Crack users, sexual behavior and risk of HIV infection

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Autor(a) principal: Azevedo,Renata Cruz Soares de
Data de Publicação: 2007
Outros Autores: Botega,Neury José, Guimarães,Liliana Andolpho Magalhães
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (São Paulo. 1999. Online)
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Resumo: OBJECTIVE: To compare a sample of injecting cocaine users and crack users, assessing sexual behavior, risk for infection by HIV and its seroprevalence. METHOD: 109 injecting cocaine users and 132 crack users were assessed, using the World Health Organization questionnaire from the expanded "Cross-Site Study of Behaviors and HIV Seroprevalence among Injecting Drug Users" and HIV serology. Data were assessed by Multiple Correspondences Analysis. RESULTS: Crack users showed less time of drug consumption when compared to the injecting cocaine users. Despite this fact, they had higher rates of risky sexual activity, differences in poli-consumption of drugs, and higher rates of involvement in illegal issues. HIV seroprevalence among crack users, although lower than for injecting cocaine users (7% vs. 33%) is high when compared to the general population at the same age. CONCLUSIONS: Sexual behavior of crack users in the studied sample may be considered a risk factor for HIV infection. Crack users have access to information on HIV/ AIDS, but do not make use of it to change risk behaviors that may expose them to HIV infection and dissemination. HIV seroprevalence among crack users (7%) is concerning, which makes it necessary to create preventive strategies for HIV infection and dissemination that are specifically directed toward this population.
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title Crack users, sexual behavior and risk of HIV infection
spellingShingle Crack users, sexual behavior and risk of HIV infection
Azevedo,Renata Cruz Soares de
HIV infections
Crack cocaine
Prevention
Substance-related disorders
Sexual behavior
title_short Crack users, sexual behavior and risk of HIV infection
title_full Crack users, sexual behavior and risk of HIV infection
title_fullStr Crack users, sexual behavior and risk of HIV infection
title_full_unstemmed Crack users, sexual behavior and risk of HIV infection
title_sort Crack users, sexual behavior and risk of HIV infection
author Azevedo,Renata Cruz Soares de
author_facet Azevedo,Renata Cruz Soares de
Botega,Neury José
Guimarães,Liliana Andolpho Magalhães
author_role author
author2 Botega,Neury José
Guimarães,Liliana Andolpho Magalhães
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Azevedo,Renata Cruz Soares de
Botega,Neury José
Guimarães,Liliana Andolpho Magalhães
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv HIV infections
Crack cocaine
Prevention
Substance-related disorders
Sexual behavior
topic HIV infections
Crack cocaine
Prevention
Substance-related disorders
Sexual behavior
description OBJECTIVE: To compare a sample of injecting cocaine users and crack users, assessing sexual behavior, risk for infection by HIV and its seroprevalence. METHOD: 109 injecting cocaine users and 132 crack users were assessed, using the World Health Organization questionnaire from the expanded "Cross-Site Study of Behaviors and HIV Seroprevalence among Injecting Drug Users" and HIV serology. Data were assessed by Multiple Correspondences Analysis. RESULTS: Crack users showed less time of drug consumption when compared to the injecting cocaine users. Despite this fact, they had higher rates of risky sexual activity, differences in poli-consumption of drugs, and higher rates of involvement in illegal issues. HIV seroprevalence among crack users, although lower than for injecting cocaine users (7% vs. 33%) is high when compared to the general population at the same age. CONCLUSIONS: Sexual behavior of crack users in the studied sample may be considered a risk factor for HIV infection. Crack users have access to information on HIV/ AIDS, but do not make use of it to change risk behaviors that may expose them to HIV infection and dissemination. HIV seroprevalence among crack users (7%) is concerning, which makes it necessary to create preventive strategies for HIV infection and dissemination that are specifically directed toward this population.
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