / 03期

关键词：

Needle exchange program; street drugs; drug dependence; eHealth; harm reduction; homeless persons; WhatsApp (R); online social networking; HIV-INFECTION; CONTROLLED-TRIAL; SOCIAL NETWORKS; PRIMARY-CARE; HEALTH-CARE; HOMELESS; RISK; PREVENTION; DRINKING; OPPORTUNITIES;

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R194 [卫生标准、卫生检查、医药管理];

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摘要：

This study aims to analyse the use of an instant messaging app (WhatsApp (R)) as a means of communication for reaching people who inject drugs. An eight-week prospective longitudinal and observational study with three observations was designed for five addiction centres in Catalonia. The participants were 105 people who inject drugs, distributed in five intervention groups. The results of the Risk Assessment Battery (RAB) were compared in the three levels of analysis pre-test, post intervention and one month after the intervention. The main results indicate a significative reduction in RAB scores after the intervention. The main conclusion was that the WhatsApp (R) intervention has great potential for developing harm reduction interventions and to reduce the HIV contagion risk.

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