| Titre : | AIDS and injecting drug use : very risky behaviour in a Perth sample of injecting drug users |
| Titre original: | (Sida et injection de drogues : étude du comportement à haut risque d'un échantillon de toxicomanes à Perth) |
| Auteurs : | W. M. LOXLEY ; D. V. HAWKS |
| Type de document : | Périodique |
| Année de publication : | 1994 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 0959-5236 |
| Note générale : |
Drug and Alcohol Review , 1994, 13, 21-30 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
| Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus TOXIBASE VIH ; VOIE INTRAVEINEUSE ; CONTAMINATION ; INJECTION ; CONDUITE A RISQUE ; PREVENTION ; POPULATION A RISQUE |
| Résumé : |
FRANÇAIS : Cette étude a été réalisée sur une population de 150 toxicomanes intraveineux fréquentant ou ne fréquentant pas les structures de soins. Onze d'entre eux ont des pratiques d'injection à haut risque et sont majoritairement des hommes hétérosexuels, échangeurs de seringues et polytoxicomanes. Un groupe de 63 ayant des pratiques sexuelles à risques se révéle être des hommes et femmes, hétérosexuels ayant plusieurs partenaires et consommant souvent de l'alcool. La probabilité est plus grande de les voir modifier leur comportement face au risque du sida. ENGLISH : The study was a cross-sectional survey with a convenience sample drawn from drug treatment (54 %) and non-treatment (46 %) populations. In the sample of 150 IDUs, there were 11 very risky drug behaviour (VRDB) and 63 very risky sex behaviour (VRSB) respondents. Four respondents fell into both cateories. Independent comparisons were made between each risk group and the rest of the sample. The VRDB respondents were heterosexual men, most of whom where in long-term monogamous relationships, with heavier levels of drug use than the rest of the sample. The VRSB respondents were largely single and mainly herterosexual, with more sexual partners than the rest of the sample. It was concluded that there was little evidence that very risky behaviour was related to general risk-taking dimension, to inadequate knowledge about AIDS or to a low assessment of personal vulnerability fo AIDS. However, situational influences in association with heavy drug use appeared to be a major component of high-risk injecting behaviour, while high-risk sexual behaviour appeared to be a reflection of community norms about heterosexual behaviour. (From the authors'abstract) |
| Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
| Refs biblio. : | 16 |
| Affiliation : |
Nat. Ctr Res. Prev. Drug Abuse, Curtin Univ. , GPO B. U 1987, Perth. W. Australia 6001 Australie. Australia. |
| Numéro Toxibase : | 801334 |
| Centre Emetteur : | 08 CAS Strasbourg |
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