       Document 0414
 DOCN  M9640414
 TI    Is there a relationship between heavy drinking and HIV high risk sexual
       behaviors among general population subjects?
 DT    9604
 AU    Shillington AM; Cottler LB; Compton WM 3rd; Spitznagel EL; Department of
       Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, Utah State; University, Logan
       84322, USA.
 SO    Int J Addict. 1995 Sep;30(11):1453-78. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96093042
 AB    The authors investigated the association between heavy drinking and
       sexual behaviors among 2,581 general population subjects from the St.
       Louis Epidemiologic Catchment Area survey conducted from 1981 to 1983.
       Lifetime sexual behaviors included promiscuity, infidelity, receiving
       money for sex, and same gender sex. It was found that sexual behaviors
       were associated with lifetime heavy drinking. Regardless of gender,
       race, or age, heavy drinkers were significantly more likely to report
       each of the high risk sexual behaviors, except same gender sex, compared
       to nonheavy drinkers. With the multiple logistic regression analyses it
       was found that heavy drinking non-Black females, Black males regardless
       of drinking history, heavy drinking males, and younger subjects
       regardless of drinking history were at higher risk to report the high
       risk sexual behaviors. This study confirms that there is a strong
       association between heavy drinking and high risk sexual behaviors in a
       midwestern population. This is the first study to find an association
       between alcohol drinking patterns and high risk sexual behaviors in the
       general population. Implications of these findings for public health
       education efforts are discussed.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Aged  Aged, 80 and over  Alcoholic
       Intoxication/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY
       Alcoholism/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION  Knowledge,
       Attitudes, Practice  Male  Middle Age  Missouri/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Risk
       Factors  *Sex Behavior/DRUG EFFECTS  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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