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A comparison of HIV risk behaviors between new and long-term injection drug users
(Comparaison des comportements à risque liés au VIH dans deux groupes d'usagers de drogues injectables : les usagers récents et les usagers à long terme)
Auteur(s) :
CHITWOOD, D. D. ;
COMERFORD, M. ;
KITNER, K. R. ;
PALACIOS, W. ;
SANCHEZ, J.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
91-111
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
VIH
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
COHORTE
;
USAGER
;
VOIE INTRAVEINEUSE
;
COMPARAISON
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2001, 36, (1/2), 91-111
Résumé :
The purpose of this study was to characterize the injection and sexual risk behaviors of a cohort of active drug injectors who have initiated injection within the past 4 years and to compare their behaviors with the risk behaviors of long-term injectors who have been injecting drugs since 1984. A stratified, network-based sample was used to recruit injection drug users from the streets in Miami-Dade, Florida. After screening for eligibility, which included a urine test to confirm current drug use, participants were administered a structured questionnaire that included basic demographic information, drug-use history, and HIV risk behavior practices. Both injector groups displayed a high level of HIV injection risk behavior. Although new initiates into injection demonstrated lower risk behavior than long-term injectors at the first injection episode, the current risk behavior between new and long-term injectors is similar. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept Sociol., Univ. Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146-0719
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.