Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to estimate HIV seroprevalence and to examine the injection and sexual risk behaviours of a cohort of active new heroin injectors who have initiated injection within the past four years and to compare their risk behaviours with those of long-term heroin injectors who initiated injection prior to January 1, 1985. A stratified network-based sample was used to recruit injection drug users (IDUs) from the streets of Miami-Dade, Florida. New IDUs displayed a significantly lower HIV seroprevalence than long-term injectors (13.3 versus 24.7%). Both new and long-term drug injectors exhibited a high level of current HIV risk behaviour. While new injectors were more likely than long-term injectors to practise safer injection behaviours at the initial injection episode, the current risk behaviours of new and long-term injectors are similar.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 313-320 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Jul 13 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- Health(social science)
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First injection and current risk factors for HIV among new and long-term injection drug users. / Chitwood, Dale D.; Sanchez, J.; Comerford, M.; Page, John; McBride, D. C.; Kitner, K. R.
In: AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, Vol. 12, No. 3, 13.07.2000, p. 313-320.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Page, John
AU - McBride, D. C.
AU - Kitner, K. R.
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AB - The purpose of this paper is to estimate HIV seroprevalence and to examine the injection and sexual risk behaviours of a cohort of active new heroin injectors who have initiated injection within the past four years and to compare their risk behaviours with those of long-term heroin injectors who initiated injection prior to January 1, 1985. A stratified network-based sample was used to recruit injection drug users (IDUs) from the streets of Miami-Dade, Florida. New IDUs displayed a significantly lower HIV seroprevalence than long-term injectors (13.3 versus 24.7%). Both new and long-term drug injectors exhibited a high level of current HIV risk behaviour. While new injectors were more likely than long-term injectors to practise safer injection behaviours at the initial injection episode, the current risk behaviours of new and long-term injectors are similar.
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