title: Injecting Drug Use Among Mexican Female Sex Workers on the US-Mexico Border.
abstract: Both injecting drug users (IDU) and sex workers are at great risk of contracting and transmitting HIV. Therefore, IDU sex workers could be at especially high risk. The recent increase of HIV infection in Mexico has caused increased attention to sex work. We identify the correlates of injecting drug use including socio-demographic, work history, and sexual and non-injecting drug use risk behaviors among Mexican female sex workers. There is a high risk profile for IDUs compared to never injectors including a high prevalence of lifetime STI infection (54.2%). Revealed is an environment composed of high-risk networks that may have serious binational public health implications.
authors.affiliation: a University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cepeda
authors.affiliation: b University of Colorado at Boulder , Boulder , Colorado.
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Nowotny
authors.affiliation: a University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California.
authors.forename: Avelardo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valdez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011477:Sex Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D060386:Sex Workers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: HIV risk behaviors; Mexico; female sex workers; injecting drug use