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Substance Use and Testing Sexual Partners Using HIV Self-tests
AIDS and behavior, v 24(10), pp 2856-2862
01 Oct 2020
PMID: 32200448
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Abstract
HIV self-tests (HIVST) provide the possibility of testing partners prior to sexual activity. This study examines the role of substance use among men who have sex with men (n = 123) and transgender women (n = 13) who were provided HIVST to use with potential sex partners. Several reported avoiding/delaying alcohol (44%) or drug use (27%) because they intended to use HIVST. Those who used HIVST with alcohol (37%) or drugs (24%) did not differ from those who did not on number of partners asked, proportion who agreed, or intentions to use HIVST. A minority reported problems caused by substances. Ten did not ask someone to test because they were too drunk/high. Fourteen said it was fairly or very hard to use HIVST when under the influence. Eleven reported substances caused problems when discussing or administering HIVST, but only two of those felt the problems were major.
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- Title
- Substance Use and Testing Sexual Partners Using HIV Self-tests
- Creators
- Curtis Dolezal - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteChristine Tagliaferri Rael - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteIvan C. Balan - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteRebecca Giguere - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteCody Lentz - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteJavier Lopez-Rios - Columbia UniversityAlan Z. Sheinfil - New York Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteIrma Febo - University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences CampusAlex Carballo-Dieguez - NY State Psychiat Inst, HIV Ctr Clin & Behav Studies, Div Gender Sexual & Hlth, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10032 USA
- Publication Details
- AIDS and behavior, v 24(10), pp 2856-2862
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- R01-HD076636 / NICHD; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) P30-MH43520 / NIMH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000564943800002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85082860402
- Other Identifier
- 991021894521404721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Social Sciences, Biomedical