Does harm reduction programming make a difference in the lives of highly marginalized, at-risk drug users?

Table 3 Change Across Mean Scores of Outcomes from Baseline to Post to Follow-up

Life Areas	Means Scores*			Level of Significance
	Baseline	Post	Follow-up	Baseline vs. Follow-up	Baseline vs. Post	Post vs. Follow-up
Housing	4.10	3.28	3.17	≤.001	≤.001	NS
Income	5.61	4.05	3.36	≤.001	≤.001	NS
Family relations**	2.97	2.78	1.93	≤.001	NS	≤.001
Program services/benefits	5.97	5.08	5.94	NS	≤.001	NS
Food (nutrition)	4.04	3.82	3.57	≤.001	NS	NS
Health care	6.72	5.74	4.92	≤.001	≤.001	≤.01
Handling negative feelings	6.35	5.86	2.77	≤.001	NS	≤.001
Dealing with drug use problems	9.45	7.24	5.95	≤.001	≤.001	≤.01
Dealing with legal problems	5.11	4.50	3.71	≤.05	NS	NS

*Progress across outcomes are demonstrated in the lowering of mean scores because outcome scales were quantified from the "best" measures receiving the lowest scores and the "worst" receiving the highest. **While most outcome scales were constructed with scores from 1–10, the outcome scale for "family realtions" was constructed with scores from 1–6.

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