Weissman G, Sowder B, Young P; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1990 Jun 20-23; 6: 126 (abstract no. S.D.124).
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, Maryland, USA
OBJECTIVE: To describe and compare the relationship between crack use and other HIV risk behaviors among both injection drug using (IDUs) and non-injection drug using (non-IDUs) women prior to their participation in ongoing AIDS demonstration research programs funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). METHODS: All women were interviewed prior to intervention. Detailed information was gathered on drug use, needle practices, and sexual practices that place individuals at risk for HIV/AIDS; data were gathered also on demographic characteristics, health, AIDS knowledge, and social/family variables. RESULTS: Baseline data were gathered on 2626 IDU and 1414 non-IDU women from 42 sites. Among the IDUs, 1112 used crack cocaine at least once weekly; this was also true for 604 of the non-injectors. Twenty-nine percent of the crack using IDUs and 46% of the non-IDUs had 2 or more IDU sex partners. Substantial percentages of these women were involved in the trade of sex for money (45% of IDUs and 57% of non-IDUs). Most of these women were also found to engage in activities placing them at either intermediate or high risk for sexual transmission of HIV. CONCLUSIONS: Crack use appears to be related to increased sexual risk behaviors among a group of women already at high risk for HIV. Crack-using women need to be targeted for the types of AIDS street outreach and prevention interventions offered by NIDA's national programs.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Cocaine-Related Disorders
- Crack Cocaine
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Health Services Needs and Demand
- Humans
- Mexico
- Puerto Rico
- Risk Factors
- Sexual Behavior
- Sexual Partners
- Substance-Related Disorders
- United States
- therapy
- utilization
Other ID:
UI: 102195975
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