The authors conducted a meta-analysis of 150 studies in which the risk-taking tendencies of
male and female participants were compared. Studies were coded with respect to type of …

Social inequalities lie at the heart of risk of HIV infection among women in the United States.
As of December, 1995, 71,818 US women had developed AIDS-defining diagnoses. These …

Female injection drug users (IDUs) represent a large proportion of persons infected with HIV
in the United States, and women who inject drugs have a high incidence of hepatitis B virus …

Aim To examine the scientific evidence regarding the association between characteristics of
social networks of injection drug users (IDUs) and the sharing of drug injection equipment …

Harm reduction emerged in the 1980s as a public health response to HIV and injecting drug
use. This paper reviews the literature to structure the harms associated with sex work and …

Health communication, as an area of theory, research, and practice, focuses on the
relationships between communication and health, health attitudes and beliefs, and health …

Abstract Background In Iran, there are an estimated 200,000 injecting drug users (IDUs).
Injecting drug use is a relatively new phenomenon for this country, where opium smoking …

Aims. To estimate the extent and nature of overdose and factors associated with overdose
among injecting drug users in London. Design. Three hundred and twelve current injecting …

Our primary objective was to examine the relationship between methamphetamine use and
sexual risk-taking behaviors—number of sexual partners, frequency of sexual behaviors with …

The study of social networks has become an increasingly utilized method of examining the
relationship between injection drug users' social environment and risk of HIV. This study …