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A systematic review of alcohol use and sexual risk-taking in Latin America
Panagiotis Vagenas1, Javier R Lama, Kaysia T Ludford
1Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, , panagiotis.vagenas@yale.edu.
Objective:
To provide an account of published literature on the association between alcohol use and sexual risk-taking, focusing on Latin America.
Methods:
A search of MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, LILACS, and Cochrane databases identified 561 unique articles. After excluding those that were not directly relevant, 30 studies were retained for review.
Results:
Twenty-seven studies showed direct or indirect associations between alcohol abuse and unprotected/risky sex. Three studies, however, showed no association between these variables, suggesting that the public health message of safer sex may have been effective.
Conclusions:
Further research is needed to identify factors and behaviors that could be modified to reduce the association between alcohol use disorders and risky sexual behavior.
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