Document 0613
 DOCN  M9480613
 TI    Heterosexual vaginal and anal intercourse amongst London heroin and
       cocaine users.
 DT    9410
 AU    Strang J; Powis B; Griffiths P; Gossop M; Drug Transitions Study,
       National Addiction Centre, London, UK.
 SO    Int J STD AIDS. 1994 Mar-Apr;5(2):133-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94305009
 AB    A community-derived sample of 392 heroin users and 145 cocaine users
       were interviewed about their drug use and sexual behaviour, with
       (optional) collection of saliva specimen for linked anonymous HIV/HBV
       testing. The heroin sample was stratified (50/50) across current
       treatment and non-treatment status. For cocaine users 80% were not in
       current contact with any treatment. Overall levels of sexual activity
       were several times higher than reported in recent national surveys.
       Last-year prevalence of heterosexual anal intercourse was 23% and 20%
       for heroin-using males and females respectively (last-month figures--12%
       and 10%); and 23% and 15% for cocaine-using males and females
       respectively (last-month figures--7% and 9%). Two-thirds of subjects
       rarely or never used condoms during heterosexual anal intercourse. For
       females, receptive anal intercourse was positively related to a history
       of sex-for-money activity, high scores of severity of dependence, and
       injecting as a current route of use.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  *Cocaine  Condoms/UTILIZATION  Female  Hepatitis
       B/*COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Heroin
       Dependence/*COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY/THERAPY  Human  HIV
       Infections/*COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Incidence
       London/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  Middle Age  *Population Surveillance
       Prevalence  Prostitution  Sampling Studies  Severity of Illness Index
       *Sex Behavior  Substance Dependence/*COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY/THERAPY
       Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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