Author | Dias, Paulo Roberto Telles Pires | |
Author | Bastos, Francisco Inácio Pinkusfeld Monteiro | |
Author | Guydish, Joseph | |
Author | Inciardi, James A. | |
Author | Surratt, Hilary R. | |
Author | Pearl, Michelle | |
Author | Hearst, Norman | |
Access date | 2010-08-23T16:58:45Z | pt_BR |
Access date | 2010-11-04T14:20:00Z | |
Available date | 2010-11-04T14:20:00Z | |
Document date | 1997 | |
Citation | TELLES, Paulo R., et al. Risk behavior and HIV seroprevalence among injecting drug users in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AIDS, v.11 suppl 1, p.S35-S42, 1997 | en_US |
ISSN | 1350-2840 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/746 | |
Abstract in Portuguese | Objective: To characterize HIV seroprevalence and reisk behavior among injecting drug users (IDUS) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 1990 and 1996. Design: We report data from three separate cross-sectional samples of IDUS in Rio de Janeiro: the World Health Organization (WHO) sample (n=479), the Proviva sample (n=138) and thr Brasil sample (n=110). These data provide the most comprehensive view available, to date, of this understudied population im Rio. Methods: Demographic characteristics, HIV/AIDS risk behavior and HIV seroprevalence were compared across the three samples and combined analyses were performed to determine the factors associated with injecting risk behavior, sexual risk behavior and HIV seropositivity. Results: The overal HIV seroprevalence among IDUS 25%. Two encouraging findings of the present analysis were the lower levels of needle-sharing among participants recruited in the latest years (1995-1996) andthe lower HIV serprevalence in the Proviva sample composed mainly of less educated, poorer IDUS living im deprived neighborhoods. No trends toward safer behavior were foundfor sexual risk, younger age being the principal factor associated with high risk. Conclusions: Levels of needle-sharing and sexual risk among IDUS in Rio remain high, demonstrating the urgent need to increase the limites preventive measures under-taken so far. Seroprevalence levels for HIV remain significantly lower in the most deprived sample, arguing for the fundamental importance of prompt and effective prevention strategies to keep infections rates from rising among the poorest and largest strata of Rio's IDUS. | en_US |
Sponsorship | The WHO project reported here was sponsored by PSA/WHO and was also supported by the State University of Rio de janeiro (UERJ). Projeto Brasil was sponsored by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. P.R.T. is the recipient of a PhD scholarship from the Rio de Janeiro State Reseaech ouncil (FAPERJ) of Brazil. F.I.B. was supported by FAPERJ grant 2A, 1994/7. The Proviva Project was supported by grant UO1DA08510 from the United States Departament of Health and Human Services, Nacional Institute of Drug Abuse. | en_US |
Language | eng | en_US |
Publisher | Rapid Science Publishers | en_US |
Rights | open access | en_US |
Subject in Portuguese | Aids | en_US |
Subject in Portuguese | HIV | en_US |
Subject in Portuguese | injecting drug use | en_US |
Subject in Portuguese | Brazil | en_US |
Title | Risk behavior and HIV seroprevalence among injecting drug users in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | en_US |
Type | Article | en_US |
Affilliation | Nucleo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Atenção ao uso de Drogas (NEPAD), State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
Affilliation | Departamento de Informações para a Saúde/Centro de Informação en Ciencia e Tecnologia, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de janeiro, Brazil | |
Affilliation | Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA | |
Affilliation | Comprehensive Drug Research Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida | |
Affilliation | Comprehensive Drug Research Center, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida | |
Affilliation | Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA | |
Affilliation | Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA | |