Ritu Mishra|Deepika Ganju|Sowmya Ramesh|Melody Lalmuanpuii|Biangtung Langkham|Chumben Humtsoe|Niranjan Saggurti
HIV risk behaviors of male injecting drug users and associated non-condom use with regular female sexual partners in north-east India
Emmanuel Hospital Association|Population Council|Population Council|Emmanuel Hospital Association|Emmanuel Hospital Association|Emmanuel Hospital Association|Population Council
context increasing hiv prevalence among women regular sexual partnerships paper examines relationship male injecting drug users idus risky injecting practices sexual risk behaviors casual partners inconsistent condom use regular partnersdata drawn behavioral tracking survey conducted 2009 1712 male idus two districts manipur nagaland states northeast india idus risky behaviors determined using two measures ever shared needlessyringes engaged unprotected sex casual paidunpaid female partners past 12 months inconsistent condom use regular sexual partners wifegirlfriend past 12 months assessed terms noncondom use sexual encountermore onequarter idus shared needlessyringes 40 casual sexual partner among casual sexual partners 65 reported inconsistent condom use partners idus shared needlessyringes likely engage unprotected sex regular partners 95 vs 87 adjusted 231 95 ci 130409 similarly idus reported inconsistent condom use casual partners likely report unprotected sex regular partners 97 vs 66 adjusted 1814 95 ci 6824821idus engage risky injecting andor sexual behaviors casual partners also report noncondom use regular sex partners suggesting high likelihood hiv transmission idus regular sexual partners risk reduction programs idus need include communication condom use relationships effort achieve goal zero new infections