A Neglected Population: Drug–Using Women and Women's Methods of HIV/STI Prevention  

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Gollub, Erica L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Aids Education and Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Journal vol. 20 no. 02 (Apr. 2008), page 107-120.
Topik: Women Drug Users; HIV; Sexually Transmitted Infection (STIs)
Fulltext: AIDS Education and Prevention, 20(2), 107–120, 2008 (win).pdf (133.54KB)

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Women drug users are at extremely high risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) from sexual transmission, but remain seriously neglected in intervention research promoting women–initiated methods of HIV/STI prevention. Sparse available data indicate a high interest and enthusiasm for women–initiated methods among these women. Moreover, drug–using women may be in a position to capitalize most on the myriad advantages of women–initiated methods and be the least hindered by their disadvantages, as compared with other populations of at–risk women. These advantages include, for example, the potential for prior placement and use of a female condom without being noticed by a drunk or “high” partner, long–term and/or clandestine use of cervical barriers, and the “contraceptive justification” to partners or clients initially unwilling to accede to use of a female barrier. Targeted, community–based outreach and educational efforts to this extremely hard–to–reach group as well as expanded public funding for women's methods are urgent priorities

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