Female spouses of injection drug users in Pakistan: a bridge population of the HIV epidemic?
| Autor: | Shaista Zafar, Khoshnood K, Khan Aa, Mehmood J, Awan Ab, Ahmad S |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Drug
education.field_of_study medicine.medical_specialty business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Population virus diseases Developing country Human sexuality General Medicine medicine.disease Substance abuse Spouse mental disorders Medicine business education Psychiatry Hiv transmission Demography Sex work media_common |
| Zdroj: | Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 17:271-276 |
| ISSN: | 1687-1634 1020-3397 |
| Popis: | An estimated 21% of injection drug users (IDUs) in Pakistan are HIV-positive and data suggest that the spouses of IDUs may be a critical component of the HIV transmission chain. This study interviewed 101 spouses of male IDUs about their sexual practices and drug use. We found that 43% had been sexually active with their partners in the past month but only 4% reported selling sex. Almost a quarter (23%) used drugs and 19% injected drugs, usually a combination of diazepam and pheniramine. Although sex work was infrequent among spouses of IDUs, their risk of contracting HIV and transmitting it to others was high because they received injection drugs, sometimes along with their IDU husbands, from the same health centres that provided therapeutic injections to the rest of the community. IDU spouses may thus serve as a bridge group via therapeutic injections, rather than via sex work. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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