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Evaluation of a five-day training programme on opioid substitution therapy in India.
- Source :
- Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy; Dec2016, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p471-475, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Aims: In India, opioid substitution therapy (OST) has been scaled-up in the recent years for HIV prevention among injecting drug users. This study aimed to assess the change in knowledge and attitude of the OST staff who underwent a five-day training programme on OST.Methods: Using a “pre-test post-test” design, routine data collected from 267 staff who underwent the OST training was analysed. The staff composition was: doctors (n = 42, 15.7%), nurses (n = 49, 18.4%), counsellors (n = 45, 16.9%) and other programme staff (n = 131, 49.1%). A 20-item, pen and paper questionnaire was administered right before the beginning of and immediately after the completion of the training. The questions were categorised into one of the five domains to assess whether changes in scores are confined to certain domains. Overall scores and scores in different domains were compared using paired-sample t-tests. The score difference in different cadres was compared using univariate general linear model with post-hoc comparisons.Findings: The difference between the total mean pre-test scores (9.24) (out of maximum possible score of 20) and post-test score (13.8) was significant. Comparison between various domains showed significant differences across all cadres. Doctors recorded significantly higher scores compared to other cadres.Conclusion: It is feasible to train different cadres of service providers together on OST in five days. The training was able to improve the participants’ knowledge and their attitude towards injecting drug users. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- INTRAVENOUS drug abuse
ANALYSIS of variance
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CONFIDENCE intervals
MEDICAL personnel
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
STATISTICS
T-test (Statistics)
PILOT projects
DATA analysis
INTRAVENOUS drug abusers
PRE-tests & post-tests
HEALTH literacy
EVALUATION of human services programs
DATA analysis software
PATIENTS' attitudes
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09687637
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 119476060
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2016.1167166