Intimate relationships and patterns of drug and sexual risk behaviors among people who inject drugs in Kazakhstan: A latent class analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple drug and sexual risk behaviors among people who inject drugs (PWID) in intimate relationships increase the risk of HIV and HCV transmission. Using data on PWID in intimate partnerships in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this study performed latent class analysis (LCA) on drug and sexual risk behaviors and estimated associations between dyadic relationship factors and membership in latent classes.

Methods

LCA was performed on a sample of 510 PWID (181-females/FWID, 321-males/MWID) to identify levels of drug and sexual risk behaviors. Generalized structural equation modeling with multinomial regressions estimated associations between relationship factors (length risk reduction communication, risk reduction self-efficacy) and class membership after adjusting for substan

SUBMITTER: Marotta PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6415908 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature