HIV risk behaviours among female prostitute drug injectors in Glasgow

Avril Taylor*, Martin Frischer, Neil McKeganey, David Goldberg, Stephen Green, Stephen Platt

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1561-1564
Number of pages4
JournalAddiction
Volume88
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1993
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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