Prevention for Positives: An RCT Among Vietnamese HIV-positive IDU

Index participants will participate in standard HIV VCT supplemented with 2 posttest counseling sessions, followed by 2 post-test skill-building support groups for HIV positive IDUs.

Community members will participate in 2 community-based HIV and IDU stigma videos combined with a series of visits with community outreach workers.

The education materials that are currently offered in Thai Nguyen will be delivered didactically by health workers on 1) the HIV situation in Vietnam; 2) consequences of drug use; 3) routes of HIV transmission; and 4) options for drug treatment.

Posters and billboards on HIV/AIDS transmission, leaflets on HIV/AIDS transmission available in health station, 15-minute monthly public broadcasts (via the village loudspeaker) on the consequences of HIV/AIDS and the number of HIV cases in the country and province will be delivered in communities.