ArticleSexually transmitted infections2018
A cross-sectional study examining associations between substance use frequency, problematic use and STIs among youth living with HIV.
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- Beyond Their HIV Status: the Occurrence of Multiple Health Risk Behavior Among Adolescents from a Rural Setting of Sub-Saharan Africa.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- Transmission Risk Among Youth Living With HIV in the U.S.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2020Article
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- Substance Use Screening in HIV Care Settings: a Review and Critique of the Literature.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2019Review
- The moderating role of resilience resources in the association between crime exposure and substance use among young sexual minority men.Substance use & misuse · 2019Article
- Stigma, Depression, and Substance Use Problems Among Perinatally HIV-Infected Youth in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Epidemiology of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C among manual cane cutters in low-income regions of Brazil.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Criminal justice measures for economic data harmonization in substance use disorder research.Health & justice · 2018Article
- Substance use preferences and sexually transmitted infections among Canadian post-secondary students.Patient preference and adherence · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study sought to examine the prevalence of STIs and whether substance use frequency and/or problematic use-specifically alcohol, marijuana and other drugs-was associated with having an STI diagnosis among youth living with HIV (YLWH)
methodsA sample of 823 YLWH were recruited at 14 adolescent HIV clinics through the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV Interventions. Study staff abstracted STI data from medical records for up to 26 weeks prior to participants' completing a cross-sectional survey including the ASSIST (Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test), which measures substance use frequency and consequences.
resultsAlmost one-third of youth had been diagnosed with an STI (30.5%) at the time of their baseline assessment. In multivariable analyses, those who engaged in weekly or greater marijuana use (adjusted OR (AOR)=10.66, 95% CI: 4.39 to 25.87, P<0.001) had an increased odds of being diagnosed with an STI. Additionally, youth who met alcohol use criteria for moderate (AOR=5.23, 95% CI: 2.50 to 10.93, P<0.001) and high risk (AOR=6.53, 95% CI: 1.20 to 35.68, P<0.05) alcohol use had an increased odds of being diagnosed with an STI compared with low-risk alcohol users.
conclusionsStudy findings underscore the need to investigate the role of greater frequency of marijuana use and problematic alcohol use in STI incidence among YLWH. Given the associations between both substance use frequency and problematic use in STI diagnoses among YLWH seen in HIV care settings, clinicians should use validated substance use screening tools which capture both frequencies and consequences in order to identify YLWH who may need further evaluation and treatment.
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