Open AccessMultiple Recent Sexual Partnerships and Alcohol Use Among Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic Patients, Cape Town, South Africa
Author(s) -
Seth C. Kalichman,
Demetria Cain,
Leickness C. Simbayi
Publication year - 2011
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.0b013e3181e77cdd
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , demography , sexual intercourse , sex partners , unsafe sex , cape , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sexually transmitted disease , condom , environmental health , population , psychiatry , family medicine , syphilis , geography , archaeology , sociology
Multiple recent sex partners promote the rapid spread of sexually transmitted infections (STI), including human immunodeficiency virus. Alcohol use is also closely associated with unprotected sexual behavior, but its use has not been investigated in relation to multiple recent sex partners in southern Africa.