OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship of smoking to sexual risk outcomes among African American adolescent females. METHODS: We analyzed baseline data from an HIV intervention trial, including sexual risk (older sex partners, number of vaginal sex partners, sex while high on drugs/alcohol, STI diagnosis) and smoking status among 715 participants. RESULTS: Smoking prevalence was 23.1%. Controlling for covariates, smoking predicted having older partners (P=.001), having sex while high on alcohol or drugs (P<.001), and STI diagnosis (P=.046), after including other sexual risk outcomes in the model. CONCLUSIONS: Smoking is an independent risk factor for sexual risk behaviors and STI diagnosis.
OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship of smoking to sexual risk outcomes among African American adolescent females. METHODS: We analyzed baseline data from an HIV intervention trial, including sexual risk (older sex partners, number of vaginal sex partners, sex while high on drugs/alcohol, STI diagnosis) and smoking status among 715 participants. RESULTS: Smoking prevalence was 23.1%. Controlling for covariates, smoking predicted having older partners (P=.001), having sex while high on alcohol or drugs (P<.001), and STI diagnosis (P=.046), after including other sexual risk outcomes in the model. CONCLUSIONS: Smoking is an independent risk factor for sexual risk behaviors and STI diagnosis.
Authors: Andrea Swartzendruber; Jennifer L Brown; Jessica M Sales; Michael Windle; Regine Haardörfer Journal: Addict Behav Date: 2019-04-29 Impact factor: 3.913
Authors: Sunila Shakya; Solveig Thingulstad; Unni Syversen; Svein Arne Nordbø; Surendra Madhup; Krista Vaidya; Biraj Man Karmacharya; Bjørn Olav Åsvold; Jan Egil Afset Journal: Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol Date: 2018-08-26