AIDS Risk Perception Among Women Drug Users in Hartford, CT
- 6 June 1998
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Women & Health
- Vol. 27 (1-2) , 67-85
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j013v27n01_05
Abstract
This paper reports the findings of a study of congruence between AIDS risk perception and risk behavior in a sample of outreach-recruited out-of-treatment injection and non-injection crack cocaine using women in Hartford, CT. While rates of drug- and sex-related AIDS risk were high in this sample, perception of risk was low among many of the respondents. Variation in risk perception reflects sociodemographic differences in the sample, with those women who were most socially isolated exhibiting the greatest incongruence between personal risk and risk perception. Women who have had contact with health or social service programs were the most likely to report reductions in risk behavior.Keywords
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