TY - JOUR
T1 - Sale of sex for drugs and drugs for sex
T2 - An economic context of sexual risk behavior for STDs
AU - Baseman, Janet
AU - Ross, Michael
AU - Williams, Mark
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1999/9
Y1 - 1999/9
N2 - Background and Objectives: Persons who participate in behaviors such as drug use and buying or selling sex are at elevated risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STD)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Goals: To describe the economic structure supporting drug use and the buying and selling of sex services in two urban Houston communities. Study Design: Residents of two Houston communities participated in street-intercept interviews to obtain information on sex and drug use behaviors. Results: Many members of the population reported having bought or sold sex. A history of crack use significantly predicted the trading of sex for money and drugs, and sellers of sex were more likely to have engaged in recent high-risk sexual behavior than those who had never sold sex. Conclusion: The data are suggestive of an underground economy for the exchange of sex for drugs or money, the existence of which facilitates the spread of STDs in high-risk communities.
AB - Background and Objectives: Persons who participate in behaviors such as drug use and buying or selling sex are at elevated risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STD)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Goals: To describe the economic structure supporting drug use and the buying and selling of sex services in two urban Houston communities. Study Design: Residents of two Houston communities participated in street-intercept interviews to obtain information on sex and drug use behaviors. Results: Many members of the population reported having bought or sold sex. A history of crack use significantly predicted the trading of sex for money and drugs, and sellers of sex were more likely to have engaged in recent high-risk sexual behavior than those who had never sold sex. Conclusion: The data are suggestive of an underground economy for the exchange of sex for drugs or money, the existence of which facilitates the spread of STDs in high-risk communities.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007435-199909000-00005
DO - 10.1097/00007435-199909000-00005
M3 - Article
C2 - 10494935
AN - SCOPUS:0032850418
SN - 0148-5717
VL - 26
SP - 444
EP - 449
JO - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
JF - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
IS - 8
ER -