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To assess the prevalence and sex-specific predictors of deliberate sexual risk reduction aimed at avoiding AIDS among street-recruited intravenous drug users.

November 1, 1990AIDS

Street-recruited intravenous drug users and sexual risk reduction in New York City

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AAAbu Abdul-QuaderThe Task Force for Global Health STSusan TrossColumbia University Irving Medical Center SFSamuel R. FriedmanUniversity of New Haven

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Observational study reveals high rates and distinct social predictors of sexual risk reduction in intravenous drug users, highlighting the role of peer support.

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To assess the prevalence and sex-specific predictors of deliberate sexual risk reduction aimed at avoiding AIDS among street-recruited intravenous drug users.
Conducted an observational cross-sectional study of street-recruited intravenous drug users (n = 568) in New York City.
Evaluated behavioral, health belief, and social influence variables associated with sexual risk reduction across the total cohort and stratified by sex.
Sixty-one percent of street-recruited intravenous drug users reported initiating deliberate sexual risk reduction to avoid AIDS.
In the total sample and among male users, health beliefs and social influence factors were significant predictors of sexual risk reduction.
Among female users, significant predictors of sexual risk reduction included previous drug-risk reduction, peer practice of sexual risk reduction, and the desire to have a child.

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Abdul-Quader et al. (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a79aa3e2eb3c7e469f3aa1e https://doi.org/10.1097/00002030-199011000-00004

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Observational study reveals high rates and distinct social predictors of sexual risk reduction in intravenous drug users, highlighting the role of peer support.

Street-recruited intravenous drug users and sexual risk reduction in New York City

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Street-recruited intravenous drug users and sexual risk reduction in New York City

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