title: HIV disclosure, condom use, and awareness of HIV infection among HIV-positive, heterosexual drug injectors in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.
abstract: We examined the prevalence of HIV disclosure to sexual partners by HIV-positive drug injectors (IDUs) in St. Petersburg, Russia and compared the magnitude and direction of associations of condom use with awareness of one's HIV infection and disclosure to partners. Among 157 HIV-infected participants, awareness of infection at time of last intercourse was associated with condom use with partners perceived to be HIV-negative (aOR 6.68, 95% CI 1.60-27.88). Among the 70 participants aware of their infection prior to enrolment, disclosure to potentially uninfected sexual partners was independently and negatively associated with condom use (aOR 0.13, 95% CI 0.02-0.66). Disclosure was independently associated with having injected ≥ 9 years (aOR 6.04, 95% CI 1.53-23.77) and partnership with another IDU (aOR 3.61, 95% CI 1.44-9.06) or HIV-seropositive (aOR 45.12, 95% CI 2.79-730.46). Scaling up HIV testing services and interventions that increase the likelihood of individuals receiving their test results is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University School of Public Health, 60 College Street, P.O. Box 208034, New Haven, CT 06520-8034, USA. lauretta.grau@yale.edu
authors.forename: Lauretta E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Grau
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Linda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Niccolai
authors.forename: Olga V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Toussova
authors.forename: Sergei V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Verevochkin
authors.forename: Andrei P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kozlov
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heimer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055030:Drug Users / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D020010:Heterosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult