HIV sexual risk behaviors among injection drug users in Shanghai. 2006

Min Zhao, and Jiang Du, and Guang H Lu, and Qiu Y Wang, and Han Xu, and Min Zhu, and Clyde B McCoy
Shanghai Drug Abuse Treatment Center, Shanghai Mental Health Center, 600 South Wanping Road Shanghai 200030, China. drzhaomin@sh163.net

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the sexual risk behaviors among injection drug users. (IDUs) in order to inform the development of sexual risk reduction interventions for IDUs. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of IDUs (n=141) was conducted in an in-patient detoxification treatment center in Shanghai, China, to collect information on demographics; drug use history; sexual risk behavior; HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, and other psychosocial variables; and HIV, HBV, and HCV seroprevalence. Factors associated with HIV sexual risk behaviors and HBV and/or HCV infection were analyzed. RESULTS Sexual risk behaviors among IDUs were common: the majority (77%) of the participants had not used a condon consistently in the previous 3 months, 25.5% had multiple partners, 48.2% had IDU partners, and 75.9% did not know their partner's HIV status. IDUs who were married (OR=4.83, p<0.05) or did not intent to use condoms in the future (OR=0.21, p<0.05) were more likely to have unprotected sex. The prevalence of HBV and HCV infection was 31.9% and 51.8%, respectively, but no one tested positive for HIV.IDUs with an injection history of 3 years or more (OR=5.86, p<0.05) and with an overdose history (OR=3.21, p<0.05) were more likely to be infected with HBV and/or HCV. CONCLUSIONS Sexual risk behaviors among IDUs in Shanghai are common, and many IDUs are vulnerable for transmission of disease. Prevention efforts with IDUs should address sexual risk behaviors in addition to needle-sharing behaviors.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008691 Methadone A synthetic opioid that is used as the hydrochloride. It is an opioid analgesic that is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. It has actions and uses similar to those of MORPHINE. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1082-3) Amidone,Biodone,Dolophine,Metadol,Metasedin,Methaddict,Methadone Hydrochloride,Methadose,Methex,Phenadone,Phymet,Physeptone,Pinadone,Symoron,Hydrochloride, Methadone
D009292 Narcotic Antagonists Agents inhibiting the effect of narcotics on the central nervous system. Competitive Opioid Antagonist,Narcotic Antagonist,Opioid Antagonist,Opioid Antagonists,Opioid Receptor Antagonist,Opioid Reversal Agent,Competitive Opioid Antagonists,Opioid Receptor Antagonists,Opioid Reversal Agents,Agent, Opioid Reversal,Agents, Opioid Reversal,Antagonist, Competitive Opioid,Antagonist, Narcotic,Antagonist, Opioid,Antagonist, Opioid Receptor,Antagonists, Competitive Opioid,Antagonists, Narcotic,Antagonists, Opioid,Antagonists, Opioid Receptor,Opioid Antagonist, Competitive,Opioid Antagonists, Competitive,Receptor Antagonist, Opioid,Receptor Antagonists, Opioid,Reversal Agent, Opioid,Reversal Agents, Opioid
D011795 Surveys and Questionnaires Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions. Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D002391 Catchment Area, Health A geographic area defined and served by a health program or institution. Health Service Area,Health Catchment Area,Service Area, Health,Area, Health Catchment,Area, Health Service,Areas, Health Catchment,Areas, Health Service,Catchment Areas, Health,Health Catchment Areas,Health Service Areas,Service Areas, Health
D002681 China A country spanning from central Asia to the Pacific Ocean. Inner Mongolia,Manchuria,People's Republic of China,Sinkiang,Mainland China
D003430 Cross-Sectional Studies Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time. Disease Frequency Surveys,Prevalence Studies,Analysis, Cross-Sectional,Cross Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Survey,Surveys, Disease Frequency,Analyses, Cross Sectional,Analyses, Cross-Sectional,Analysis, Cross Sectional,Cross Sectional Analyses,Cross Sectional Studies,Cross Sectional Survey,Cross-Sectional Analyses,Cross-Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Study,Cross-Sectional Surveys,Disease Frequency Survey,Prevalence Study,Studies, Cross-Sectional,Studies, Prevalence,Study, Cross-Sectional,Study, Prevalence,Survey, Cross-Sectional,Survey, Disease Frequency,Surveys, Cross-Sectional
D003710 Demography Statistical interpretation and description of a population with reference to distribution, composition, or structure. Demographer,Demographic,Demographic and Health Survey,Population Distribution,Accounting, Demographic,Analyses, Demographic,Analyses, Multiregional,Analysis, Period,Brass Technic,Brass Technique,Demographers,Demographic Accounting,Demographic Analysis,Demographic Factor,Demographic Factors,Demographic Impact,Demographic Impacts,Demographic Survey,Demographic Surveys,Demographic and Health Surveys,Demographics,Demography, Historical,Demography, Prehistoric,Factor, Demographic,Factors, Demographic,Family Reconstitution,Historical Demography,Impact, Demographic,Impacts, Demographic,Multiregional Analysis,Period Analysis,Population Spatial Distribution,Prehistoric Demography,Reverse Survival Method,Stable Population Method,Survey, Demographic,Surveys, Demographic,Analyses, Period,Analysis, Demographic,Analysis, Multiregional,Demographic Analyses,Demographies, Historical,Demographies, Prehistoric,Distribution, Population,Distribution, Population Spatial,Distributions, Population,Distributions, Population Spatial,Family Reconstitutions,Historical Demographies,Method, Reverse Survival,Method, Stable Population,Methods, Reverse Survival,Methods, Stable Population,Multiregional Analyses,Period Analyses,Population Distributions,Population Methods, Stable,Population Spatial Distributions,Prehistoric Demographies,Reconstitution, Family,Reconstitutions, Family,Reverse Survival Methods,Spatial Distribution, Population,Spatial Distributions, Population,Stable Population Methods,Technic, Brass,Technique, Brass
D005260 Female Females
D006509 Hepatitis B INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by a member of the ORTHOHEPADNAVIRUS genus, HEPATITIS B VIRUS. It is primarily transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products, but can also be transmitted via sexual or intimate personal contact. Hepatitis B Virus Infection

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