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Citation

Pearson CR, Kaysen D, Belcourt A, Stappenbeck CA, Zhou C, Smartlowit-Briggs L, Whitefoot P. Am. Indian Alsk. Native Ment. Health Res. 2015; 22(3): 1-20.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

26425863

Abstract

We assessed the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), binge drinking, and HIV sexual risk behavior by examining number of unprotected sex acts and number of sexual partners in the past 6 months among 129 sexually active American Indian women. A total of 51 (39.5%) young women met PTSD criteria. Among women who met the PTSD criteria, binge drinking was associated with a 35% increased rate of unprotected sex (IRR 1.35, p <.05), and there was a stronger association between increased binge drinking and risk of more sexual partners (IRR 1.21, p <.001) than among women who did not meet PTSD criteria (IRR 1.08, p <.01) with a difference of 13% (p <.05). HIV intervention and prevention interventions in this population likely would benefit from the inclusion of efforts to reduce binge drinking and increase treatment of PTSD symptoms.


Language: en

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