TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol misuse among youth living with and at high risk for acquiring HIV during the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders
T2 - a study in Los Angeles and New Orleans
AU - the Adolescent Trials Network (ATN) CARES Team
AU - Rezai, Roxana
AU - Rezvan, Panteha Hayati
AU - Comulada, Warren Scott
AU - Lee, Sung Jae
AU - Ocasio, Manuel A.
AU - Swendeman, Dallas
AU - Fernández, Maria Isabel
AU - Abdalian, Sue Ellen
AU - Arnold, Elizabeth Mayfield
AU - Bolan, Robert
AU - Bryson, Yvonne
AU - Cortado, Ruth
AU - Flynn, Risa
AU - Kerin, Tara
AU - Klausner, Jeffrey
AU - Lightfoot, Marguerita
AU - Milburn, Norweeta
AU - Nielsen, Karin
AU - Ramos, Wilson
AU - Reback, Cathy
AU - Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane
AU - Tang, Wenze
AU - Weiss, Robert E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023. Medical Council on Alcohol and Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/5
Y1 - 2023/5
N2 - Background: To slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, governments across the globe instituted stay-at-home orders leading to increased stress and social isolation. Not surprisingly, alcohol sales increased during this period. While most studies primarily focused on alcohol consumption among college students or adults, this study investigates alcohol misuse among marginalized youth in the USA. We examined risk factors associated with hazardous alcohol use and binge drinking including risk behaviors, life stressors and demographic characteristics. Methods: In October 2020, youth living with or at high risk for acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), participating in community-based research to improve HIV prevention and care, were invited to complete an online survey to assess the impact of the stay-at-home orders on multiple aspects of their daily life. Results: Respondents (n = 478) were on average 23 years old; cisgender (84%), not-heterosexual (86.6%), Latino or Black/African American (73%) and assigned male at birth (83%); 52% reported being employed and 14% reported living with HIV. White participants and those who use drugs had higher odds of hazardous alcohol use and binge drinking, compared with other race categories and non-drug users, respectively. Conclusion: Contrary to findings from adult studies, we did not observe an increase in hazardous or binge drinking among youth at risk for HIV. Hazardous alcohol use and binge drinking was more likely among White participants, those who use drugs and those who were hazardous/binge drinkers prior to the COVID-19 lockdown, which points to the importance of identifying and treating youth who misuse alcohol early to prevent future alcohol misuse.
AB - Background: To slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, governments across the globe instituted stay-at-home orders leading to increased stress and social isolation. Not surprisingly, alcohol sales increased during this period. While most studies primarily focused on alcohol consumption among college students or adults, this study investigates alcohol misuse among marginalized youth in the USA. We examined risk factors associated with hazardous alcohol use and binge drinking including risk behaviors, life stressors and demographic characteristics. Methods: In October 2020, youth living with or at high risk for acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), participating in community-based research to improve HIV prevention and care, were invited to complete an online survey to assess the impact of the stay-at-home orders on multiple aspects of their daily life. Results: Respondents (n = 478) were on average 23 years old; cisgender (84%), not-heterosexual (86.6%), Latino or Black/African American (73%) and assigned male at birth (83%); 52% reported being employed and 14% reported living with HIV. White participants and those who use drugs had higher odds of hazardous alcohol use and binge drinking, compared with other race categories and non-drug users, respectively. Conclusion: Contrary to findings from adult studies, we did not observe an increase in hazardous or binge drinking among youth at risk for HIV. Hazardous alcohol use and binge drinking was more likely among White participants, those who use drugs and those who were hazardous/binge drinkers prior to the COVID-19 lockdown, which points to the importance of identifying and treating youth who misuse alcohol early to prevent future alcohol misuse.
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U2 - 10.1093/alcalc/agad008
DO - 10.1093/alcalc/agad008
M3 - Article
C2 - 36806545
AN - SCOPUS:85159728305
SN - 0735-0414
VL - 58
SP - 238
EP - 246
JO - Alcohol and Alcoholism
JF - Alcohol and Alcoholism
IS - 3
ER -