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. 2015 Sep 23;11(5):1388–1405. doi: 10.1177/1557988315606962

Table 2.

Sexual Health, Health Care, and Substance Abuse.

N %
Sexual health
 HIV 38 70.4
  HIV testing/counseling 12 22.2
  HIV knowledge/treatment awareness 6 11.1
  HIV status (participants) 32 59.3
  HIV status (partners) 9 16.7
  HIV status disclosure 3 5.6
  ART use/viral load/CD4 Counts 8 14.8
  Linkage/retention in care 5 9.3
  HIV stigma 2 3.7
 STIsa 10 18.5
 Sexual activityb 40 74.1
 Condom usagec 39 72.2
 General sexual health 42 77.8
  Peer norms around condoms 8 14.8
  Exchange sex for resources 13 24.1
  Sex education or prevention programs 12 22.2
  Sexual positioning/roled 20 37.0
  Age at sexual debute 10 18.5
  Age of partners 8 14.8
  Race of partners 4 7.4
  Relationship typef 15 27.8
  Online/app-based partner seeking 7 13.0
  Sexual violence 2 3.7
Health care
 Health care receipt/delivery 8 14.8
 Health insurance 7 13.0
Substance use
 Alcohol 16 29.6
 Tobacco 0 0.0
 Other drugs 28 51.9
 Substance abuse 2 3.7

Note. STIs = sexually transmitted infections; ART = antiretroviral therapy.

a

Includes having ever contracted/tested for STIs. bIncludes number of partners, type of sex acts (anal, oral, vaginal), frequency of sex acts, abstinence, and gender of partner. cIncludes use and negotiation. dIncludes insertive/receptive anal sex or top/bottom/versatile sexual roles. eIncludes age at first sexual experience and/or age at first same-sex experience. fIncludes main/nonmain partners, steady/nonsteady partners, and primary/casual/committed partners.