A Neglected Population: Drug-Using Women and Women's Methods of HIV/STI Prevention

Autor/in	Gollub, Erica L.
Titel	A Neglected Population: Drug-Using Women and Women's Methods of HIV/STI Prevention
Quelle	In: AIDS Education and Prevention, 20 (2008) 2, S.107-120 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0899-9546
DOI	10.1521/aeap.2008.20.2.107
Schlagwörter	Females; Drug Use; At Risk Persons; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Prevention; Methods; Disease Control + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Risikogruppe; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Method; Methode
Abstract	Women drug users are at extremely high risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) from sexual transmission, but remain seriously neglected in intervention research promoting women-initiated methods of HIV/STI prevention. Sparse available data indicate a high interest and enthusiasm for women-initiated methods among these women. Moreover, drug-using women may be in a position to capitalize most on the myriad advantages of women-initiated methods and be the least hindered by their disadvantages, as compared with other populations of at-risk women. These advantages include, for example, the potential for prior placement and use of a female condom without being noticed by a drunk or "high" partner, long-term and/or clandestine use of cervical barriers, and the "contraceptive justification" to partners or clients initially unwilling to accede to use of a female barrier. Targeted, community-based outreach and educational efforts to this extremely hard-to-reach group as well as expanded public funding for women's methods are urgent priorities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10