caa a22 4500 469048905 CHVBK 20180323132824.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01321576 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01321576 Exchanging sex for crack-cocaine: A comparison of women from rural and urban communities [Elektronische Daten] [Mary Forney, James Inciardi, Dorothy Lockwood] Studies of the HIV risks of crack-cocaine using women have focused on those living in the inner city, urban areas of the country. However, reports indicate that the rates of syphilis and HIV infection have shown greater increases in rural areas than in urban ones. This paper reports the findings of a comparative study of 60 female crack-cocaine users, 25 from rural southeast Georgia and 35 from Miami, Florida, to determine their drug using and sexual practices, as well as their knowledge about AIDS and HIV transmission. Their patterns of initial and continuous drug use were similar, as were their sexual practices. However, the Miami women were more likely to have had a greater number of sexual partners than the Georgia women. Both groups were knowledgeable about AIDS and the transmission of HIV, yet all participated in activities that put them at high risk for HIV infection and transmission. Some 12 percent of the 60 respondents reported testing positive for HIV. The study suggests that at least within these populations, there are few differences between rural and urban crack using women in terms of their crack use, sexual practices, and potential for HIV infection and transmission. Human Sciences Press, Inc., 1992 Forney Mary aut Inciardi James Division of Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 19716, Newark, Delaware aut Lockwood Dorothy aut Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 17/2(1992-04-01), 73-85 0094-5145 17:2<73 1992 17 10900 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01321576 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01321576 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Forney Mary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Inciardi James Division of Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, 19716, Newark, Delaware aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lockwood Dorothy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 17/2(1992-04-01), 73-85 0094-5145 17:2<73 1992 17 10900 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer