Abstract
We studied behavioral factors that place intravenous drug users at risk for the acquisition and transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a sample of 855 individuals not in drug treatment, living in central and southwestern Ohio. The HIV seropositivity rate for the sample was 1.5%. Three factors were significantly related to HIV infection: homeless shelter residence (odds ratio [OR] = 7.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 3.0-20.0), travel to northeastern HIV hyperendemic areas (OR = 5.2, 95% CI = 1.8-15.4), and recent male homosexual or bisexual behavior (OR = 11.2, 95% CI = 2.9-43.9).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1642-1644 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | American Journal of Public Health |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1991 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Keywords
- HIV
- intravenous drug Use
- midwest
- Adult
- Female
- HIV Infections / epidemiology*
- HIV Infections / etiology
- HIV Seroprevalence*
- HIV-1*
- Health Behavior*
- Homosexuality / phsychology
- Homosexuality / statistics & numerical data
- Humans
- Ill-Housed Persons / psychology
- Ill-Housed Persons / statistics & numerical data
- Interpersonal Relations
- Male
- Ohio / epidemiology
- Residence Characteristics*
- Risk Factors
- Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications
- Substance Abuse, Intravenous / epidemiology
- Substance Abuse, Intravenous / psychology*
- Travel / statistics & numerical data
- Urban Population
Disciplines
- Immune System Diseases
- Preventive Medicine
- Substance Abuse and Addiction
- Virus Diseases