Better understanding the
contribution of specific drinking contexts to alcohol use and risky sexual
behaviors can help target effective prevention programs to specific locations
and types of drinkers.
We used a sample of college students to investigate
whether more frequent and heavier drinking in specific drinking contexts was
associated with unplanned sex, unprotected sex, and number of sexual contacts.
Greater frequencies of drinking in almost all contexts (Greek parties,
off-campus parties, campus events, dorms, and bars) were associated with
greater numbers of sexual partners, unplanned sex and unprotected sex; heavier
drinking at bars increased risks related to all outcomes.
Risks related to
frequencies of use of contexts were similar for men and women, but heavier
drinking at bars was associated with more unprotected sex among males only.
We
discuss these observations in light of their implications for developing
context-specific interventions to reduce community viral load in high-risk
populations.
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By: Mair C1, Ponicki WR, Gruenewald PJ.
- 1Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (http://www.publichealth.pitt.edu/), 219 Parran Hall, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA, cmair@pitt.edu.
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