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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 12/2019

01-12-2019 | Mood Disorders | Original Paper

Neighborhood Alcohol Environment: Differential Effects on Hazardous Drinking and Mental Health by Sex in Persons Living with HIV (PLWH)

Authors: K. P. Theall, M. Wallace, E. Felker-Kantor, A. S. Madkour, M. Brashear, T. Ferguson, D. Welsh, P. Molina

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 12/2019

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Abstract

Despite greater mental health co-morbidities and heavier alcohol use among PLWH, few studies have examined the role of the neighborhood alcohol environment on either alcohol consumption or mental health. Utilizing cross-sectional data from a cohort study in a southern U.S. metropolitan area, we examine the association between neighborhood alcohol environments on hazardous drinking and mental health among 358 in-care PLWH (84% African American, 31% female). Multilevel models were utilized to quantify associations between neighborhood alcohol exposure on hazardous drinking and effect modification by sex. Neighborhood alcohol density was associated with hazardous drinking among men but not women. Women living in alcohol dense neighborhoods were nearly two-fold likely to report depression compared to those in less dense neighborhoods, with no association between neighborhood alcohol density and depression among men. Neighborhood alcohol environments may be an important contextual factor to consider in reducing heavy alcohol consumption and improving mental health among PLWH.
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Metadata
Title
Neighborhood Alcohol Environment: Differential Effects on Hazardous Drinking and Mental Health by Sex in Persons Living with HIV (PLWH)
Authors
K. P. Theall
M. Wallace
E. Felker-Kantor
A. S. Madkour
M. Brashear
T. Ferguson
D. Welsh
P. Molina
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 12/2019
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02632-3

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