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HIV Risk Behaviors of Gay and Bisexual Male Methamphetamine Users Contacted Through Street Outreach

NCJ Number
177026
Journal
Journal of Drug Issues Volume: 29 Issue: 1 Dated: Winter 1999 Pages: 155-166
Author(s)
C J Reback; C E Grella
Date Published
1999
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This article describes characteristics of 908 gay and bisexual male drug users contacted over a 12-month period through a street outreach HIV risk-reduction program in Hollywood, CA.
Abstract
More than one-third (37 percent) of the contacted individuals reported using methamphetamine in the previous 30 days; more than half of these (58 percent) reported injection drug use. Methamphetamine users were more likely to be white, to engage in sex work, to inject drugs and to have sex partners who injected drugs. Users were also less likely to have used condoms when engaged in high-risk sexual behavior and were more likely than non-users to have used other drugs within the previous 30 days. Methamphetamine use among gay and bisexual males compounds risk for HIV, and risk-reduction interventions to this population should address both high-risk drug and sexual behaviors within the broader context of gay male communities. Tables, references

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