       Document 0580
 DOCN  M9590580
 TI    HIV risk behavior among homeless adults.
 DT    9509
 AU    St Lawrence JS; Brasfield TL; Community Health Program, Jackson State
       University, MS 39217,; USA.
 SO    AIDS Educ Prev. 1995 Feb;7(1):22-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95290332
 AB    Very little information is available regarding HIV risk behavior among
       homeless adults despite increasing evidence that HIV infection
       disproportionately affects inner-city residents and disadvantaged
       populations. In the present study, adults (N = 94) entering a storefront
       medical clinic for the homeless completed an AIDS risk survey. The
       results suggest that homeless adults are engaging in sexual and
       substance-use behaviors that place them at high risk for HIV infection.
       Sixty-nine percent of the present sample was at risk for HIV infection
       from either 1) unprotected intercourse with multiple partners, 2)
       intravenous drug use (IVDU), 3) sex with an IVDU partner, or 4)
       exchanging unprotected sex for money or drugs. Many persons within the
       sample evidenced multiple risk factors: 45% reported at least two of the
       risk factors described above and 26% reported three or more risk
       factors. The results suggest there is an urgent need to develop and
       evaluate AIDS-prevention strategies for homeless adults.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Alcoholism/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Female
       Health Education  Homeless Persons/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Human  HIV
       Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*TRANSMISSION  *Knowledge,
       Attitudes, Practice  Male  Middle Age  Mississippi/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Prostitution/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Risk Factors  Sex Behavior
       Substance Abuse, Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Support, U.S.
       Gov't, P.H.S.  Urban Population/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  JOURNAL
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