@article{232e5fed5c754196b32f458a5b003665,
title = "Gender differences in the rates and correlates of hiv risk behaviors among drug abusers",
abstract = "This study examined gender differences in the rates and correlates of HIV risk behaviors among 1,429 clients participating in multi-site trials throughout the United States between 2001 and 2005 as part of the National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded Clinical Trials Network. Women engaged in higher risk sexual behaviors. Greater alcohol use and psychiatric severity were associated with higher risk behaviors for women, while impaired social relations were associated with decreased risk for men. Specific risk factors were differentially predictive of HIV risk behaviors for women and men, highlighting the need for gender-specific risk-reduction interventions. Limitations of the study are discussed.",
keywords = "HIV risk behavior, gender, sex risk, substance user treatment, women",
author = "Audrey Brooks and Meade, {Christina S.} and Potter, {Jennifer Sharpe} and Yuliya Lokhnygina and Calsyn, {Donald A.} and Greenfield, {Shelly F.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors wish to thank Paul Wakim for his participation in discussions of analytic strategy and overall study design. This work was supported by a series of grants as part of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network U10 DA15815 (California-Arizona node), U10 DA015831 (Northern New England node), U10 DA13714 (Pacific Northwest node), N01DA-5-220 (Duke Clinical Research Institute), T32DA01536, NIDA K23DA022297, and NIDA K24DA 019855. An earlier version of this paper was presented at CPDD annual meeting June, 2009, Reno, NV. Funding Information: Christina S. Meade, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University School of Medicine and a member of the Duke Global Health Institute, the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, and the Duke Center for AIDS Research. Dr. Meade has been funded by the NIDA, NIMH, and NIAID and the American Foundation for AIDS Research to conduct a series of studies examining predictors of HIV risk behavior in adults with substance use and psychiatric disorders, and the relationship between mental health and continued risk behavior in HIV-positive adults. She has a particular interest in the effects of gender and poverty on health outcomes. Funding Information: Dr. Shelly F. Greenfield, M.D., M.P.H., is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, chief academic officer of McLean Hospital, and director, clin-ical and health services research and education, division of alcohol and drug abuse, McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA. Dr. Greenfield serves as principal investigator and co-investigator on federally funded research focusing on treatment for substance use disorders, gender differences in substance disorders, and health services for substance disorders. She is a current recipient of a career award in patient-oriented research from National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and a past recipient of a NIDA-funded early career award. Dr. Greenfield serves as the director of the Harvard Medical School/Partners Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship. She is a member of the board of directors of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and is the editor-in-chief of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry. Dr. Greenfield serves on the addiction psychiatry committee of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She has been elected to the American College of Psychiatrists and is a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.",
year = "2010",
month = oct,
doi = "10.3109/10826084.2010.490928",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "45",
pages = "2444--2469",
journal = "Substance Use and Misuse",
issn = "1082-6084",
publisher = "Informa Healthcare",
number = "14",
}