In this study, sexual risk behavior of 104 incarcerated female drug users is examined. Findings demonstrate that incarcerated women who use drugs are at high risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection because of their behavior prior to arrest. During the month prior to arrest, the majority of respondents were sexually active. Half reported past sexual contacts with injecting drug users, and more than one-third had traded sex for money or drugs. Consistent with other studies, condom use was more frequent with casual or commercial partners. Those who traded sex for money were less likely to be white Anglo or regular heroin users, and more likely to be regular crack users and alcoholic, have fathers who were drug or alcohol users, and perceive themselves as at-risk for contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Holman, S; Sorin, M D; Crossette, J; LaChance-McCullough, M L;
Published Date:
1994 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(4):521-529
Description:
The New York State Department of Health began its Obstetrical HIV Counseling/Testing/Care Initiative in 1989. The objective of the initiative was to expand the availability of and access to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection counseling and ...
The authors describe a 3-year effort by a public health care system in a large metropolitan area to obtain Federal funds for treating patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). During that process, program planners moved incrementally f...
The goal of this study was to identify areas in which an influenza immunization campaign for seniors, sponsored by a health maintenance organization (HMO), could be improved. This study was conducted at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound (GHC), ...
Men attending four Seattle gay bars were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire including measures of sexual behavior, perceptions of peer norms in the area of sexual safety, personal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk estimate, and...
Taylor, V M; Taplin, S H; Urban, N; Mahloch, J; Majer, K A;
Published Date:
1994 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(4):491-499
Description:
The analysis, mobilization, and involvement of medical communities in two counties targeted for intervention by the Washington State Community Breast Cancer Screening Project is described. Principles of community organization were applied to the heal...
Little is known of the extent to which helper networks of frail older persons change over time and what factors are associated with change. Few national estimates of the scope of change exist to aid policy planners. This study provides national estim...
Lantz, Paula M.; Dupuis, Laurence; Reding, Douglas; Krauska, Michelle; Lappe, Karen;
Published Date:
1994 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(4):512-520
Description:
Hispanic migrant agricultural workers' exposure to pesticides and other agrichemicals places them at increased risk for a variety of acute and chronic conditions, including cancer. As a socioeconomically disadvantaged group, migrant workers also face...
McNutt, Louise-Anne; Strogatz, David S.; Coles, F. Bruce; Fehrs, Laura J.;
Published Date:
1994 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(4):567-570
Description:
To determine whether New York State's high ischemic heart disease mortality rate was due primarily to an urban effect, rates for regions in the State were compared with each other and with national data. New York State mortality rates for the period ...
Turnock, Bernard J.; Handler, Arden; Dyal, William W.; Christenson, Gregory; Vaughn, Edward H.; Rowitz, Louis; Munson, Judith W.; Balderson, Thomas, R.; Richards, Thomas B.;
Published Date:
1994 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(4):478-484
Description:
One of the most difficult forms of public health practice to characterize involves governmental public health agencies, especially at the local level. A lack of consensus within the public health community as to the purpose and content of organizatio...
Callahan, Callahan M.; Rivara, Frederock P.; Koepsell, Thomas D.;
Published Date:
1994 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(4):472-477
Description:
Community involvement in local firearms policy is advocated to be an important component of efforts to curtail violence. This report describes the first evaluation of one such effort, a gun buy-back program conducted in Seattle, WA, during the fall o...
The authors used vital statistics and population data for DeKalb County, GA, in an evaluation of the accuracy of the Consensus Health Status Indicator for assessing adolescent pregnancies and births. The indicator used was the number of births to fem...
Pegues, David A.; Engelgau, Michael M.; Woernle, Charles H.;
Published Date:
1994 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 109(4):530-538
Description:
Each year, it is estimated that from 350,000 to 739,000 U.S. infants are exposed in utero to one or more illicit drugs. To estimate the prevalence of and risk factors for illicit drug use by women of childbearing age in Alabama, during 2 months in 19...
Dudovitz, Rebecca N.; Chung, Paul J.; Elliott, Marc N.; Davies, Susan L.; Tortolero, Susan; Baumler, Elizabeth; Banspach, Stephen W.; Schuster, Mark A.;
Published Date:
Nov 19 2015
Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 12.
Description:
IntroductionStudies suggest students who are substantially older than the average age for their grade engage in risky health behaviors, including substance use. However, most studies do not account for the distinct reasons why students are old for th...
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.), Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.).
Published Date:
June 28, 2007
Series:
Advance data from vital and health statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics ; no. 384
Description:
"This report presents prevalence estimates for self-reported adult drug use and sexual behaviors in the United States. Data are from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) collected from 1999 to 2002. NHANES surveys a stratifie...