Sairus Faruque
Biographic Data
| ID | 7180575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sairus Faruque |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sairus |
| FAMILY NAME | Faruque |
| SIGNATURE | FARUQUE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | c Comprehensive Drug Research Cenler, University of Miami , Miami , Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sex Trading and Psychological Distress in a Street-Based Sample of Low-Income Urban Men
This article examines the relationship between sex trading and psychological distress and assesses sexual human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors and HIV seroprevalence in a sample of young men recruited from the streets of Harlem. The authors interviewed 477 men, aged 18 to 29 years, of whom 43 (9.0%) had received money or drugs in exchange for sex in the preceding 30 days and were categorized as sex traders. Psychological distress was…
Sex trading and psychological distress among women recruited from the streets of Harlem
OBJECTIVES: This study examines the relationship between sex trading and psychological distress and the implications of that relationship for prevention of human immunodeficiency virus among a sample of young women recruited from the streets of Harlem. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with 346 predominantly drug-using women, aged 18 to 29 years, of whom 176 had exchanged sex for money or drugs in the previous 30 days and were categorized as "se…
Intersecting Epidemics -- Crack Cocaine Use and HIV Infection among Inner-City Young Adults
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The smoking of "crack" cocaine is thought to be associated with high-risk sexual practices that accelerate the spread of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We studied 2323 young adults, 18 to 29 years of age, who smoked crack regularly or who had never smoked crack. The study participants, recruited from the streets of inner-city neighborhoods in New York, Miami, and San Francisco, were interviewed and …
High-Risk Sex Behavior Among Young Street-Recruited Crack Cocaine Smokers in Three American Cities
Since crack cocaine appeared in urban areas in the United States in the mid-1980s, reports have suggested that crack smokers may be at increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including infection with HIV, because they have multiple sex partners, trade sex for money or drugs, and rarely use condoms. A cross-sectional survey is being conducted in urban neighborhoods in Miami, New York and San Francisco--where crack use is common--to…
Sex trading and psychological distress among women recruited from the streets of Harlem
OBJECTIVES: This study examines the relationship between sex trading and psychological distress and the implications of that relationship for prevention of human immunodeficiency virus among a sample of young women recruited from the streets of Harlem. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with 346 predominantly drug-using women, aged 18 to 29 years, of whom 176 had exchanged sex for money or drugs in the previous 30 days and were categorized as "se…
High-Risk Sex Behavior Among Young Street-Recruited Crack Cocaine Smokers in Three American Cities
Since crack cocaine appeared in urban areas in the United States in the mid-1980s, reports have suggested that crack smokers may be at increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including infection with HIV, because they have multiple sex partners, trade sex for money or drugs, and rarely use condoms. A cross-sectional survey is being conducted in urban neighborhoods in Miami, New York and San Francisco--where crack use is common--to…
Intersecting Epidemics -- Crack Cocaine Use and HIV Infection among Inner-City Young Adults
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The smoking of "crack" cocaine is thought to be associated with high-risk sexual practices that accelerate the spread of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We studied 2323 young adults, 18 to 29 years of age, who smoked crack regularly or who had never smoked crack. The study participants, recruited from the streets of inner-city neighborhoods in New York, Miami, and San Francisco, were interviewed and …
Sex trading and psychological distress among women recruited from the streets of Harlem
OBJECTIVES: This study examines the relationship between sex trading and psychological distress and the implications of that relationship for prevention of human immunodeficiency virus among a sample of young women recruited from the streets of Harlem. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with 346 predominantly drug-using women, aged 18 to 29 years, of whom 176 had exchanged sex for money or drugs in the previous 30 days and were categorized as "se…
Sex Trading and Psychological Distress in a Street-Based Sample of Low-Income Urban Men
This article examines the relationship between sex trading and psychological distress and assesses sexual human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors and HIV seroprevalence in a sample of young men recruited from the streets of Harlem. The authors interviewed 477 men, aged 18 to 29 years, of whom 43 (9.0%) had received money or drugs in exchange for sex in the preceding 30 days and were categorized as sex traders. Psychological distress was…
Demography (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Sex work and related issues (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Crack cocaine (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Distress (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works)