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Effects Of Hazardous And Harmful Alcohol Use On Hiv Incidence And Sexual Behaviour: A Cohort Study Of Kenyan Female Sex Workers, Matthew F. Chersich, Wilkister Bosire, Nzioki King’Ola, Marleen Temmerman, Stanley Luchters
Effects Of Hazardous And Harmful Alcohol Use On Hiv Incidence And Sexual Behaviour: A Cohort Study Of Kenyan Female Sex Workers, Matthew F. Chersich, Wilkister Bosire, Nzioki King’Ola, Marleen Temmerman, Stanley Luchters
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa
Aims: To investigate putative links between alcohol use, and unsafe sex and incident HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa.
Methods: A cohort of 400 HIV-negative female sex workers was established in Mombasa, Kenya. Associations between categories of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the incidence at one year of unsafe sex, HIV and pregnancy were assessed using Cox proportional hazards models. Violence or STIs other than HIV measured at one year was compared across AUDIT categories using multivariate logistic regression.
Results: Participants had high levels of hazardous (17.3%, 69/399) and harmful drinking (9.5%, 38/399), while 36.1% abstained from alcohol. …