Behavioural Surveillance Surveys - The Wisdom of Whores

FHI 2000 HIV/AIDS/STD BEHAVIORAL SURVEILLANCE SURVEY (BSS) FOR IDUs
Section 3: Needle and sharing behaviors
IN THE NEXT SECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT INJECTING YOUR
SELF OR BEING INJECTED BY SOMEONE ELSE. I AM INTERESTED IN THE TIMES YOU HAVE INJECTED
WITH NEEDLES OR SYRINGES THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN USED. LATER, I WILL ASK YOU ABOUT
THE TIMES YOU LET OTHER PEOPLE USE NEEDLES AND SYRINGES AFTER YOU HAD USED THEM.
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Q301 Think about the last time you YES 1
injected drugs. Did you use a NO 2
needle or syringe that had DON’T KNOW 8
previously been used by someone NO RESPONSE 9
else?
Q302 Think about the times you ALWAYS 1
injected drugs during the past MOST TIMES 2
one month. How often was it ABOUT HALF THE TIME 3
with a needle or syringe that had OCCASIONALLY 4
previously been used by someone NEVER 5
else? DON’T KNOW 8
NO RESPONSE 9
Q303
In the past one month, did you
ever share needles and syringes
with any of the following:
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MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE. YES NO DK NR
Your usual sexual partner 1 2 3 4
A sexual partner who you 1 2 3 4
did not know
A friend 1 2 3 4
A dealer 1 2 3 4
A professional injector 1 2 3 4
Someone in a shooting gallery 1 2 3 4
A fellow prisoner 1 2 3 4
Other___________________ 1 2 3 4
B EHAV I OR A L S U R V EI L L A NC E SURV EY S APPEN DI X 1
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