Alcohol Use and HIV Risk Among Juvenile Drug Court Offenders

Overview

Journal J Soc Work Pract Addict

Publisher Routledge

Specialty Health Services

Date 2012 Sep 22

PMID 22997487

Citations 6

Authors

Marina Tolou-Shams

Christopher D Houck

Nicole Nugent

Selby M Conrad

Ayanaris Reyes

Larry K Brown

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Abstract

Juvenile drug courts (JDC) largely focus on marijuana and other drug use interventions. Yet, JDC offenders engage in other high-risk behaviors, such as alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors, which can compromise their health, safety and drug court success. An examination of alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors among 52 male substance abusing young offenders found that over 50% were using alcohol, 37% reported current marijuana use and one-third of all sexual intercourse episodes were unprotected. After accounting for recent marijuana use, the odds of a juvenile having vaginal or anal sex was 6 times greater if they had recently used alcohol. Juvenile drug courts may benefit from delivering alcohol and sexual risk reduction interventions to fully address the needs of these young offenders.

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