Document 0554
 DOCN  M9480554
 TI    Reducing HIV risk behavior among injection drug users: effect of
       methadone maintenance treatment on number of sex partners.
 DT    9410
 AU    Longshore D; Hsieh SC; Anglin MD; Drug Abuse Research Center, University
       of California, Los Angeles; 90024.
 SO    Int J Addict. 1994 Apr;29(6):741-57. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94307810
 AB    Some studies have found that sex-related HIV risk behavior is less
       common among drug users in treatment than among users not in treatment;
       other studies have found no such relationship. However, past studies
       have not controlled for drug-user background characteristics that might
       confound the relationship between treatment and risk behavior. Among
       this sample of injection drug users in Los Angeles, those enrolled in
       methadone maintenance treatment report fewer past-year sex partners than
       those not in treatment; among treatment clients, number of past-year
       partners is negatively related to time in treatment. These findings
       persist after age and other background characteristics are controlled.
       Path analyses suggest that treatment may reduce sex-risk behavior by
       facilitating clients' disengagement from paid sex and raising their
       perceived self-efficacy for risk reduction.
 DE    Adult  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  Los Angeles
       Male  Methadone/*THERAPEUTIC USE  Questionnaires  Regression Analysis
       Risk Factors  Risk-Taking  *Sex Behavior  Sexual Partners  Substance
       Abuse, Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/  *PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/REHABILITATION  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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