title: Boyfriends and injecting: the role of intimate male partners in the life of women who inject drugs in Central Java.
abstract: The international literature shows that HIV-risk behaviour for women mostly occurs in the context of intimate relationships. Power imbalances in the social, economic and cultural spheres put women at risk. This paper addresses the roles of male partners in women's engagement in drug-use behaviour and drug-related HIV-risk behaviour in Indonesia. Data were gathered through in-depth interviews with 19 women who had injected drugs in the previous month in three sites in central Java. Most of the women had male partners who also injected drugs. Results show that male partners play a significant role in the initiation of drug use, the provision of drugs, injecting behaviour and in the constitution of women injectors' social networks. These findings suggest the need to develop couple-based interventions and to facilitate women-only groups as part of HIV prevention.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Tropical Medicine - Research Collaboration Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. e.lazuardi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Elan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lazuardi
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Worth
authors.forename: Antonia Morita Iswari
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Saktiawati
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spooner
authors.forename: Retna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Padmawati
authors.forename: Yanri
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Subronto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000635:transmission; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000635:transmission; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs