Titre : | HIV risk behaviors in african-american drug injector networks: implications of injection-partner mixing and partnership characteristics |
Titre traduit : | (Comportements à risque face au VIH dans les réseaux d'injecteurs afro-américains : échanges entre partenaires d'injection et caractéristiques du partenariat) |
Auteurs : | R. A. JOHNSON ; D. R. GERSTEIN ; A. PACH III ; CERBONE F. G. ; J. BROWN |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2002 |
Format : | 1011-1024 / tabl. |
Note générale : |
Addiction, 2002, 97, (8), 1011-1024 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés INJECTION ; CONDUITE A RISQUE ; VIH ; PAIR ; PARTENAIRE SEXUEL ; PARTAGE DE SERINGUE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : Aims: We explore the mechanisms by which "partnership-level" variables-the mix of characteristics of individuals who inject drugs together-affect the incidence of HIV risk behaviors, including receptive syringe sharing, and facilitate or impede the spread of HIV Design: We apply multivariate analysis techniques to data on injection partnerships (pairs of individuals who inject drugs together) collected using a network sample of 401 African-American IDUs in Washington, DC. Findings: Drug injectors tended to select injection partners of the same gender and similar age, but risk behaviors were most common in partner- ships between individuals who are dissimilar in both gender and age. Partners who had a sexual relationship, injected drugs frequently together, smoked crack-cocaine regularly injected speedball (heroin mixed with cocaine) regularly and/or had close social ties were more likely to engage in risky injection practices than otherwise similar partners. These factors account largely for the association between the gender-age mix of the partnership and injection risk behavior. Conclusions: Among African-American IDUs in Washington DC, partnership-level variables appear critical in the transmission of HIV. (Author' s abstract) |
Note de contenu : | tabl. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 67 |
Affiliation : |
Nat. Opinion Research Center, Washington Office, 1350 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036 Etats-Unis. United States. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 206345 |
Centre Emetteur : | 02 Coordonnateur |
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