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Sexual partners of injecting drug users: the risk of HIV infection
Author(s) -
KLEE HILARY,
FAUGIER JEAN,
HAYES CATH,
BOULTON TOM,
MORRIS JULIE
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1990.tb00658.x
Subject(s) - casual , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sexual intercourse , medicine , drug , drug user , safer sex , human sexuality , population , transmission (telecommunications) , condom , safer , demography , family medicine , environmental health , psychology , psychiatry , computer security , syphilis , gender studies , materials science , sociology , computer science , electrical engineering , composite material , engineering
The sexual mediation of HIV infection by injecting drug users to the heterosexual population has become a major issue in AIDS prevention. Infection that is acquired through sharing contaminated injecting equipment can be passed on to non–injecting drug using partners and to non–drug using partners through sexual intercourse. A study of risk behaviour among injecting drug users in the North West of England focused, interalia, upon aspects of their sexual activity and attitudes that have relevance for HIV transmission. It was found that in those respondents with regular partners, the level of sexual activity was related to the partner's use of drugs. The use of condoms was low in the sample as a whole, including those who reported having casual sexual contacts and sharing others’ injecting equipment. These data confirm the need for concern and the advisability of targetting safer–sex education on drug users.