TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of homelessness on recent sex trade among pregnant women in drug treatment
AU - Brown, Qiana L.
AU - Cavanaugh, Courtenay E.
AU - Penniman, Typhanye V.
AU - Latimer, William W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by National Institute of Drug Abuse grants T32DA007292 and R01DA020929. The authors report no conflicts of interest. All authors contributed significantly to the development of this article.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - This study is a secondary data analysis aimed to examine the influence of recent homelessness on recent sex trade among pregnant women in drug treatment after controlling for psychiatric comorbidity, age, education and race. Eighty-one pregnant women from a drug treatment programme in Baltimore, Maryland, attended an in-person interview and completed the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders-IV for Axis I disorders, the HIV Risk Behaviour Interview and demographic questionnaires, which assessed psychiatric symptoms, recent homelessness and sexual risk behaviour, respectively. Women who experienced recent homelessness had a 4.74 greater odds of having recently traded sex than women who had not been recently homeless, suggesting that homelessness uniquely influences sex trade beyond psychiatric status, which was also a significant correlate of recent sex trade. Addressing both homelessness and psychiatric problems may effectively reduce sex trade and risk for infectious diseases, which could adversely impact maternal and child health outcomes.
AB - This study is a secondary data analysis aimed to examine the influence of recent homelessness on recent sex trade among pregnant women in drug treatment after controlling for psychiatric comorbidity, age, education and race. Eighty-one pregnant women from a drug treatment programme in Baltimore, Maryland, attended an in-person interview and completed the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders-IV for Axis I disorders, the HIV Risk Behaviour Interview and demographic questionnaires, which assessed psychiatric symptoms, recent homelessness and sexual risk behaviour, respectively. Women who experienced recent homelessness had a 4.74 greater odds of having recently traded sex than women who had not been recently homeless, suggesting that homelessness uniquely influences sex trade beyond psychiatric status, which was also a significant correlate of recent sex trade. Addressing both homelessness and psychiatric problems may effectively reduce sex trade and risk for infectious diseases, which could adversely impact maternal and child health outcomes.
KW - Drug dependence
KW - HIV
KW - Mental health
KW - Sexual behaviour
KW - Women
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U2 - 10.3109/14659891.2011.583309
DO - 10.3109/14659891.2011.583309
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84860800089
SN - 1465-9891
VL - 17
SP - 287
EP - 293
JO - Journal of Substance Use
JF - Journal of Substance Use
IS - 3
ER -