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ArticleJournal of the National Medical Association2020

Violence Exposure, Drug Use and HIV/AIDS Risk Taking Behaviors: The Role of Gender.

Forough Saadatmand, Roderick Harrison, Jennifer Bronson, Craig Dearfield, Deanna Crouse, Marjorie Douglas, Celia Maxwell

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Article in Journal of the National Medical Association, 2020. 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
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Profiles of HIV-Related Knowledge and Self-Regulation Factors in At-Risk Pre-Adolescents.Children's health care : journal of the Association for the Care of Children's Health · 2025
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  4. Gender differences in progression to crack-cocaine use and the role of sexual and physical violence.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Forough SaadatmandCollege of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC. Electronic address: frough.saadatmand@howard.edu.
Roderick Harrison2M Research Services.
Jennifer BronsonDepartment of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, USA.
Craig DearfieldMilken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University.
Deanna CrouseCollege of Medicine, Howard University.
Marjorie DouglasCollege of Medicine, Howard University.
Celia MaxwellCollege of Medicine, Howard University.
Howard University · USClinical Research Services · DEMilken Institute · USUnited States Department of Justice · US

Funding

Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: Risk Factors, Early Detection and Personalized InterventionUL1TR001409 · NCATS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI GONDRE-LEWIS, MARJORIE C, MELLMAN, THOMAS A · 2015 to 2024
$37.8M
Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUUL1TR000101 · NCATS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI MELLMAN, THOMAS A, VERBALIS, JOSEPH G · 2012 to 2015
$19.3M
Violence Exposure, Immune Function & HIV/AIDS Risks in African American Young AdR01MD005851 · NIMHD · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · PI SAADATMAND, FROUGH · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000101NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001409NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD005851
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo examine gender differences among African American young adults in their exposure to violence (ETV) before age 18 and community violence as an adult, and the relationship of these exposures to drug use and HIV risk taking behaviors (HIVRTB).

methodWe detail these experiences in 440 self-identified African Americans, ages 18 to 25, from socio-economically disadvantaged wards in Washington, DC. Factor analysis was used to identify the types of violence experienced before age 18 and as adults. Regression was used to identify which types of violence had the greatest impact on subsequent drug use and HIVRTB.

resultsWe found gender differences in the types of violence experienced and their effects on drug use and HIVRTB. For women, the strongest ETV factors were direct personal violence, and exposure to drug sales or physical violence as adults. For men, the strongest factors were feeling unsafe in different situations as adults and exposure to violence among adults before age 18.

conclusionsWe identified the specific kinds of violence that are most likely to impact drug use and risky sexual behaviors that can leave one vulnerable to HIV and how these differ between women and men exposed to both childhood violence and community violence as an adult. Our findings point toward the need for trauma-informed programs that are tailored to gender.

Indexed as

Exposure to ViolenceHIV InfectionsPharmaceutical PreparationsAdolescentAdultChildFemaleHumansMaleRisk-TakingSexual BehaviorYoung AdultPharmaceutical PreparationsAfrican american young adultsDrug useExposure to childhood violenceExposure to community violenceGender differencesHIV risk taking behaviors

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PMID31202486
PMCPMC6908765
OpenAlexW2952770026

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