Document 0332
 DOCN  M94A0332
 TI    Young adults, alcohol and condom use: what is the connection?
 DT    9412
 AU    Senf JH; Price CQ; Department of Family and Community Medicine,
       University of; Arizona, Tucson.
 SO    J Adolesc Health. 1994 May;15(3):238-44. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94355317
 AB    PURPOSE: Concern about HIV in adolescents and young adults has led a
       number of investigators to examine the link between drinking and risky
       behavior, including failure to use condoms. Most of the studies that
       conclude that this link exists have used global measures of both
       variables and have not investigated drinking and use of condoms on the
       same occasion. If drinking leads to low condom use, both behaviors must
       occur together and the failure to find that they do weakens the
       hypothesis that they are causally related. METHODS: Data from three
       separate studies on different adolescent and young adult populations are
       reported. In each study the relationship between drinking behavior and
       condom use at last intercourse was examined. RESULTS: Drinking was not
       related to lower condom use in any of the populations studied.
       CONCLUSIONS: This negative result implies that the dis-inhibiting effect
       of alcohol is not a major factor in the failure of young adults to use
       condoms.
 DE    Adolescence  *Adolescent Behavior  Adult  Alcohol Drinking/*ADVERSE
       EFFECTS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY  Condoms/*UTILIZATION  Female  Human
       HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL  *Knowledge, Attitudes,
       Practice  Male  Middle Age  *Risk-Taking  Sampling Studies  *Sex
       Behavior  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW,
       MULTICASE

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