Open AccessOff-Premise Alcohol Sales Policies, Drinking, and Sexual Risk Among People Living With HIV
Author(s) -
Rebecca L. Collins,
Stephanie L. Taylor,
Marc N. Elliott,
Jeanne S. Ringel,
David E. Kanouse,
Robin L. Beckman
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.158543
Subject(s) - environmental health , odds , binge drinking , medicine , odds ratio , demography , sexual transmission , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , injury prevention , poison control , logistic regression , immunology , pathology , sociology , microbicide
Drinking among HIV-positive individuals increases risks of disease progression and possibly sexual transmission. We examined whether state alcohol sales policies are associated with drinking and sexual risk among people living with HIV. In a multivariate analysis combining national survey and state policy data, we found that HIV-positive residents of states allowing liquor sales in drug and grocery stores had 70% to 88% greater odds of drinking, daily drinking, and binge drinking than did HIV-positive residents of other states. High-risk sexual activity was more prevalent in states permitting longer sales hours (7% greater odds for each additional hour). Restrictive alcohol sales policies may reduce drinking and transmission risk in HIV-positive individuals.