Determinants of current HIV risk behaviour among injecting drug users in Warsaw, Poland.
Of the injecting drug users (IDUs), 24% had borrowed, and 37% had passed on syringes in the previous 6 months. In logistic regression analysis, current borrowing of syringes was significantly associated with a shorter duration of injecting drug use, a higher number of drug-injecting sex partners in the previous 6 months, and with current lending of syringes. A majority of the IDUs have modified previous HIV risk behaviour but these modifications are insufficient and not sustained over time. Intensified AIDS prevention measures for IDUs in Poland are needed.
Stark
K
K
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Sieroslawski
J
J
Müller
R
R
Wirth
D
D
Godwod-Sikorska
C
C
Bienzle
U
U
D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016485:Needle Sharing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012747:Sexual Partners; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology