       Document 0218
 DOCN  M9620218
 TI    Predictors of maintained high-risk behaviors among impoverished women.
 DT    9602
 AU    Nyamathi AM; Bennett C; Leake B; School of Nursing, University of
       California at Los Angeles; 90095-6918, USA.
 SO    Public Health Rep. 1995 Sep-Oct;110(5):600-6. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/96073584
 AB    The researchers sought to explore and describe the demographic,
       cognitive, psychosocial, and behavioral factors associated with the
       continued risky behavior of a convenience sample of homeless and
       drug-addicted women two to four weeks after they had completed an AIDS
       education program. The sample included 942 crack users and 767 women who
       had multiple sex partners. Analyses revealed that impoverished women who
       maintained multiple sexual partners were less likely to be in drug
       recovery programs than in homeless shelters. They were more likely to
       share needles and be involved sexually with male injection drug users
       compared with impoverished women who did not maintain multiple sexual
       partners. Persistent crack users were older than those who reported
       cessation of crack use, were more often African American, and were more
       likely to have sex partners who were injecting drug users. Women who
       demonstrated less improvement in depression and distress scores,
       concerns, use of affective coping, appraisal of threat, and social
       support were more likely to maintain crack use and multiple partners.
       The study's implications for the design of intervention programs aimed
       at risk reduction based on ethnicity are discussed.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Adult  *Crack
       Cocaine  Female  *Health Behavior  Health Education/*ORGANIZATION &
       ADMIN  Homeless Persons/PSYCHOLOGY  Human  *Poverty  Predictive Value of
       Tests  Program Evaluation  Racial Stocks  *Risk-Taking  Substance
       Dependence/COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY/*REHABILITATION  Support, U.S.
       Gov't, P.H.S.  CLINICAL TRIAL  JOURNAL ARTICLE  RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
       TRIAL

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