High risk sexual behaviours among heroin sniffers who have no history of injection drug use: Implications for HIV risk reduction

Sánchez, Jesús; Comerford, Mary; Chitwood, Dale D.; Fernández, M. Isabel; McCoy, Clyde B.

doi:10.1080/09540120220123793

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“…For example, most studies found that physical QoL of symptomatic and AIDS patients is significantly poorer than that of patients who are at a lesser advanced stage of the disease [12,15,17,21,25,26,[33][34][35][36]. Associations between physical dimensions, but not psychological dimensions have also been shown in some studies [21,25,37]. Among the biological markers, higher CD4?…”

Section: Sociodemographic and Clinical Variablesmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Marital status provided some inconsistent associations. Most studies reported no differences [21,29], and others reported higher QoL among married patients, specially in the Social relationships domain [20,30]. One study [15] reported higher QoL among single patients.…”

Section: Sociodemographic and Clinical Variablesmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…More recently, two studies reported lower scores among men [16,17], and a multi-site study reported similar QoL scores among men and women, with the exception of physical QoL, in which women showed significantly higher scores [18]. Some studies reported, however, no significant differences [19][20][21][22].…”

Section: Gender Age and Quality Of Lifementioning

confidence: 96%

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Gender and Age Differences in Quality of Life and the Impact of Psychopathological Symptoms Among HIV-Infected Patients

Pereira

Canavarro

2011

AIDS Behav

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The purpose of this study was to determine gender and age differences and interaction effects on the quality of life (QoL) domains in a sample of Portuguese HIV-positive patients, and to examine to what degree psychopathological symptoms are associated with QoL in addition to sociodemographic and clinical variables. The sample consisted of 1191 HIV-positive patients, and measures included the WHOQOL-HIV-Bref and the Brief Symptom Inventory. Controlling for clinical status, there was a significant effect of gender on QoL. Women reported lower scores of Psychological and Spirituality QoL. Younger patients reported higher scores on Physical and Level of Independence domains. Age by gender interactions emerged on all domains of QoL except on the Level of Independence domain. Overall, women over 45 years old showed lower QoL scores. Psychopathological symptoms contributed significantly to the variance of all QoL domains. Gender differences in the association of HIV infection with QoL and psychopathological symptoms seemed to be modulated by age. Understanding gender and age differences (and their interaction) may provide potentially useful information for planning interventions to improve QoL and mental health among people infected with HIV/AIDS, especially among older women.

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Section: Sociodemographic and Clinical Variablesmentioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Sociodemographic and Clinical Variablesmentioning

confidence: 95%

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Gender and Age Differences in Quality of Life and the Impact of Psychopathological Symptoms Among HIV-Infected Patients

Pereira

Canavarro

2011

AIDS Behav

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“…This instrument, which took approximately 1-1.5 h to complete, included data on socio-demographics, drug use history, drug use networks, sex history, and criminal justice history. 10,36,37 Strict confidentiality was assured to all participants. After completion of the interview, HIV pre-test counselling was performed, and 10 ml of blood was drawn by venipuncture and tested for the presence of antibodies for HIV.…”

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confidence: 99%

Risk Factors Associated with the Transition with Transition to Heroin Injection: A Street Addict Role Perspective

Sánchez

Chitwood²,

Koo³

2006

J Urban Health

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The purpose of this paper is to identify characteristics of heroin sniffers likely to shift to injection by evaluating the street addict role theory as an informing theoretical framework to explain transition from heroin sniffing to injection. A nested case-control research design was used to identify 142 heroin sniffers who never had injected a drug (controls) and 146 recently transitioned injection drug users (cases) from a larger study of 600 African-American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white men and women who were street recruited from multiple communities known for high drug use. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to test the proposed hypotheses derived from the street addict role theory. Our findings partially support the utility of the street addict role perspective as an explanatory framework for understanding the role played by sociocultural factors in the transition to injection. This perspective can help contextualize this HIV-related behavior within the high risk social environment of heroin users. The development of effective prevention strategies for this group should be guided by a comprehensive understanding of the social environment where HIV-related risk behaviors occur.

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“…Sexual health-related diseases within addict populations have raised awareness of the effects of drugs of abuse on sexual behavior, as chronic drug use is associated with unsafe sexual practices resulting in increased prevalence of sexually transmitted infections, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (Crowe and George, 1989;Peugh and Belenko, 2001;Sánchez et al, 2002;Raj et al, 2007;Fisher et al, 2011). These effects of drugs on sexual behavior are well documented for the psychostimulant methamphetamine (Meth).…”

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confidence: 99%

Concurrent Exposure to Methamphetamine and Sexual Behavior Enhances Subsequent Drug Reward and Causes Compulsive Sexual Behavior in Male Rats

Frohmader¹,

Lehman²,

Laviolette³

et al. 2011

J. Neurosci.

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Methamphetamine (Meth) users report having heightened sexual pleasure, numerous sexual partners, and engaging in unprotected sex due to loss of inhibitory control. This compulsive sexual behavior contributes to increased prevalence of sexually transmitted infections, but the neural basis for this is unknown. We previously established a paradigm for compulsive sexual behavior in male rats in which visceral illness induced by lithium chloride was paired with sexual behavior (

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High risk sexual behaviours among heroin sniffers who have no history of injection drug use: Implications for HIV risk reduction

Cited by 36 publications

References 9 publications

Gender and Age Differences in Quality of Life and the Impact of Psychopathological Symptoms Among HIV-Infected Patients

Gender and Age Differences in Quality of Life and the Impact of Psychopathological Symptoms Among HIV-Infected Patients

Risk Factors Associated with the Transition with Transition to Heroin Injection: A Street Addict Role Perspective

Concurrent Exposure to Methamphetamine and Sexual Behavior Enhances Subsequent Drug Reward and Causes Compulsive Sexual Behavior in Male Rats

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