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Neighborhood-Level And Individual-Level Correlates Of Cannabis Use Among Adolescents And Emerging Adults Living With Hiv/Aids, Douglas Bruce, Shoshana Y. Kahana, Jose A. Bauermeister, Sharon L. Nichols, Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, Justin E. Heinze, Jaclyn M. Shea, M Isabel Fernandez
Neighborhood-Level And Individual-Level Correlates Of Cannabis Use Among Adolescents And Emerging Adults Living With Hiv/Aids, Douglas Bruce, Shoshana Y. Kahana, Jose A. Bauermeister, Sharon L. Nichols, Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, Justin E. Heinze, Jaclyn M. Shea, M Isabel Fernandez
Douglas Bruce
In addition to individual characteristics, there may be a wide range of environmental or neighborhood stressors that contribute to elevated cannabis use in groups of youth living with HIV/AIDS (YLHIV); however, the effects of social disorganization on cannabis use in YLHIV to date have not been studied. We examined the effects of individual-level and neighborhood-level factors by developing hierarchical generalized linear models estimating odds of current cannabis use (any use during the past 3 months) and daily cannabis use among a sample of YLHIV (N=1921) currently receiving medical care. The final model for daily cannabis use included significantly increased odds …