TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Inebriation, Drinking Motivations and Sexual Risk Taking Among Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic Patients in St. Petersburg, Russia
JO  - AIDS and behavior
A1  - Abdala, Nadia
A1  - Grau, Lauretta E.
A1  - Zhan, Weihai
A1  - Shaboltas, Alla V.
A1  - Skochilov, Roman V.
A1  - Kozlov, Andrei P.
A1  - Krasnoselskikh, Tatiana V.
SP  - 1144
EP  - 1150
VL  - 17
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1090-7165
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-0091-z
ID  - ref1
ER  -