       Document 0668
 DOCN  M9610668
 TI    Self-reports of HIV risk behavior by injecting drug users: are they
       reliable?
 DT    9601
 AU    Goldstein MF; Friedman SR; Neaigus A; Jose B; Ildefonso G; Curtis R;
       National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., New York, New; York
       10013, USA.
 SO    Addiction. 1995 Aug;90(8):1097-104. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96024235
 AB    While most studies of AIDS risk behavior rely on self-reports, few
       studies have assessed the reliability of these reports. The present
       study examines self-reports of drug-related and sexual risk behavior
       among pairs of injecting drug users (IDUs) recruited from the streets in
       New York City. Since both members of the pair were interviewed, it was
       possible to compare their responses in order to assess reliability.
       Subjects reported on their contacts' demographic data (age, gender,
       race/ethnicity) and on shared risk behaviors, including syringe sharing.
       Despite the private and/or illegal nature of AIDS risk behaviors, IDU
       subjects were generally reliable in their reports of both demographic
       and AIDS risk behaviors.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/PSYCHOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION  *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
       Male  Middle Age  Needle Sharing/PSYCHOLOGY  New York City  *Risk-Taking
       Sex Behavior  Substance Abuse, Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/*PSYCHOLOGY
       Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  Truth Disclosure  *Urban Population
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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