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Document 0981
DOCN M9620981
TI Female prostitutes in south London: use of heroin, cocaine and alcohol,
and their relationship to health risk behaviours.
DT 9602
AU Gossop M; Powis B; Griffiths P; Strang J; Drug Transitions Project,
National Addiction Centre, Maudsley; Hospital, London, UK.
SO AIDS Care. 1995;7(3):253-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96067995
AB The present study looks at the association between drug and alcohol use
and sexual risk behaviours in a sample of 51 women who were currently
working as prostitutes and also currently using opiates and/or
stimulants. Most women reported regularly using condoms with clients but
a substantial minority sometimes had unprotected sex with clients. There
was no overall association between any of the drug use variables
(including the use of crack cocaine) and the likelihood of unprotected
sex. The use of drugs appears to have affected the sexual practices of
different women in different ways: a substantial minority (just under a
quarter of the sample) reported that for them, drug use did reduce the
chances that they would use a condom. There was a link between
willingness to have unprotected sex for more money and drinking larger
amounts and drinking more often. The results also indicate that these
women were exposed to a variety of health risks, including sharing
injecting equipment and having unprotected sex with their regular
partner who was often a current or former drug injector. A sub-sample (n
= 34) completed a confidential questionnaire which showed that one-third
had previously had at least one sexually transmitted disease and 15% of
them had been infected during the previous year. These findings about
rates of STD infection raise questions about the extent to which
self-reported condom use by prostitutes can be used as an indicator of
actual levels of infection risk.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/ *TRANSMISSION
Alcoholism/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY *Cocaine Condoms/STATISTICS &
NUMER DATA Crack Cocaine Female Heroin
Dependence/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Human HIV
Seropositivity/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
London Needle Sharing/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Prostitution/*STATISTICS
& NUMER DATA Risk Factors *Sex Behavior Substance Abuse,
Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY Substance
Dependence/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Urban
Population/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).