title: Sexual decision making and safer sex behavior among young female injection drug users and female partners of IDUs.
abstract: Data from interviews with 94 young women who were injection drug users (IDUs) or partners of IDUs were analyzed to examine associations between self-reported sexual decision making and condom use, contraceptive use, and relationship characteristics. Most women (73-85%) reported participating in decisions about condom use, contraception, and when to have sex. Adjusting for potential covariates, respondents who reported participating in decisions about condom use and when to have sex were 7 and 19 times, respectively, more likely than others to report recently using condoms. Respondents who reported participating in decisions about contraception were 20 times more likely than others to report recently using contraceptives. Longer sexual relationships were associated with decreased likelihood of condom or contraceptive use.
authors.affiliation: Research Program on Women's Health, Center for the Study of Women in Society, 1201 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1201, USA. mharvey@oregon.uoregon.edu.
authors.forename: S Marie
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: Sheryl Thorburn
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.forename: Christine Johnson
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.forename: Susanne B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: Louise Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rohrbach
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*