AEGiS-BKREV: Women, Drug Use, and HIV Infection

(BKREV) Women, Drug Use, and HIV Infection

Haworth Medical Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. 237p., bibliog., index. (Women and Health, v. 27, nos. 1/2, 1998). ISBN 0-7890-0351-1, 0-7890-0527-1pbk. $49.95, $19.95pbk.
edited by Sally J. Stevens, Stephanie Tortu, Susan L. Coyle. 1998.

"This volume brings together empirical findings from a multisite program of research on HIV infection among out-of-treatment drug users, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)." It highlights factors related to HIV infection among women, including drug injection, smoking crack cocaine, or are sex partners with individuals who use these drugs. The overview provides two papers: "Women's Drug Use and HIV Risk: Findings from NIDA's Cooperative Agreement for Community-Based Outreach/Intervention Research Program" and "Women Drug Users and HIV Prevention: Overview of Findings and Research Needs." The next section, "HIV Risk Behavior Change of Female Drug Users," has two papers: "HIV Sex and Drug Risk Behavior and Behavior Change in a National Sample of Injection Drug and Crack Cocaine Using Women" and "Effectiveness of HIV Interventions Among Women Drug Users." The "Single Site Descriptions" section, also, has two papers: "AIDS Risk Perception Among Women Drug Users in Hartford, CT" and Sex Partners of Alaskan Drug Users: HIV Transmission Between White Men and Alaska Native Women."

The section on "Contextual Variables in Women's HIV Risk Behaviors" has 4 papers: "A Comparison of HIV Risk Behaviors Among Women Drug Users from Two Cities in a Rural State," "Social Inferences: Living Arrangements of Drug Using Women at Risk for HIV Infection," "Differences in Condom Behaviors and Beliefs Among Female Drug Users Recruited from Two Cities," and "Violence and HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Female Sex Partners of Male Drug Users." The paper, "Urban Crack Users: Gender Differences in Drug Use, HIV Risk and Health Status" appears as part of the section on "Gender Differences in HIV Risk Behavior and Health Status of Drug Users." The last section, "A Unique Population of Women at Risk: Women Who Trade Sex for Money and Drugs," contains two papers: "Predictors of HIV Infection Among Women Drug Users in New York and Miami" and "Streets, Drugs, and Economy of Sex in the Age of AIDS."

This is an excellent book that is recommended for all medical and academic libraries. Research dealing with women and HIV/AIDS has not been high on the agenda of researchers. This book, therefore, is very important and provides an insight to the problems of women, drugs, and HIV/AIDS.

Keywords: Women; Risk Factors; Drug Use; Health Risk Assessment)

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