Friends helping friends: peer education boosts HIV and addiction care
NCT ID NCT05824702
First seen Nov 06, 2025 · Last updated Jun 23, 2026 · Updated 31 times
Summary
This study tested whether training people on methadone to become peer educators could help their friends who inject drugs and have HIV get into treatment. The peer educators talked to their social network members about medication for drug dependence and accompanied them to the clinic. The goal was to see if this approach could increase enrollment in drug treatment among those living with HIV.
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Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy
Kiev, Kyiv Oblast, 01001, Ukraine
What this could mean
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Active substance
peer education
What this could lead to
If successful, this approach could help more people with HIV who inject drugs get into treatment and improve their health.
What could go wrong
This is a small pilot study, so results may not apply widely. The intervention depends on peer relationships, which may not work in all communities.
Conditions
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