ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2013
Frequency of alcohol use in adolescence as a marker for subsequent sexual risk behavior in adulthood.
Article in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Primary Prevention of Drug Overdoses in Rural Low-Resource and Tribal Communities: A Cluster Randomized Trial.American journal of public health · 2025Trial
- Alcohol Use as a Predictor of Risky Sexual Behaviour among Young Adults in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Youths' Perceptions Of The Relation Between Alcohol Consumption And Risky Sexual Behaviour in the Western Cape, South Africa: A Qualitative Study.Child indicators research · 2022Article
- Alcohol and illicit drug consumption and the association with risky sexual behaviour among Swedish youths visiting youth health clinics.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2019Article
- Risk-Taking Behaviors and Sexual Violence Among Secondary School Students in Tanzania.Journal of community health · 2019Article
- Using marijuana, drinking alcohol or a combination of both: the association of marijuana, alcohol and sexual risk behaviour among adolescents.Sexual health · 2018Article
- AMP!: A Cross-site Analysis of the Effects of a Theater-based Intervention on Adolescent Awareness, Attitudes, and Knowledge about HIV.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Article
- Alcohol abuse increases the risk of HIV infection and diminishes health status of clients attending HIV testing services in Vietnam.Harm reduction journal · 2016Article
- Mutual relations between sleep deprivation, sleep stealers and risk behaviours in adolescents.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Article
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Abstract
purposeAlthough a number of studies have demonstrated an association between alcohol use frequency and sexual risk behavior, few have used longitudinal data. This study examined alcohol use frequency in adolescence as a predictor of HIV sexual risk behavior in adulthood.
methodsWe collected data among 1,368 participants in Colorado. During adolescence (time 1), respondents were asked about the frequency of using alcohol during the previous 12 months. In adulthood (time 2), the same respondents were asked about their sexual risk behavior during the previous 12 months. Sexual risk behavior items were used to construct an index, which was categorized to indicate low-, medium-, and high-risk study participants. The relationship between alcohol use patterns and risky sexual behavior was modeled using ordinal regression.
resultsCompared with individuals who drank no alcohol in the past 12 months at time 1, the odds of being in a higher risk group of sexual behavior as opposed to a lower one at time 2 were 1.56 (95% CI, 1.04-2.35) among those who drank 6-19 times. Similarly, the odds of being in a higher risk group relative to a lower one among those who drank ≥20 times or were 1.78 (95% CI, 1.05-3.02).
conclusionsAlcohol use patterns in adolescence may be useful markers for programs that aim to prevent risky sexual behavior. Based on alcohol intake patterns, it may be possible to identify frequent alcohol users that need to be targeted with appropriate alcohol use and HIV risk reduction messages.
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