Drug use, travel and HIV risk.

Abstract A study was conducted to examitre the travel experiences of a community sample of 160 dnrg users and 44 non-users recruited as part of a study of HIV risk. Of the sample, 47% (96/204) reported intercity travel in the previous ten years. Results showed that men were more likely to travel that women, Anglos more than minorities, and young persons more than old. When travellers testing HIV-seroposirive (n=13) were compared with seronegative travellers, HIV-positive travellers reported more sex while travelliilg than HIV-negative persons, but virtually all of the difference reported involved sex with condoms. There were no significant differences in sex risk behaviours while travelling between drug users and non-drug users, or in sex risk behaviors between drug injectors and non-injectors, Travellers had fewer injection partners while travelling than they had while at home. There was also a sigzifcant difference in number of sex partners with whom a condom was not used, with fewer sex partners while ...