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Abstract
Female sexual partners of injection drug users are at risk for AIDS because of their association with street drug cultures and all their concomitant risks, including their own non-injecting drug use. This study examines a model of the social determinants of HIV-associated sexual risk behaviors. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the data for 207 female sexual partners who had never injected drugs. The findings show that crack cocaine use is the strongest contributor to the model, which explains fourteen percent of the variance of sexual risk behavior. The findings suggest that the risks associated with sexual practices are much greater for crack cocaine users than among non users of crack.Entities:
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--women; Americas; Behavior; Biology; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Developed Countries; Diseases; Economic Factors; Female Role; Florida; Hiv Infections--women; Interviews; Multiple Partners; Needs; North America; Northern America; Prostitutes; Research Methodology; Research Report; Risk Factors; Sex Behavior; Sexual Partners; Social Behavior; Social Problems; Socioeconomic Factors; Statistical Regression; Substance Addiction--women; United States; Viral Diseases; Women's Status
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8493800 DOI： 10.1300/J013v20n01_05
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Women Health ISSN： 0363-0242