@article{ref1,
title="Inebriation, Drinking Motivations and Sexual Risk Taking Among Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic Patients in St. Petersburg, Russia",
journal="AIDS and behavior",
year="2013",
author="Abdala, Nadia and Grau, Lauretta E. and Zhan, Weihai and Shaboltas, Alla V. and Skochilov, Roman V. and Kozlov, Andrei P. and Krasnoselskikh, Tatiana V.",
volume="17",
number="3",
pages="1144-1150",
abstract="We investigated whether inebriation was associated with having non-main partners and unprotected sex with non-main partners and whether drinking motivations were associated with sexual risk behaviors among patients attending an STD clinic in St Petersburg, Russia. A cross-sectional behavior survey was applied to 362 participants between 2008 and 2009. Multivariate logistic regression was used for analysis. At-risk drinking per Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) criteria (OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.4-4.4) was independently associated with having non-main sexual partners. Inebriation (OR 3.2, 95% CI 1.3-8.1) but not at-risk drinking or drinking prior to sex was associated with unprotected sex with non-main partners. Among drinkers, the consumption of alcohol to facilitate sexual encounters (OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.6-4.5) was associated with having non-main sexual partners. HIV prevention programs in Russia must address inebriation in addition to conventional patterns of problem drinking such as those measured by AUDIT-C and consider individuals' motivations to drink that lead to sexual risk taking.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1090-7165",
doi="10.1007/s10461-011-0091-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-0091-z"
}