Increased Partner Risk Characteristic Among Adolescents Using Alcohol In the Moment.
Increased Partner Risk Characteristic Among Adolescents Using Alcohol In the Moment.
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DOI:
10.1097/olq.0000000000000481
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发表时间:
2016-09
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Komro KA
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作者:
Staras SA;Livingston MD;Komro KA
Alcohol is a recognized risk factor for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) acquisition, but the mechanism is unclear. Potentially, adolescents using alcohol in the two hours before sex (in-the-moment use) have riskier sexual partners. We used multivariable logistic regression to examine the association between in-the-moment alcohol use and partner risk characteristics reported for the most recent sex among primarily 17-18 year old adolescents originally recruited from a representative sample of Chicago public elementary schools. We created three composite partner risk profiles: partner familiarity risk (casual and unexpected), partner context risk (age discordance and met in public), and overall risk using all measures except partner alcohol use. Teens who reported any in-the-moment alcohol use were more likely than non-drinking teens to report casual [Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR)=3.2, 95% CI = 2.1 to 4.9)], unexpected (AOR=1.6, 95% CI = 1.0 to 2.5), age discordant (AOR=3.0, 95% CI=2.0 to 4.6), or met in public partners (AOR=1.4, 95% CI = 1.0 to 2.1). For each composite measure, the number of partner risk characteristics reported increased linearly with the percent of teens drinking in-the-moment (Cochran-Armitage trend P<0.0001). Compared to zero characteristics, in-the-moment alcohol use was associated with increased odds of reporting one (AOR=2.8, 95% CI=1.7, 4.5), two (AOR=4.6, 95% CI=2.7, 7.6), or three to four characteristics (AOR=7.1, 95% CI=3.3, 15.3). Our findings expand the link between in-the-moment alcohol use and partner risk reported in prior studies to encompass adolescents’ general sexual experiences and additional partner characteristics including the highly associated composite characteristics. For primarily 17-18 year olds’ most recent sexual encounter, adolescents using any alcohol in-the-moment were two to three times more likely than non-users to have a risky sex partner.