title: Cocaine use and risky injection and sexual behaviors.
abstract: The association between cocaine use (crack and injection cocaine) and risky behaviors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was investigated among participants in a multi-site study at drug treatment and non-drug treatment sites in Worcester, Massachusetts. Cocaine use was more prevalent among young, African-American men. Compared to heroin injectors cocaine injectors had higher risk injection and sexual behaviors. Among non-injectors, crack users were more likely to have multiple partners and receive money or drugs for sex. Cocaine use, either injected or smoked as crack, should be considered a high risk behavior for HIV infection.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts AIDS Research Unit, School of Public Health, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hudgins
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCusker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stoddard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003042:Cocaine; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D016485:Needle Sharing / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D016578:Crack Cocaine; D003042:Cocaine