scholarly journals Sexual Risk Behaviors and Substance Use Among Men Sexually Victimized by Women

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (7) ◽  
pp. 1263-1269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mekeila C. Cook ◽  
Donald E. Morisky ◽  
John K. Williams ◽  
Chandra L. Ford ◽  
Gilbert C. Gee
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexually Victimized

A Family-Based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention: Crossover Effects on Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandra Fernandez ◽  
Alyssa Lozano ◽  
Tae Kyoung Lee ◽  
Yannine Estrada ◽  
Sarah E Messiah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Lifestyle Intervention ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors ◽  
Crossover Effects ◽  
Family Based

scholarly journals Ethnic Differences in Substance Use, Sexual Risk Behaviors, and Psychosocial Factors in a Sample of Heterosexual Methamphetamine Users

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 1101-1120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley J. Semple ◽  
Hortensia Amaro ◽  
Steffanie A. Strathdee ◽  
Jim Zians ◽  
Thomas L. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Ethnic Differences ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors

scholarly journals Substance Use and the Development of Sexual Risk Behaviors in Youth Perinatally Exposed to HIV

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. Elkington ◽  
J. A. Bauermeister ◽  
E. K. Santamaria ◽  
C. Dolezal ◽  
C. A. Mellins
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors

scholarly journals Pilot Study of a Multilevel Mobile Health App for Substance Use, Sexual Risk Behaviors, and Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV Among Youth: Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Cordova ◽  
Jaime Munoz-Velazquez ◽  
Frania Mendoza Lua ◽  
Kathryn Fessler ◽  
Sydni Warner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Usual Practice ◽  
Sexually Transmitted

BACKGROUND Preventing and reducing substance use disorders, sexually transmitted infections (STIs)/HIV, and teen pregnancy, and the associated risk behaviors (ie, substance use and sexual risk behaviors) among youth remain public health priorities in the United States. Equally important is improving the uptake of STI/HIV testing among the youth. Mobile health (mHealth) apps may be a solution to ameliorate these public health concerns; however, few mHealth preventive interventions have demonstrated efficacy in reducing substance use or sexual risk behaviors or improving the uptake of STI/HIV testing among the youth, particularly in clinic settings. OBJECTIVE This small-scale study aimed to examine the feasibility of conducting a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT). We evaluated the effects of Storytelling 4 Empowerment (S4E), relative to enhanced usual practice, on the potential mechanisms by which behavior change occurs, namely clinician-youth risk communication, prevention knowledge, and substance use and sexual risk refusal self-efficacy. We also assessed the ability to measure targeted outcomes of past 30-day substance use (ie, alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use), condomless sex, and alcohol or drug use before sex, as well as the uptake of STI/HIV testing. METHODS Employing community-based participatory research principles, 50 youths aged 13 to 21 years were recruited from a youth-centered community health clinic in Southeast Michigan, randomized sequentially to either S4E or enhanced usual practice, and assessed at baseline, immediately postintervention, and 30 days postintervention. S4E consists of 3 modules, including alcohol and drug use, tobacco, and STI/HIV. RESULTS Relative to youth in the enhanced usual practice group, S4E participants demonstrated higher youth-clinician risk communication (mean 3.22, SD 1.67) and increases in prevention knowledge (∆ score mean 0.36, SD 0.51) and self-efficacy (∆ score mean 0.16, SD 0.47). In addition, youth in the S4E group showed reductions in the proportions of past 30-day overall substance use (Cohen <i>h</i>=0.71, 95% CI 0.15 to 1.27), as well as past 30-day alcohol (Cohen <i>h</i>=0.71, 95% CI 0.15 to 1.27), tobacco (Cohen <i>h</i>=0.17, 95% CI −0.39 to 0.73), and drug use (Cohen <i>h</i>=1.28, 95% CI 0.72 to 1.84). The results also suggest a reduction in the proportion of youths who reported past 30-day condomless sex (Cohen <i>h</i>=0.18, 95% CI −0.38 to 0.74) and alcohol use before sex (Cohen <i>h</i>=0.44, 95% CI −0.12 to 1.00). Finally, the findings also demonstrated an increase in the proportion of youths who reported STI/HIV testing over time (Cohen <i>h</i>=0.16, 95% CI −0.39 to 0.72). CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest the feasibility of a small-scale pilot RCT. S4E demonstrated shifts in the hypothesized direction, reducing substance use, sexual risk behaviors, and improving the uptake of STI/HIV testing among youth in a clinic setting. The findings suggest that a larger RCT may be warranted. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrails.gov NCT03855410, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03855410.

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