Safety Counts is an HIV prevention intervention for out-of-treatment active injection and non-injection drug users aimed at reducing both high-risk drug use and sexual behaviors. It is a behaviorally focused, seven-session intervention, which includes both structured and unstructured psycho-educational activities in group and individual settings.
This intervention works well with CDC’s Advancing HIV Prevention initiative as it strongly encourages HIV testing as a precursor to program enrollment, clients can be recruited from testing programs, and sessions include a discussion of the importance of testing to the client. The intervention addresses the needs of both HIV-negative and HIV-positive clients.