Relationship of alcohol use and sexual risk taking among hazardously drinking incarcerated women: an event-level analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the association of alcohol use with sex and unprotected sex among hazardously drinking incarcerated women, we examined the relationship of these behaviors on any given day.

Method

Participants endorsed unprotected sex and hazardous alcohol consumption (four or more drinks at a time on at least 3 separate days in the previous 3 months or a score of 8 or above on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test). Participants recalled behaviors in the 90 days before incarceration using the Timeline Followback method. Generalized estimating equation models estimated the effect of daily alcohol use and selected covariates on the odds of sexual-risk behavior.

Results

The 245 participants averaged 34 years of age and were 71.4% white; 67.8% used cocaine

SUBMITTER: Stein MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2696291 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature