Abstract
This paper focuses upon HIV‐related risk behaviours of 51 female drug injecting prostitutes, interviewed as part of a serial cross‐sectional study of injecting drug users in Glasgow. Forty‐five per cent injected with used needles and syringes in the 6 months prior to interview. Condom use in private sexual relations was low with only 9% of those with primary partners and 22% of those with casual partners reporting consistent use of condoms with these partners. In contrast, use of condoms for all commercial sexual encounters was almost universal. Prevalence of HIV was 2.2%. Despite this low prevalence, we conclude that the level of injecting‐related and private sexual risk behaviours reported here requires the continuing monitoring of drug injecting prostitutes in Glasgow.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1561-1564 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Addiction |
Volume | 88 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 1993 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Psychiatry and Mental health