Histories of Childhood Trauma and the Effects on Risky HIV Behaviors in a Sample of Women Drug Users

A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the association between childhood trauma and current human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors of 181 active illicit-drug-using women in San Antonio, Texas. We found very few statistically significant associations, which could be explained by...

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Published in:The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse 1999-11, Vol.25 (4), p.593-606
Main Authors: Medrano, Martha A., Desmond, David P., Zule, William A., Hatch, John P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Child Abuse
Childhood Factors
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demography
Drug Abuse
Drug addiction
Drug use
Female
Females
Health risk assessment
HIV
HIV Infections - etiology
HIV Infections - prevention & control
HIV Infections - psychology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Injections
Medical sciences
Needle Sharing
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health
Risk Factors
Risk-Taking
Sexual Behavior
Substance-Related Disorders - complications
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Texas
Women
Women's Health
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Summary:A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the association between childhood trauma and current human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors of 181 active illicit-drug-using women in San Antonio, Texas. We found very few statistically significant associations, which could be explained by (a) childhood trauma subtypes not being mutually exclusive, (b) clustering of mild-to-severe forms of abuse, and (c) childhood trauma having an indirect, rather than direct, effect on HIV risk behavior. Public health implications from this study are that prevention programs need to consider past and current individual and environmental factors that influence HIV sexual risk behaviors in women drug users.
ISSN:0095-2990
1097-9891
DOI:10.1081/ADA-100101881