       Document 0245
 DOCN  M9460245
 TI    Urban minority youth: alcohol and marijuana use and exposure to
       unprotected intercourse.
 DT    9404
 AU    Ford K; Norris A; Department of Population Planning and International
       Health,; School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
       48104.
 SO    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1994 Apr;7(4):389-96. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94180314
 AB    This article focuses on the use of alcohol and marijuana in the context
       of sexual relationships and the impact of these substances on the
       consistency of condom use by urban, minority youth. Regression models
       are presented to test for the effects of alcohol and marijuana use with
       sexual partners while controlling for the effects of respondents' sexual
       history. The results indicated that when alcohol or marijuana was used
       with a partner, the consistency of condom use decreased even when other
       variables related to sexual history were controlled for. Alcohol use had
       a greater negative effect on condom use for Hispanic men and marijuana
       for African-American women than it did for Hispanic women and
       African-American men. These findings argue for the need for targeted
       safer-sex intervention programs for urban, low-income, minority youth,
       and suggest that such programs may need to emphasize the increased risk
       of human immunodeficiency virus exposure that may result from substance
       use, casual sex, and sex with multiple partners.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Age Factors  *Alcohol
       Drinking/ETHNOLOGY/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY  Blacks  Condoms/UTILIZATION
       *Contraception Behavior/ETHNOLOGY/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Female
       Hispanic Americans  Human  Male  *Marijuana
       Abuse/ETHNOLOGY/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY  Marital Status  Michigan
       *Minority Groups/PSYCHOLOGY  Multivariate Analysis  Poverty Areas
       Regression Analysis  Risk Factors  *Sex Behavior/ETHNOLOGY/STATISTICS &
       NUMER DATA  Sex Factors  Sexual Partners  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
       Urban Population  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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