Gordon, Kendra Timpson, S., Williams, M., Bowen, A., Atkinson, J., & Ross, M. (2010).

Sexual activity in HIV-positive African American crack cocaine smokers. Archives Of Sexual Behavior, 39(6), 1353-1358. doi:10.1007/s10508-010-9653-9 This study sets out to measure the sexual activity of African American people who are both HIV positive and smoke crack cocaine. In the African American community the HIV virus is the leading killer. Smoking crack cocaine increases the chances of contracting HIV, also a being high on crack high brings an intense feeling of euphoria, which may lead to engaging in sexual behavior. The participants of this study had to have the following requirements: be African American, at least 18 years of age, HIV positive, had treatment for HIV for a minimum of three months, and used crack cocaine no less than seven days prior to the interview. They must also have had sex once in the past seven days . After the people conducting the study had their sample of people, the participants were asked to come to a data collection center and to bring some or all of the bottles of medications they were on. 225 people were screened for the study, but only 137 of them were eligible. The method that was used to collect the information was the Elicitation of Compliance and Adherence Behaviors Questionnaire (ECAB). This compilation of surveys measured sociodemographic characteristics, drug use, sexual behavior, condom use intentions and behaviors, STD and HIV infection history, and HIV medication and adherence history. Before the interview, the behaviors and actions of the participants were observed measured for seven months. The 137 participants had a total number of 1,266sexual partners thirty days prior to the interview, thats almost 9.2 sex partners per participant. Sex was conducted mostly for the trading of drugs, which was followed by sex for money, and casual partners. 29% reported to have no sexual partners,14% reported one sexual partner, while 58% reported two or more sexual partners. Women had a higher mean number of total drug trade partners. The majority of the participants did not practice safe sex, which puts a greater number of the sexual partners in danger of contracting HIV.