Sex Partners of Alaskan Drug Users: HIV Transmission Between White Men and Alaska Native Women

SUMMARY

This study describes patterns of sexual behavior and condom use in a sample of 1125 Black, White, and Alaska Native drug users. Data are self-reports of recent sexual behavior, including descriptions of (up to) the five most recent sex partners. This provided information on 1116 sex partner pairs, of which at least one partner was a drug user. Sex partner pairs involving a white man and an Alaska Native woman were frequently reported. Level of condom use within these pairs was significantly lower than within all other pairs. The implications of a potential vector of HIV transmission from White, drug using men to Alaska Native women are discussed.