TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Post-traumatic stress disorder and HIV risk behaviors among rural American Indian/Alaska Native women
JO  - American Indian and Alaska Native mental health research
A1  - Pearson, Cynthia R.
A1  - Kaysen, Debra
A1  - Belcourt, Annie
A1  - Stappenbeck, Cynthia A.
A1  - Zhou, Chuan
A1  - Smartlowit-Briggs, Lucy
A1  - Whitefoot, Patricia
SP  - 1
EP  - 20
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0893-5394
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -