Drucker E, Schoenbaum EE, Webber MP, Stern LS, Vermund SH, Gayle H; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1989 Jun 4-9; 5: 178 (abstract no. A.604).
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
OBJECTIVE: To quantify the probability of heterosexual exposure to HIV-1 for non-IV drug using sexually active women in an area with high levels of HIV-1 (especially among males age 25-34); and to explain known differences in seroprevalence by age, geography, and race/ethnicity among women of childbearing age. METHOD: As part of an AIDS education and prevention project, we studied heterosexual contact patterns (HCP) of 429 non-IV drug using Black and Hispanic women receiving 1st trimester abortions at a clinic in the South Bronx (S.Bx). Structured interviews of these women between 4-7/88 elicited age, race/ethnicity (RACE), location of residence (RES), frequency of intercourse and drug use history of subjects (SUBJ) and their current sexual partners (CSP). RESULTS: TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME. CONCLUSIONS: This study of HCP in the S.Bx indicates close concordance of the RACE and RES of non-IVDU sexually active women with their CSP, and an age-specific pattern of increased exposure, for 20-34 year old women, to high risk males. These patterns of heterosexual exposure are consistent with known age, RACE, and geographic differences in seroprevalence levels in the S.Bx, and suggest that HCP may play an important role in determining such distinctions.
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Keywords:
- African Americans
- Continental Population Groups
- Ethnic Groups
- Female
- HIV-1
- Hispanic Americans
- Humans
- Male
- Pregnancy
- Seroepidemiologic Studies
- Sexual Partners
- Substance-Related Disorders
Other ID:
UI: 102176627
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