Residential transience and HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users
Residential transience and HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users
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DOI：
10.1007/s10461-007-9238-3
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发表时间：
2007-11-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Latkin, Carl A.
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作者：
German, Danielle;Davey, Melissa A.;Latkin, Carl A.
住房不稳定与艾滋病毒风险行为有关。许多研究都集中在一个人的住房结构或缺乏住房结构的影响上。本研究的重点是居住的短暂性作为住房不稳定性的一个额外维度。具体来说，我们评估了短暂性与四种HIV风险行为之间的关系。短暂性被定义为在过去六个月内移动两次或两次以上。对现有注射者样本（n = 807）的多变量分析表明，短暂性对艾滋病毒风险行为有独立影响。短暂性个体比非短暂性个体更有可能共用针头和去射击场。当无家可归被纳入模型时，短暂性与交换性行为或拥有多个性伴侣无关。进一步审查住房与艾滋病毒之间的关系时，应考虑到短暂性的作用。需要采取干预措施，促进注射吸毒者的住房稳定，并在不稳定时期解决艾滋病毒风险。
Housing instability has been linked to HIV risk behaviors. Many studies have focused on the implications of one's housing structure or lack thereof. This study focuses on residential transience as an additional dimension of housing instability. Specifically, we assessed the associations between transience and four HIV risk behaviors. Transience was defined as moving twice or more in the past six months. Multivariate analyses of a sample of current injectors (n = 807) indicated that transience had an independent effect on HIV risk behaviors. Transient individuals were more likely to share needles and go to a shooting gallery than non-transient individuals. Transience was not associated with exchanging sex or having multiple sex partners when homelessness was included in the models. Further examination of the association between housing and HIV should consider the role of transience. Interventions that promote housing stability among IDUs and address HIV risk during times of instability are needed.