Association Between Cannabis Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young Heterosexual Adults

Brodbeck, Jeannette; Matter, Monika; Moggi, Franz

doi:10.1007/s10461-006-9103-9

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“…Likewise, cannabis use (among women) was found to be associated with HIV risk behaviour, which conforms with several studies. [42,44,45] This study did not find depressive symptomatology to be a predictor of HIV risk behaviour, as found in some other studies. [14,15] Further, among women, being in the fourth or more year of study was associated with HIV risk behaviour.…”

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Mental health and HIV sexual risk behaviour among University of Limpopo students

2013

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<div class="column">Background. Little attention has been paid to the role of poor mental health among young people with regard to HIV risk behaviour and HIV prevention in Africa. Objective. To determine the association between mental health, substance use and HIV sexual risk behaviour among a sample of university students in South Africa. Methods. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among undergraduate students who were recruited conveniently from public campus venues at the University of Limpopo Medical University of Southern Africa (Medunsa) campus. The sample included 722 university students (57.6% men and 42.4% women) with a mean age of 21.7 years (standard deviation ±8.8). Results. Of the 722 students, 39.5% reported depression, 23.4% screened positive for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 22% reported hazardous or harmful alcohol use, 33% reported ≥2 sexual partners in the past 12 months, 50% reported inconsistent condom use, 46% reported unknown HIV status of a sexual partner and 20% reported alcohol use in the context of sex in the past 3 months. In multivariate analysis, HIV risk behaviour was associated with, among men, hazardous or harmful alcohol use and having screened positive for PTSD, and among women, being in the 4th or more year of study and current cannabis use. Conclusion. Poor mental health, including substance use, was found to be associated with HIV risk behaviour. Co-ordinated mental health and sexual and reproductive health services that meet the needs of university students would be desirable. </div>

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Mental health and HIV sexual risk behaviour among University of Limpopo students

2013

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“…However, they were more likely to report having a cannabis use disorder, and this SUD was specifically associated with STDs in the current study, consistent with the literature on cannabis use and risky behavior. [37][38][39] In addition, African American race was a significant predictor of risk for ever having had an STD in the multivariate models, even after controlling for age, SUD, and BPD dimensional scores. Therefore, the health disparities seen in the general population appear to carry over into this psychiatric sample.…”

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Race and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Women With and Without Borderline Personality Disorder

Genna

Feske

Angiolieri

et al. 2011

Journal of Women's Health

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Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the history of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among women with borderline personality disorder (BPD) with and without a lifetime substance use disorder (SUD) and to compare their histories to those of a group of women with a current nonpsychotic axis I disorder. Methods: Two-hundred fifteen women completed the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I diagnoses (SCID-I), Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality for Axis II diagnoses (SIDP-IV), and a sexual health interview. African American women were oversampled because little is known about BPD in African American women and because they are at greater risk for STDs than non-African American women. Results: Women with a lifetime SUD (especially cannabis use disorder) reported more STD risk factors and STDs than women without a lifetime SUD. BPD dimensional scores and African American race were predictors of STD, even after controlling for age, socioeconomic status (SES), SUDs, and participation in the sex trade. Conclusions: Determining predictors of STDs within at-risk subpopulations may help reduce the spread of STDs and prevent HIV infection within these groups by helping providers identify women at the highest risk of infection.

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“…Street youth who used marijuana in a recent sexual encounter were less likely to use condoms, but those who used crack were more likely to use condoms (Bailey, Camlin, and Ennett, 1998). Marijuana use with sex was also associated with decreased condom use at a recent sexual encounter among adolescents in detention (Kingree and Betz, 2003;Kingree, Braithwaite, and Woodring, 2000;Kingree and Phan, 2002) and among MSM (Clutterbuck et al, 2001), but was unrelated to condom use among young heterosexual adults (Brodbeck, Matter, and Moggi, 2006). In a sample of female drug users, condom use at a recent sexual encounter was not significantly associated with use of alcohol, injection drugs, crack, or noninjection drugs before sex (Tortu et al, 2000), while a study of drug injectors suggested decreased condom use when both sexual partners were using crack with sex (Friedman et al, 1999).…”

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Alcohol, drugs, and condom use among drug offenders: An event-based analysis

Leigh

Ames

Stacy

2008

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Background-Studies of the association between substance use and condom use in specific sexual encounters often do not separate the effects of alcohol and different types of drugs. Because the pharmacological effects and social settings of various substances differ, their effects on unprotected intercourse may vary as well.Goal-This study examined the relationship between alcohol and drug use and the use of condoms in sexual encounters with casual partners in a high-risk population of drug offenders Design-Participants in court-ordered drug diversion programs (n=536; 26% female) completed a questionnaire in which they reported on the circumstances of their most recent sexual encounter with a casual partner.Results-In multivariate logistic models, alcohol use in conjunction with sex was not related to decreased condom use in either men or women. Amphetamines (smoked or injected) were associated with decreased condom use, while cocaine, marijuana, and orally-administered amphetamines were not significantly associated with condom use.Conclusions-In this high-risk sample, links between substance use and unprotected sex differ with type of drug used.

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Association Between Cannabis Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Young Heterosexual Adults

Cited by 71 publications

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Mental health and HIV sexual risk behaviour among University of Limpopo students

Mental health and HIV sexual risk behaviour among University of Limpopo students

Race and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Women With and Without Borderline Personality Disorder

Alcohol, drugs, and condom use among drug offenders: An event-based analysis

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