Citation

Marín BV, Flores E. Int. J. Addict. 1994; 29(9): 1101-1114.

Affiliation

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco 94105.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Marcel Dekker)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7960307

Abstract

We explored the relationship of alcohol use to unsafe sex in Latinas. Telephone interviews were conducted with 523 currently sexually active Latinas aged 18-49 years. Only 7.5% of these women used alcohol half of the time or more prior to sex. "Regular" alcohol users had more sexual partners, but also had more experience with condom use, used condoms with primary partners as frequently as nonusers of alcohol, and used condoms more with secondary partners. While Latinas who use alcohol prior to sex more often have multiple sexual partners, alcohol use does not appear to interfere with condom use.

Language: en