Examining neighborhood poverty-based disparities in HIV/STI prevalence: an analysis of Add Health data.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:The purpose of the study was to estimate the effect of exposure to neighborhood poverty in adolescence on HIV/STI prevalence in early adulthood. METHODS:Longitudinal data from three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health were analyzed. The primary exposure was living in a high- versus medium/low-poverty neighborhood during wave I. The outcome was having a sexually transmitted infection (STI) or receiving a HIV/STI diagnosis in the past 12 months at wave III. Covariates included sociodemographic, behavioral, and mental health-related factors. Inverse probability weighted marginal structural models were used to estimate neighborhood poverty-based differences in HIV/STI prevalence. RESULTS:The analytic sample comprised 8232 National Longitudinal Study o

SUBMITTER: Zullo AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902432 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature