| Title | Comparing sexual risks and patterns of alcohol and drug use between injection drug users (IDUs) and non-IDUs who report sexual partnerships with IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Abdala, Nadia, Edward White, Olga V. Toussova, Tatiana V. Krasnoselskikh, Sergei Verevochkin, Andrei P. Kozlov, and Robert Heimer |
| Journal | BMC public health |
| Volume | 10 |
| Pagination | 676 |
| Date Published | 2010 |
| ISSN | 1471-2458 |
| Keywords | Adolescent, Adult, Alcohol Drinking, Female, HIV Infections, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Assessment, Russia, Sexual Partners, Substance Abuse, Intravenous, Unsafe Sex, Young Adult |
| Abstract | To date, the great majority of Russian HIV infections have been diagnosed among IDUs and concerns about the potential for a sexual transmission of HIV beyond the IDU population have increased. This study investigated differences in the prevalence of sexual risk behaviors between IDUs and non-IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia and assessed associations between substance use patterns and sexual risks within and between those two groups. |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11606-010-1323-z |
| Alternate Journal | BMC Public Health |
