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DOCN M94A0023
TI The relationships between sexual behavior, alcohol use, and personal
network characteristics among injecting drug users in Baltimore,
Maryland.
DT 9412
AU Latkin C; Mandell W; Oziemkowska M; Vlahov D; Celentano D; School of
Hygiene and Public Health, Hopkins University; Baltimore, Maryland
21205.
SO Sex Transm Dis. 1994 May-Jun;21(3):161-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94353302
AB BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Studies on the relationship between alcohol
consumption and HIV-related risk behaviors report inconclusive and
contradictory results. GOAL OF THIS STUDY: This study sought to examine
the relationship between drug and alcohol use, personal network
characteristics, and sexual risk behaviors. STUDY DESIGN: A sample of
290 injecting drug users in Baltimore, Maryland, were interviewed.
RESULTS: More than half the males and 28% of the females reported
multiple partners within the prior 6 months, and 33% of the males
reported exchanging money or drugs for sex. For males, heavy drinking
was significantly associated with multiple partners, exchanging money or
drugs for sex, and casual sex. The personal network characteristics of
size and density, as measured by the percentage of network members who
knew each other, were associated with sexual risk behaviors. CONCLUSION:
These results indicate that among injecting drug users in Baltimore,
heavy drinkers, and those with larger, lower density personal networks
have increased levels of sexual risk behaviors.
DE Adult Alcohol Drinking/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Baltimore/EPIDEMIOLOGY Cocaine
Diacetylmorphine Female Human Male Middle Age *Sex Behavior Sex
Factors Sexual Partners *Social Environment Substance Abuse,
Intravenous/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).