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Document 0500
DOCN M9650500
TI HIV prevalence and risk behaviour among intravenous drug users attending
HIV counselling and testing centres in Paris.
DT 9605
AU Helal H; Momas I; Pretet S; Marsal L; Poinsard R; Centre d'information
et de depistage anonyme et gratuit du VIH,; Paris, France.
SO Addiction. 1995 Dec;90(12):1627-33. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96127656
AB This study was designed to analyse sexual and drug use behaviour, to
determine whether increased awareness can lead to behaviour change, and
to evaluate the association between HIV seropositivity and potential
risk factors. A 4-month survey was carried out on 147 IVDUs attending
three HIV counselling and testing centres, 98% of whom had been using
heroin for an average of 7 years, 85% in association with other drugs.
Two-thirds of injectors reported having used safer injecting practices
in the previous year. Most of the IVDUs were heterosexual, and had had
an average of three sexual partners in the previous year. More than half
of them had had high risk partners. Condoms were used by only 25% of
IVDUs, and were more likely to be used with seropositive partners (38%
versus 12.7%, p = 0.02). Patients considering themselves to be well
informed about HIV transmission shared syringes significantly less
often, but had the same sexual behaviour patterns as other subjects. The
HIV prevalence rate (8.2%) in our sample was not statistically related
to any risk factor apart from drug use duration, the latter possibly
reflecting a cumulative exposure to HIV risks. Since sexual risk appears
to be a potential long-term hazard for IVDUs, it is important that more
attention be paid to providing counselling to specifically address this
issue.
DE Adult AIDS Serodiagnosis/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
Counseling/*UTILIZATION Female Heroin
Dependence/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/REHABILITATION Human HIV
Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*TRANSMISSION HIV
Seroprevalence/*TRENDS Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Male Needle
Sharing/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Paris/EPIDEMIOLOGY Sex Behavior
Substance Abuse, Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/
REHABILITATION Urban Population/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA JOURNAL
ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).