کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
899495 915386 2010 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
High-risk drug use and sexual behaviors among out-of-treatment drug users: An aging and life course perspective
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
High-risk drug use and sexual behaviors among out-of-treatment drug users: An aging and life course perspective
چکیده انگلیسی

High-risk injection drug use and its accompanying sexual behaviors have large social and financial costs. However, little is known about how age and age at first drug use are related to high-risk injection or sex behaviors. The current study draws on life course perspectives and data from the NIDA Cooperative Agreement to examine the relationship between eight high-risk behavior variables and age and age at first drug use. Random effects negative binomial regression models reveal that the frequency of high-risk sexual behaviors in the past month decreases up to 28% with each decade of age, although the frequency of high-risk injection behaviors in the past month increases by up to 62% with each decade of age. Both high-risk injection and high-risk sex behaviors are lower among those who initiated first drug use at later ages. Previous research has indicated the importance of interventions to reduce the high-risk sexual behaviors of older drug users. The current study suggests a refocusing of public health efforts on their high-risk injection habits.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Addictive Behaviors - Volume 35, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 432–437
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