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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Assessing risk behaviors and prevalence of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections among female crack cocaine users in salvador - Bahia, Brazil
Título(s) alternativo(s): Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Autor(es): Nunes, Ceuci de Lima Xavier
Andrade, Tarcísio Matos de
Galvão-Castro, Bernardo
Bastos, Francisco Inácio
Reingold, Arthur
Autor(es): Nunes, Ceuci de Lima Xavier
Andrade, Tarcísio Matos de
Galvão-Castro, Bernardo
Bastos, Francisco Inácio
Reingold, Arthur
Abstract: Crack cocaine use is associated with risky sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. We investigated sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics and infection rates in female crack cocaine users from impoverished communities of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. A sample of 125 female crack cocaine users was recruited. Overall, the interviewees had low educational level and high rate of unemployment (close to 90%). One-third (37%) reported having traded sex for money or drugs, and 58% reported that they had not used condoms during intercourse in the last 30 days. The prevalence of infections was low: HIV-1.6%; HCV-2.4%; HBV- 0.8%; HTLV I/II-4.0%; and syphilis-4.0%. The combination of dire poverty and high prevalence of risk behaviors turn such populations a preferential target of initiatives aiming to reduce drug-related harm and promote social development. Low infection rates should not be viewed with complacency, but as a window of opportunity to implement prevention initiatives and reduce social marginalization.
Palavras-chave: Risk behaviors
prevalence of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections
female crack cocaine users
URI: http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/7012
Data do documento: 2007
Aparece nas coleções:Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina)

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