Women and AIDS: social determinants of sex-related activities.
Female sexual partners of injection drug users are at risk for AIDS because of their association with street drug cultures and all their concomitant risks, including their own non-injecting drug use. This study examines a model of the social determinants of HIV-associated sexual risk behaviors. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the data for 207 female sexual partners who had never injected drugs. The findings show that crack cocaine use is the strongest contributor to the model, which explains fourteen percent of the variance of sexual risk behavior. The findings suggest that the risks associated with sexual practices are much greater for crack cocaine users than among non users of crack.
Department of Public Health, College of Health, Florida International University, North Miami 33181.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology / Q000635:transmission*; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012931:Social Environment; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications; D016387:Women's Health
D016578:Crack Cocaine