| Abstract: | Discusses the role of the community and reviews 4 models of preventing AIDS among drug users: drug treatment, clinic-based interventions, community-based interventions, and community-level interventions. Interventions at the community level are needed to change social norms and to maximize the prospect of preventing AIDS. The obstacles to these interventions include poverty, lack of social capital, multiple social problems in communities where drug use is prevalent, and lack of community consensus about appropriate types of action. To overcome these impediments, psychologists in the addictions can identify the strengths in these communities and catalyze participation in community-level interventions to prevent the spread of AIDS. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
