Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 1100 Veterans Dr., Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2022 Aug;26(8):2548-2558. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03605-9. Epub 2022 Feb 1.
HIV/HCV risk behavior among women who use drugs is often exacerbated within high risk networks. The use of social media platforms such as Facebook to identify sex partners within these high-risk networks has not been examined among rural Appalachian women who use drugs. This paper provides an exploratory examination of Facebook use to identify sex partners among rural Appalachian women who use drugs, as well as associated risky sexual practices. Rural Appalachian women were randomly selected from two rural jails, consented, screened for eligibility (including drug use), and interviewed prior to jail release. Findings indicated that using Facebook to meet sex partners was associated with exchanging sex for drugs or money and having a male casual partner during the same time frame. These study findings suggest that the use of social media for high-risk sexual practices may provide a valuable platform for intervention delivery, particularly in resource-deprived areas where formal prevention and treatment services are limited.
HIV/HCV 风险行为在吸毒女性中经常在高风险网络中加剧。在使用社交媒体平台（如 Facebook）在这些高风险网络中识别性伴侣方面，尚未在使用毒品的农村阿巴拉契亚妇女中进行过研究。本文对使用 Facebook 在使用毒品的农村阿巴拉契亚妇女中识别性伴侣以及相关的危险性行为进行了探索性研究。农村阿巴拉契亚妇女是从两个农村监狱中随机挑选出来的，在监狱释放前同意、筛选资格（包括吸毒）并接受采访。研究结果表明，使用 Facebook 来寻找性伴侣与用性换取毒品或金钱以及在同一时间内拥有男性临时伴侣有关。这些研究结果表明，社交媒体在高危性行为方面的使用可能为干预措施的实施提供了一个有价值的平台，特别是在资源匮乏地区，那里的正规预防和治疗服务有限。
