HIV Risk Behaviors among Women in Methadone Maintenance Treatment
Substance Use & MisusePublished 1 January 1996
Christine E. Grella, M. Douglas Anglin, Jeffrey J. Annon
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Risk behaviors for HIV were associated with age, lack of education, ethnicity, relationship with a drug user, HIV status, and higher scores on measures of illegal activity, suicidality, depression, polydrug use, and alcohol use.
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This article reports on the HIV risk behaviors of a sample of 158 women heroin addicts admitted into the Los Angeles Enhanced Methadone Maintenance Project. Risk behaviors for HIV were associated with age, lack of education, ethnicity, relationship with a drug user, HIV status, and higher scores on measures of illegal activity, suicidality, depression, polydrug use, and alcohol use. Significant reductions in number of male sex partners and needle-sharing partners were reported at follow-up, although frequency of condom use was unchanged. Methadone maintenance programs need to screen women for risk factors and assist them in developing new behavioral skills in order to implement a harm reduction approach to treatment.
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