Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7327502 | Social Science & Medicine | 2018 | 32 Pages |
Abstract
Delay in developing and implementing specific prevention programs in the intervention districts slowed diffusion of the effect into the communities. Secular trends with contentious civil unrest and active drug-enforcement efforts in the control communities also contributed to the null intervention effect. Longer time and intensified efforts stressing a public health approach are needed to demonstrate the effectiveness of community mobilization in reducing substance use and HIV risk in this rural Thai community.
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Authors
Noya Galai, Bangorn Sirirojn, Apinun Aramrattana, Kamolrawee Srichan, Nicholas Thomson, Asieh Golozar, Jose M. Flores, Nancy Willard, Jonathan M. Ellen, Susan G. Sherman, David D. Celentano,