Amadora-Nolasco Fiscalina, Alburo René E, Aguilar Elmira Judy T, Trevathan Wenda R
University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2002 Jun;21(2):137-43. doi: 10.1080/09595230220139037.
Injecting drug users (IDU) represent a small fraction of the HIV and AIDS cases in the Philippines. To determine if these people are engaging in behaviors that put them at risk for HIV, interviews were conducted with 360 male IDUs in Cebu City, Philippines, from 1997 to 1999, as part of a national surveillance system. The interviews assessed knowledge about HIV transmission, sources of information about HIV/AIDS, perceived risks of contracting HIV, needle-sharing practices, condom use, self-reported signs and symptoms of STDs and number of sex partners. Although most of the men were able to recognize behaviors accurately that put them at risk for HIV, more than two-thirds claimed that they shared needles and almost two-thirds of those who were sexually active claimed that they never used condoms. Intervention strategies must be developed for this population if the nation is to avoid the dramatic increase in HIV infection among IDUs that has been witnessed in neighboring Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia and Vietnam.
注射吸毒者在菲律宾的艾滋病毒和艾滋病病例中占比很小。为了确定这些人是否有使他们面临感染艾滋病毒风险的行为，1997年至1999年期间，作为国家监测系统的一部分，对菲律宾宿务市的360名男性注射吸毒者进行了访谈。访谈评估了他们对艾滋病毒传播的了解、关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病的信息来源、感染艾滋病毒的感知风险、共用针头行为、避孕套使用情况、自我报告的性传播感染症状以及性伴侣数量。尽管大多数男性能够准确识别使他们面临感染艾滋病毒风险的行为，但超过三分之二的人声称他们共用针头，近三分之二有性行为的人声称他们从未使用过避孕套。如果该国要避免像马来西亚和越南等东南亚邻国那样出现注射吸毒者中艾滋病毒感染大幅增加的情况，就必须为这一人群制定干预策略。
