ArticlePreventive medicine2019
Sexual risk behaviors and STDs among persons who inject drugs: A national study.
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- Sexually transmitted infection prevalence and testing coverage among people who inject drugs: A systematic review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Pooled it
- Does the Association Between Stimulant use and High Risk Sexual Behavior Vary by Injection Drug Use, Sexual Minority Status, or HIV Infection Status? A Meta-analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2023Pooled it
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- Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Infection Positivity and Implementation of Point-of-Care Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing at a Mobile Clinic for Women Who Inject Drugs in Seattle, WA.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2026Article
- Navigating sexuality information: A comparative study on the actual and preferred sources by young people in Uganda's island communities.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Analysis of sexual and reproductive health status in the context of homeless female substance abusers: a qualitative study.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Aligning Efforts to Boost Medications for Opioid Use Disorder and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators to condom use among People Who Inject Drugs in Georgia: A qualitative study guided by the COM-B model.PloS one · 2026Article
- The impact of opioid agonist treatment on the incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infection notifications among people with a history of opioid dependence in New South Wales, Australia: A retrospective data linkage study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Changes in the PrEP Care Cascade in People Who Inject Drugs in 2018 and 2022.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- HIV and syphilis seroprevalence and related unsafe sexual behaviours among people who inject drugs in Georgia: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Infectious Diseases in People Who Use Drugs Introduction.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Gender differences regarding interest in opioid agonist treatment with hydromorphone: a cross-sectional study of syringe service program participants.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Intersecting Risk Factors Associated With High Syphilis Seroprevalence Among a Street-Involved Population in Canada.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Substance Checking Outreach and PrEP Engagement (SCOPE) Study: protocol for a non-randomised clinical trialBMJ open · 2025Article
- Drug use and sexual behaviors among women who inject drugs and use a syringe services program; Miami, Florida.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) receipt and persistence among opioid-dependent people who inject drugs initiating PrEP for HIV prevention.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Care for People Who Use Drugs: Combining Infectious Diseases Services, Harm Reduction, and Primary Care.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- High prevalence and incidence of HSV-2 among people who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Vietnam, and risk factors associated with seroconversion.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Factors Associated With Sexually Transmitted Infections Among People who Inject Drugs in the San Diego-Tijuana Border Region.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
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Abstract
Opioid use and the rising case reports of STDs represent co-occurring epidemics; research indicates that persons who inject drugs (PWID) may be at increased risk for acquiring STDs. We use the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG, 2011-2015) to examine the prevalence of risky sexual behaviors and STD diagnoses among PWID. We describe demographic characteristics, sexual behaviors, and self-reported STD diagnoses of sexually active women and men, separately, by whether they had ever engaged in injection-related behaviors (age 15-44; N = 9006 women, N = 7210 men). Results indicate that in 2011-15, 1.4% of women and 2.6% of men reported ever engaging in injection-related behaviors. Examining the full logistic regression models indicate that for women, sex with a PWID in the past 12 months (AOR = 5.8, 95% CI: 2.9, 11.7), exchanging money/drugs for sex in the past 12 months (AOR = 3.6, 95% CI: 1.2, 10.9), chlamydia and/or gonorrhea diagnosis in the past 12 months (AOR = 2.6, 95% CI: 1.2, 5.3), ever having a syphilis diagnosis (AOR = 8.5, 95% CI: 3.1, 23.4), and ever having a herpes diagnosis (AOR = 3.3, 95% CI: 1.0, 10.3) were associated with increased odds of engaging in injection-related behaviors. For men, sex with a PWID in the past 12 months (AOR = 10.9, 95% CI: 4.3, 27.7), ever being diagnosed with syphilis (AOR = 5.8, 95% CI: 1.8, 18.0), and ever being diagnosed with herpes (AOR = 2.7, 95% CI: 1.0, 7.1) were significantly associated with increased odds of engaging in injection-related behaviors. Future research may examine critical intervention points, including co-occurring factors in both STD acquisition and injection drug use.
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