PMID- 25876867
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150520
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 0254-6450 (Print)
IS  - 0254-6450 (Linking)
VI  - 36
IP  - 1
DP  - 2015 Jan
TI  - [Prevalence and network-characteristics of risky sexual behaviors among clients 
      receiving methadone maintenance treatment at clinics in Taizhou prefecture of 
      Zhejiang province].
PG  - 57-60
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the risky sexual behaviors, associated factors and 
      characteristics of sexual network among clients receiving methadone maintenance 
      treatment (MMT) at the clinics in Taizhou prefecture of Zhejiang province. 
      METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Data was collected through 
      questionnaire and from the national unified MMT system. Urine was collected to 
      test heroin, methamphetamine, 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and 
      ketamine. Blood was collected to test infections on HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV) 
      and syphilis. RESULTS: Totally, 362 clients were recruited. Most of the clients 
      were male (88.7%), 31-40 year-olds (54.5%), married (61.6%) and having received 
      junior high school education (56.6%). 85.1% of them received urine test with 
      82(26.6%)positive for heroin, 21 (6.8%) positive for methamphetamine, 19(6.2%) 
      positive for MDMA and none for ketamine. 77.1% of them received blood test, and 
      prevalence rates for HIV, HCV and syphilis were 1.1% , 36.7% and 3.6% . 19.5% of 
      the clients who had sex in the past 6 months. Factors as having multiple sexual 
      partners and positive for club drugs were under higher risk. Sexual networking 
      seemed to be loose, linear and acyclic among this population but overlapping with 
      the drug-using network. CONCLUSION: Effective and targeted interventions should 
      be taken among the MMT clients since continuing drug use and HIV/STD related 
      sexual behavior were found common in them, suggesting there was a risk of HIV/STD 
      transmission in this population.
FAU - Bai, Hongling
AU  - Bai H
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key 
      Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200032, 
      China.
FAU - Wu, Qionghai
AU  - Wu Q
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key 
      Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200032, 
      China; Taizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
FAU - Shen, Weiwei
AU  - Shen W
AD  - Taizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
FAU - Gao, Meiyang
AU  - Gao M
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key 
      Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200032, 
      China.
FAU - Ding, Yingying
AU  - Ding Y
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key 
      Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200032, 
      China.
FAU - Lin, Haijiang
AU  - Lin H
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key 
      Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200032, 
      China; Taizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Email: 
      linhaijiang@hotmail.com.
FAU - He, Na
AU  - He N
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key 
      Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200032, 
      China; Email: nhe@shmu.edu.cn.
LA  - chi
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - China
TA  - Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
JT  - Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi
JID - 8208604
RN  - UC6VBE7V1Z (Methadone)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - China/epidemiology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/*epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Methadone/*therapeutic use
MH  - Opiate Substitution Treatment
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk-Taking
MH  - *Sexual Behavior
MH  - Substance-Related Disorders
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Syphilis/epidemiology
MH  - *Unsafe Sex
EDAT- 2015/04/17 06:00
MHDA- 2015/05/21 06:00
CRDT- 2015/04/17 06:00
PHST- 2015/04/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/04/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/05/21 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2015 Jan;36(1):57-60.