Historique
Périodique
Women at high risk of HIV infection from drug use
(Femmes à haut risque d'infection par le VIH, liée à l'usage de drogues)
Auteur(s) :
WALLACE, M. E. ;
GALANTER, M. ;
LIFSHUTZ H. ;
KRASINSKI, K.
Année
1993
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
1055-0887
Refs biblio. :
15
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Note générale :
Journal of Addictive Diseases , 1993, 12, (2),77-86
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
L'étude d'un échantillon restreint de 40 femmes de milieu défavorisé, dont 27 sont séropositives, montre que leur contamination par le VIH est liée à l'usage intraveineux de drogues, ou à des contacts sexuels avec des toxicomanes. La consommation familiale de drogues a pu générer plus de conduites à risque chez ces femmes. On note également, que la connaissance de leur séropositivité, ou celle de leur enfant, n'a pas entrainé de changement de comportement
ENGLISH :
Subjects were mothers at high risk for contracting HIV, whose children were referred to a pediatric AIDS clinic of a large urban hospital because of AIDS risk factors. HIV testing revealed that 27 women were HIV+ and 13 were HIV-. The most common source of infection reported by the HIV+ women was sexual contact (17subjects), with the remainder reporting that they were unsure of the source or reported intravenous drug use as their source of infection. Substance abuse in the parents of subjects was apparently reflected in behaviors reflecting health risk in subsequent generations. Subjects did not report changes in AIDS risk behavior when informed of their own HIV status or that of their children. (From the author's abstract)
L'étude d'un échantillon restreint de 40 femmes de milieu défavorisé, dont 27 sont séropositives, montre que leur contamination par le VIH est liée à l'usage intraveineux de drogues, ou à des contacts sexuels avec des toxicomanes. La consommation familiale de drogues a pu générer plus de conduites à risque chez ces femmes. On note également, que la connaissance de leur séropositivité, ou celle de leur enfant, n'a pas entrainé de changement de comportement
ENGLISH :
Subjects were mothers at high risk for contracting HIV, whose children were referred to a pediatric AIDS clinic of a large urban hospital because of AIDS risk factors. HIV testing revealed that 27 women were HIV+ and 13 were HIV-. The most common source of infection reported by the HIV+ women was sexual contact (17subjects), with the remainder reporting that they were unsure of the source or reported intravenous drug use as their source of infection. Substance abuse in the parents of subjects was apparently reflected in behaviors reflecting health risk in subsequent generations. Subjects did not report changes in AIDS risk behavior when informed of their own HIV status or that of their children. (From the author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Dept. Psychiatr. , New York Univ. Med. Ctr. , 550 1st. Ave. , N. Y. 10016
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.