Alcohol use among people who inject drugs living with HIV in Kenya is associated with needle sharing, more new sex partners, and lower engagement in HIV care.

Alcohol Care engagement HIV HIV risk behaviors Injection drug use Kenya

Journal

AIDS and behavior
ISSN: 1573-3254
Titre abrégé: AIDS Behav
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9712133

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Historique:
accepted: 06 06 2023
pubmed: 15 6 2023
medline: 15 6 2023
entrez: 15 6 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

We assessed the prevalence and correlates of alcohol use among 870 people who inject drugs living with HIV in Kenya, with attention toward (1) sexual and injecting risk behaviors for HIV transmission and (2) HIV care engagement. We defined heavy alcohol use as > 14 drinks/week for men and > 7 drinks/week for women, moderate alcohol use as any lesser but non-zero amount, and any alcohol use as either moderate or heavy use. Approximately 39% of participants reported any alcohol use and 15% heavy use. In multivariate analysis, any alcohol use compared to no use was associated with needle sharing, > 3 new sex partners in the past 3 months, being unaware of HIV status, never enrolling in HIV care, and not being on ART (all p < 0.05). Heavy alcohol use as compared to no use was associated with needle sharing (aOR = 2.72; 95% CI 1.43, 5.13), injection equipment sharing (aOR = 1.80; 95% CI 1.00, 3.16), > 3 new sex partners in the past 3 months (aOR = 1.99; 95% CI 1.12, 3.49), and being unaware of HIV status (aOR = 2.77; 95% CI 1.46, 5.19). There was no association between any measure of alcohol use and unsuppressed viral load. Alcohol use among people who inject drugs living with HIV may carry elevated risk of HIV transmission mediated by sexual and injecting practices and is associated with lower engagement in multiple stages of the HIV care cascade.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37318665
doi: 10.1007/s10461-023-04113-0
pii: 10.1007/s10461-023-04113-0
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

3970-3980

Subventions

Organisme : NIDA NIH HHS
ID : R01 DA043409
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIDA NIH HHS
ID : R01 DA043409
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

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Auteurs

N DesLauriers (N)

Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. ndesla@uw.edu.

B Sambai (B)

HIV Testing and Counseling and HIV Prevention, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.

L Mbogo (L)

HIV Testing and Counseling and HIV Prevention, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.

N Ludwig-Barron (N)

Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

H Kingston (H)

Institute for Public Health Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

B Chohan (B)

Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya.

E Gitau (E)

Support for Addiction Prevention and Treatment in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.

W Sinkele (W)

Support for Addiction Prevention and Treatment in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.

S Masyuko (S)

Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP), Kenya Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.

J Herbeck (J)

Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

D Bukusi (D)

HIV Testing and Counseling and HIV Prevention, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.

B L Guthrie (BL)

Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

C Farquhar (C)

Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

A Monroe-Wise (A)

Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

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