Prevalence and network-characteristics of risky sexual behaviors among clients receiving methadone maintenance treatment at clinics in Taizhou prefecture of Zhejiang province
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2015.01.014
- VernacularTitle:浙江省台州市美沙酮维持治疗就诊者性行为及其网络特征研究
- Author:
Hongling BAI
1
;
Qionghai WU
;
Weiwei SHEN
;
Meiyang GAO
;
Yingying DING
;
Haijiang LIN
;
Na HE
Author Information
1. 公共卫生安全教育部重点实验室
- Keywords:
Methadone maintenance treatment;
New-type drugs;
Risky sexual behavior;
Sexual network
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2015;36(1):57-60
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
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 vims(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 ppulation.
