Gender Differences in High Risk Sexual Behaviors and Injection Practices Associated With Perceived HIV Risk among Injection Drug Users  

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Latimer, William W. ; Mitchell, Mary M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Aids Education and Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Journal vol. 21 no. 04 (Aug. 2009), page 384-394.
Topik: Injection Drug Users (IDUs); HIV
Fulltext: AIDS Education and Prevention, 21(4), 384–394, 2009.pdf (118.97KB)

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: A94 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This study compared male and female injection drug users (IDUs) on perceived risk of contracting HIV and examined the associations between risk perception and sharing injection drugs or equipment, engaging in causal sex, and engagging in commercial sex. We used baseline data from 271 IDUs recruited between 2000 and 2005 from the Baltimore, Maryland site of the International Neurobehavioral HIV study. We found that although there was no significant difference in levels of perceived risk between males and females, males reported significantly more casual sex, whereas females reported more commercial sex. Logistic regression analyses with the entire sample indicated that sharing of injection drugs or equipment was consistently associated with greater perceived risk. we also found a significant interaction between gender and having had casual sex, such that females who had engaged in causal sex were significantly more likely to perceive that they were at greater risk for contracting HIV. Our results suggest that male IDUs should be targeted for HIV risk-reduction programs focusing on causal and commercial sex.

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