title: Contraceptive practices of non-HIV-seropositive injecting drug users.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behaviours in contraception choices of injecting drug users (IDUs) and to compare the contraceptive practices of non-HIV-positive IDUs to those of the general population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two surveys were used: a sample of IDUs attending 10 drug abuse treatment centres in the Paris region (IDU) and the Parisian subsample of the National French Survey of Sexual Behaviour (ACSF).
  
  
  METHODS
  Percentages of contraception practices were estimated separately for 81 IDU and 130 ACSF women, and for 175 IDU and 168 ACSF men, aged 25-34, not reporting prostitution or HIV seropositivity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most IDU (77%) and ACSF (84%) women, and IDU (73%) and ACSF (75%) men currently used a contraceptive method. Male condoms were more widely used by IDUs than by the general population (64 vs. 10% in women, 75 vs. 14% in men), for all subgroups of educational level, marital status, recent multipartnership status and sexual activity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Contraceptives are used as often by IDUs as by the general population aged 25-34. However, the methods employed differ, with higher condom use by IDUs, which suggest that IDUs take into account the risk of HIV contamination in their contraceptive practices.
authors.affiliation: Département de Santé publique, CHU Cochin Port Royal, AP-HP, Université René Descartes, Paris, France. gwenaelle.vidal-trecan@cochin.univ-paris5.fr
authors.forename: Gwenaelle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vidal-Trecan
authors.forename: Josiane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Warszawski
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coste
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bajos
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Delamare
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grenier-Sennelier
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boissonnas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003267:Contraception / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D010297:Paris; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000382:microbiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral