ArticleThe American journal of drug and alcohol abuse2012
HIV sex-risk behaviors among in- versus out-of-treatment heroin-addicted adults.
Article in The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- The association between methamphetamine use and number of sexual partners in men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2022Pooled it
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) indication and uptake among people receiving buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Review
- Sexual-risk reduction following the referral of syringe exchange registrants to methadone maintenance: Impact of gender and drug use.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Article
- Maladaptive Sexual Behavior Following Concurrent Methamphetamine and Sexual Experience in Male Rats is Associated with Altered Neural Activity in Frontal Cortex.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2017Article
- Heroin Use, HIV-Risk, and Criminal Behavior in Baltimore: Findings from Clinical Research.Journal of addictive diseases · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundRelatively limited empirical evidence exists comparing the impact on HIV sex risk behavior for patients admitted to methadone treatment programs (MTPs) as compared with nontreatment seekers.
methodsThis longitudinal cohort study examined HIV sex-risk behavior among 164 out-of-treatment heroin-dependent adults recruited from the street and 351 newly admitted MTP patients. The AIDS Risk Assessment was administered at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. Generalized linear mixed model and generalized estimating equation analyses were used to examine the changes in sex risk behavior over time.
resultsThe participants mean age was 41.5 years, 74.8% were African-American, 24.3% were White, and 54.4% were men. There were no significant differences between the groups in age, race, or gender. At baseline, the out-of-treatment group compared with the in-treatment group reported more sex partners (p < .001) and higher frequency of sex (p = .001). There was a group x time interaction for three of the sex-risk items and the out-of-treatment group reported having significantly more sex partners at both follow-up time points and having significantly more frequent unprotected sex while high at 6 months (all values of p < .01).
conclusionsNontreatment seekers are at higher HIV risk than those entering MTPs and should be a focus of sex-risk reduction interventions, even if they are not interested in treatment at that time.
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