Journal article
Alcohol and illicit drug use among young people living with HIV compared to their uninfected peers from the Kenyan coast: prevalence and risk indicators
- Abstract:
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Background
In sub-Saharan Africa, there is paucity of research on substance use patterns among young people living with HIV (YLWH). To address the gap, we sought to: i) determine the prevalence of substance use, specifically alcohol and illicit drug use, among YLWH compared to their HIV-uninfected peers; ii) investigate the independent association between young people’s HIV infection status and substance use; iii) investigate the risk indicators for substance use amon... Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- BioMed Central Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy Journal website
- Volume:
- 16
- Article number:
- 86
- Publication date:
- 2021-11-24
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-11-06
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1747-597X
- Pmid:
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34819121
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1214100
- Local pid:
- pubs:1214100
- Deposit date:
- 2022-02-18
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- Nyongesa et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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