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ArticleThe American journal on addictions2017

The relationship between hazardous alcohol use and violence among street-involved youth.

Nadia Fairbairn, Evan Wood, Sabina Dobrer, Huiru Dong, Thomas Kerr, Kora Debeck

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Article in The American journal on addictions, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Protective behavioral strategies and alcohol consequences following a group-based motivational intervention for young adults experiencing homelessness.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nadia FairbairnBritish Columbia Centre on Substance Use, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, V6Z 1Y6, British Columbia, Canada.
Evan WoodBritish Columbia Centre on Substance Use, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, V6Z 1Y6, British Columbia, Canada.
Sabina DobrerBritish Columbia Centre on Substance Use, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, V6Z 1Y6, British Columbia, Canada.
Huiru DongBritish Columbia Centre on Substance Use, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, V6Z 1Y6, British Columbia, Canada.
Thomas KerrBritish Columbia Centre on Substance Use, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, V6Z 1Y6, British Columbia, Canada.
Kora DebeckBritish Columbia Centre on Substance Use, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, V6Z 1Y6, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2045-1653
University of British Columbia · CASt. Paul's Hospital · CASimon Fraser University · CA

Funding

Vancouver Drug Users Study: The Impacts of Evolving Drug Use Patterns on HIV/AIDSU01DA038886 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA · PI DEBECK, KORA, HAYASHI, KANNA · 2015 to 2024
$12.1M
Advancing Clinical Research Training within Addiction Residency ProgramsR25DA033211 · NIDA · BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER · PI Patrick O'Connor, JEFFREY H. SAMET · 2012 to 2026
$4.2M
Mentoring the next generation of addiction clinician scientists while responding to the opioid epidemicR25DA037756 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA · PI FAIRBAIRN, NADIA · 2014 to 2023
$3.6M
Initiation of injection drug use and HIV risks among street-involved youthR01DA028532 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA · PI WOOD, EVAN · 2010 to 2014
$1.9M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA028532NIDA NIH HHS R25 DA033211NIDA NIH HHS R25 DA037756NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA038886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesAlcohol is a major contributor to premature disability and death among youth, often due to physical trauma, violence, and suicide. The purpose of this study was to longitudinally examine the association between hazardous alcohol use and experiences of violence among a cohort of street-involved youth.

methodsData were derived from the At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS), a prospective cohort of street-involved youth who use illicit substances in Vancouver, Canada. The outcome of interest was hazardous alcohol use defined by the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as >14 drinks/week or >5 drinks on one occasion for men, and >7 drinks/week or >4 drinks on one occasion for women. We used Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) analyses to examine factors independently associated with hazardous alcohol use.

resultsBetween 2005 and 2014, 1,149 drug-using youth were recruited and 423 (36.8%) reported hazardous alcohol use in the previous 6 months at study baseline. In multivariable GEE analyses, intimate partner violence (Adjusted Odds Ratio [AOR] = 1.53, 95% Confidence Interval [95%CI] = 1.12-2.10), and non-partner physical assault (AOR = 1.39, 95%CI = 1.21-1.59) were independently associated with hazardous alcohol use after adjusting for multiple potential confounders. DISCUSSION AND

conclusionsA considerable proportion of youth in this setting reported hazardous alcohol use, which was independently associated with experiencing recent intimate and non-partner violence. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: Combined interventions for violence and hazardous alcohol use should be integrated into service provision programs for street-involved youth. (Am J Addict 2017;26:852-858).

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Dangerous BehaviorAdolescentAdultAlcoholic IntoxicationBritish ColumbiaCohort StudiesFemaleHomeless YouthHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleOdds RatioProspective StudiesRisk FactorsViolenceYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID29160606
PMCPMC5730057
OpenAlexW2770790908

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