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16539573

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
As an ever-increasing number of people infected with HIV are living longer, healthier lives, concerns about continued transmission are growing along with an awareness of the need to develop "prevention for positives." This study of HIV-positive adults in New York City is the first examination of patterns of sexual behavior in a large, representative cohort of HIV-infected individuals followed over an extended time period. A total of 968 HIV-positive adults were interviewed every 6-12 months between 1994 and 2002 and reported considerable variability in sexual behaviors over time. Many persons were not sexually active at all for months at a time; some continued to have multiple partners. Over one third of the cohort had one or more periods when they had engaged in unprotected sex with a partner who was HIV-negative or status unknown (unsafe sex) and one in five reported exchanging sex. Periods of unsafe sex alternated with periods of safer sex. Predictors of sexual risk varied by gender, and among men who had sex with men, and men sexually active with women only. Contextual factors such as partner relations, housing status, and receipt of HIV services were as important as individual attributes as predictors of unsafe sex and sex exchange. The variability observed in sexual risk behavior reported over time provides new insight into the importance of engaging persons living with HIV in ongoing prevention programs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0899-9546
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
12-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Sexual behaviors and sexual risk in a prospective cohort of HIV-positive men and women in New York City, 1994-2002: implications for prevention.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Applied Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. aaa1@columbia.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't