A qualitative assessment of an abstinence-oriented therapeutic community for prisoners with substance use disorders in Kyrgyzstan

Abstract Background Kyrgyzstan, where HIV is concentrated in prisons and driven by injection drug use, provides a prison-based methadone maintenance therapy program as well as abstinence-oriented therapeutic community based on the 12-step model called the “Clean Zone.” We aimed to qualitatively asse...

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Main Authors: Lyuba Azbel, Julia Rozanova, Ingo Michels, Frederick L. Altice, Heino Stöver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-017-0168-8