1. Contraceptive Use Among HIV-Infected Females with History of Injection Drug Use in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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West, Brooke S., Cheng, Debbie M., Toussova, Olga, Blokhina, Elena, Gnatienko, Natalia, Liu, Kan, Samet, Jeffrey H., and Raj, Anita
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INTRAVENOUS drug abuse ,CONDOMS ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,CONTRACEPTION ,HIV infections ,PSYCHOLOGY of HIV-positive persons ,BINGE drinking ,FAMILY planning - Abstract
Limited research examines family planning for HIV-infected women with a history of injection drug use. We describe modern contraceptive use and its association with heavy drinking and recent injection for HIV-infected females in St. Petersburg, Russia (N = 49): 22.4% (n = 11) used traditional methods and 30.6% (n = 15) reported modern contraceptive use, which consisted primarily of condoms (26.5%, n = 13). Over 63% (n = 31) had an abortion. Observed associations for heavy alcohol use (AOR = 2.36, CI = 0.53, 12.41) and recent injection drug use (AOR = 2.88, CI = 0.60, 16.92) were clinically notable, but not statistically significant. Prioritizing family planning for HIV-infected women with a history of substance use is urgently needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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