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ArticleAIDS and behavior2016

Alcohol Use and Associated Sexual and Substance Use Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Moscow, Russia.

A L Wirtz, C E Zelaya, C Latkin, R Stall, A Peryshkina, N Galai, V Mogilniy, P Dzhigun, I Kostetskaya, C Beyrer

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Article in AIDS and behavior, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A L WirtzDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA. awirtz1@jhu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2063-1534
C E ZelayaDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
C LatkinDepartment of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
R StallDepartment of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
A PeryshkinaAIDS Infoshare, Moscow, Russian Federation.
N GalaiDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
V MogilniyAIDS Infoshare, Moscow, Russian Federation.
P DzhigunAIDS Infoshare, Moscow, Russian Federation.
I KostetskayaAIDS Infoshare, Moscow, Russian Federation.
C BeyrerDepartment of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Vaccine Response and Immunotherapeutics SWGP30AI094189 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Richard E. Chaisson · 2012 to 2026
$67.0M
High Risk Men: Identity, Health Risks, HIV/AIDSR01MH085574 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BEYRER, CHRISTOPHER C. · 2009 to 2013
$2.7M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI094189NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH085574NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH085574-01A2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol use is a public health problem in the Russian Federation. This study explored relationships between alcohol use and behavioral risks for HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Moscow, Russia. Alcohol use disorder identification test (AUDIT) scores for 1367 MSM participating in a cross-sectional survey and HIV testing were categorized to: "abstinence/low use", "hazardous use", "harmful use/dependency". Multiple logistic regression models compared dependent variables for sexual and drug use behaviors across alcohol use strata. Hazardous and harmful/dependent alcohol use were significantly associated with high-risk sexual behaviors and drug use. Harmful use/dependency was associated with an increased odds of having more than five male sex partners (last 12 months; adjusted odds ratios-AOR 1.69; 95 % CI 1.25-2.27), inconsistent condom use during anal intercourse (AOR 2.19; 95 % CI 1.61-2.96) and, among those using recreational drugs, injection drug use (last month; AOR 4.38: 95 % CI 1.13-17.07) compared to abstinent/low-level users. Harmful/dependent use was marginally associated with HIV infection (AOR 1.48; 95 % CI 0.97-2.25). HIV prevention efforts for MSM in Moscow may benefit from addressing problem alcohol use to mitigate high-risk behaviors.

Indexed as

AdultAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholismHIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMoscowRussiaSexual BehaviorSexual PartnersSubstance-Related DisordersUnsafe SexYoung AdultAlcohol useHIVMen who have sex with menRussian FederationSexual behavior

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PMCPMC4609587
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