@article{ref1,
title="Substance use, violence, and HIV risk behavior in El Salvador and the United States: cross-national profiles of the SAVA Syndemic",
journal="Victims and offenders",
year="2015",
author="Salas-Wright, Christopher P. and Olate, René and Vaughn, Michael G.",
volume="10",
number="1",
pages="95-116",
abstract="Studies examining the SAVA Syndemic--that is, the synergistic links between substance use, violence, and HIV risk behavior--have rarely been conducted cross-nationally. Using samples of high-risk youth in San Salvador, El Salvador (n = 237) and western Pennsylvania, United States (n = 253), latent class analysis is employed to identify behavioral subgroups of youth. Subgroups of &quot;SAVA Youth&quot; characterized by universally elevated levels of substance use, violence, and HIV risk behavior were identified in both El Salvador (20%) and the United States (42%). Membership in these behaviorally severe subgroups was associated with extremely high levels of severe violence exposure.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1556-4886",
doi="10.1080/15564886.2014.940435",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2014.940435"
}