Psychiatric Disorders and HIV Drug Risk Behaviors Among Individuals Under Community Correctional Supervision

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin Wolford-Clevenger ◽  
Michelle L. Sisson ◽  
Samantha P. Schiavon ◽  
Mark Rynda ◽  
Karen L. Cropsey
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Drug Risk

Association of alcohol consumption with HIV sex- and drug-risk behaviors among drug users

2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaughan Rees ◽  
Richard Saitz ◽  
Nicholas J Horton ◽  
Jeffrey Samet
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Drug Risk

scholarly journals Trajectories of multiple adolescent health risk behaviors in a low-income African American population

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (4pt1) ◽  
pp. 1155-1169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Mustanski ◽  
Gayle R. Byck ◽  
Allison Dymnicki ◽  
Emma Sterrett ◽  
David Henry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Growth Mixture Modeling ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Drug Risk

AbstractThis study examined interdependent trajectories of sexual risk, substance use, and conduct problems among 12- to 18-year-old African American youths who were followed annually as part of the Mobile Youth Study. We used growth mixture modeling to model the development of these three outcomes in the 1,406 participants who met the inclusion criteria. Results indicate that there were four distinct classes: normative, low risk (74.3% of sample); increasing high-risk takers (11.9%); adolescent-limited conduct problems and drug risk with high risky sex (8.0%); and early experimenters (5.8%) The higher risk classes had higher rates of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections diagnoses than the normative sample at each of the ages we examined. Differing somewhat from our hypothesis, all of the nonnormative classes exhibited high sexual risk behavior. Although prevention efforts should be focused on addressing all three risk behaviors, the high rate of risky sexual behavior in the 25% of the sample that fall into the three nonnormative classes underscores an urgent need for improved sex education, including teen pregnancy and HIV/sexually transmitted infections prevention, in this community.

Sex Differences in Injection Drug Risk Behaviors Among Hospitalized Persons

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Breanne E. Biondi ◽  
Brad J. Anderson ◽  
Kristina T. Phillips ◽  
Michael Stein
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Injection Drug ◽  
Drug Risk

scholarly journals HIV Testing and Risks of Sexual Behavior among HIV-Negative Men Who Have Sex with Men in Ningbo, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haibo Jiang ◽  
Hang Hong ◽  
Hongjun Dong ◽  
Jun Jiang ◽  
Lin He
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Preventive Strategy ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Hiv Negative

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing is confirmed as a preventive strategy for HIV control. However, the testing rate and risk behaviors of HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) remain unclear. We aimed to examine factors associated with HIV testing and high-risk behaviors among HIV-negative MSM. From July 2016 to June 2017, participants were recruited by snowball sampling from WeChat groups, bars, and other venues. HIV testing was performed to exclude HIV-positive MSM. Face-to-face questionnaires regarding HIV testing and high-risk behaviors were conducted; 988 MSM were included, and 57.1% of participants underwent HIV testing in the past year. The proportion of high-risk behaviors was 49.9%. Factors associated with HIV testing were bisexual orientation, substance use to adjust psychiatric disorders, and receiving acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) interventions. Being married, bisexual orientation, and receiving AIDS interventions were risk factors for high-risk sexual behaviors, while college or higher degree was a protective factor. We determined that HIV transmission factors are widespread, and the rate of HIV testing is relatively low. Attention should be given to marital status, using substances to adjust psychiatric disorders, or bisexual HIV-negative MSM, and AIDS interventions should be strengthened to promote HIV testing and reduce high-risk behaviors.

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