A qualitative assessment of an abstinenceoriented therapeutic community for prisoners with substance use disorders in Kyrgyzstan

A qualitative assessment of an abstinenceoriented therapeutic community for prisoners with substance use disorders in Kyrgyzstan
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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 assess how prisoners navigate between these treatment options to understand the persistence of the Clean Zone despite a lack of evidence to support its effectiveness in treating opioid use disorders.

Published in 2017 by Harm Reduction Journal
Lyuba Azbel
Julia Rozanova
Ingo Michels
Frederick L. Altice
Heino Stöver