Document 0023
 DOCN  M94A0023
 TI    The relationships between sexual behavior, alcohol use, and personal
       network characteristics among injecting drug users in Baltimore,
       Maryland.
 DT    9412
 AU    Latkin C; Mandell W; Oziemkowska M; Vlahov D; Celentano D; School of
       Hygiene and Public Health, Hopkins University; Baltimore, Maryland
       21205.
 SO    Sex Transm Dis. 1994 May-Jun;21(3):161-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94353302
 AB    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Studies on the relationship between alcohol
       consumption and HIV-related risk behaviors report inconclusive and
       contradictory results. GOAL OF THIS STUDY: This study sought to examine
       the relationship between drug and alcohol use, personal network
       characteristics, and sexual risk behaviors. STUDY DESIGN: A sample of
       290 injecting drug users in Baltimore, Maryland, were interviewed.
       RESULTS: More than half the males and 28% of the females reported
       multiple partners within the prior 6 months, and 33% of the males
       reported exchanging money or drugs for sex. For males, heavy drinking
       was significantly associated with multiple partners, exchanging money or
       drugs for sex, and casual sex. The personal network characteristics of
       size and density, as measured by the percentage of network members who
       knew each other, were associated with sexual risk behaviors. CONCLUSION:
       These results indicate that among injecting drug users in Baltimore,
       heavy drinkers, and those with larger, lower density personal networks
       have increased levels of sexual risk behaviors.
 DE    Adult  Alcohol Drinking/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Baltimore/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Cocaine
       Diacetylmorphine  Female  Human  Male  Middle Age  *Sex Behavior  Sex
       Factors  Sexual Partners  *Social Environment  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  JOURNAL ARTICLE

       SOURCE: National Library of Medicine.  NOTICE: This material may be
       protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).