Open AccessRelationship Between Community-Level Alcohol Outlet Accessibility and Individual-Level Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection Among Young Women in South Africa
Author(s) -
Molly Rosenberg,
Audrey Pettifor,
Sheri A. Lippman,
Harsha Thirumurthy,
Michael Emch,
William C. Miller,
Amanda Selin,
Francesc Xavier GómezOlivé,
James P. Hughes,
Oliver Laeyendecker,
Stephen Tollman,
Kathleen Kahn
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000263
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , demography , confidence interval , environmental health , residence , psychological intervention , logistic regression , odds , cross sectional study , gerontology , psychiatry , pathology , sociology
Exposure to alcohol outlets may influence sexual health outcomes at the individual and community levels. Visiting alcohol outlets facilitates alcohol consumption and exposes patrons to a risky environment and network of potential partners, whereas the presence of alcohol outlets in the community may shift social acceptance of riskier behavior. We hypothesize that living in communities with more alcohol outlets is associated with increased sexual risk.