Estrada AL, Stevens SJ, Estrada BD; International Conference on AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS. 2002 Jul 7-12; 14: abstract no. MoPeC3522.

The University of Arizona, Tucson, United States

BACKGROUND: Racial/ethnic minority populations are increasingly over-represented in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Disparity between the percent of minority populations infected with HIV/AIDS compared to Non-Hispanic Whites indicates the direction in which the epidemic has headed. While research has focused on HIV risk behaviors and behavior change of Non-Hispanic White and Hispanic injection drug users in general, little research has focused on the risk behaviors and behavior change of Mexican-origin Hispanics and American Indians including analysis of risk comparisons between Non-Hispanic White, Mexican-origin Hispanic, and American Indian adult males living in the same geographic location. METHODS: A face-to-face interview was administered to Mexican-origin (n=258), non-Hispanic White (n=112), and American Indian (n=77) injecting drug users (IDUs). The baseline and post-intervention assessments included questions related to HIV/AIDS risk factors. Methods of analysis include cross tabulations of racial/ethnicity and sociodemographic variables, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and paired t-tests. The independent variable for the analysis was racial/ethnic group membership (Non-Hispanic White, Mexican-origin Hispanic, or American Indian). The dependent variables included both HIV drug and sex risk variables. RESULTS: Findings from this study indicate differences in HIV drug and sex risk behaviors along with differences in behavior change of 452 injection drug users participating in an HIV risk reduction intervention facilitated in a medium sized city in the southwestern United States. CONCLUSIONS: Implications from the findings include the importance of developing interventions that target specific risk behaviors reported by participants of different ethnic groups.

Publication Types:

• Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• Adult
• Ethnic Groups
• European Continental Ancestry Group
• HIV Infections
• HIV Seropositivity
• Hispanic Americans
• Humans
• Indians, North American
• Male
• Risk Factors
• Risk-Taking
• Southwestern United States

Other ID:

• GWAIDS0015100

UI: 102252598

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