Factors associated with sexual risk behaviors in women drug users: A review study

Factors associated with sexual risk behaviors in women drug users: A review study
Hadis Sourinejad,¹ Mahnaz Noroozi,^2,* Fariba Taleghani,³ Gholam Reza Kheirabadi,⁴
1. Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2. Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3. Department of Adult Health Nursing, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
4. Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Introduction: Substance use is known as an important underlying factor in the occurrence of risky sexual behaviors, while risky sexual behaviors can lead to STIs and HIV / AIDS, especially in women. Understanding the specific factors associated with sexual risk behaviors in women drug users can help identify high-risk individuals as the target group of interventions, and information on how to change the risk in this group of people Provide. Therefore, the present review study was conducted to identify the factors associated with sexual risk behaviors in women using drugs.
Methods: In the present review study to find research-related studies, in the period 2000 to 2019 from the Persian databases SID and magiran as well as English databases including Pubmed, Scopus, Elsevier, Weily online library, Web Of Sciences and Google Scholar search engine. Keywords including Sexual behavior, Unsafe sex, Drug users, Substance-related disorders, Women, Sexual risks, High-risk sexual behavior, HIV sexual behaviors substance use, risky sex, were searched. Out of 680 articles, 21 articles were eligible for research and were selected for this study
Results: The results of various studies addressing major issues in this group of women, including (1) the role of socio-demographic factors, (2) substance use, (3) engaging in sexual work (being a sex worker), ( 4) characteristics related to sexual partner, (5) gender roles, (6) love and trust, and (7) psychiatric problems. Although many of these factors seem to be interrelated and impossible to separate, the impact of some of these factors is more prominent and should be given more attention.
Conclusion: Given that it can be predicted that women will make up a large number of drug users in the future, and the accompaniment and formation of risky sexual behaviors in women users is significant and undeniable, so taking into account the factors And the factors obtained from the above study and the identification of high-risk individuals, as well as the necessary interventions in this field, can be hoped to some extent to prevent the formation of such behaviors in women drug users.
Keywords: sexual behavior, Unsafe Sex, Drug Users, Substance-Related Disorders, women