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Frequency of Group Sex Participation and Risk for HIV/STI Among Young Adult Nightclub Scene Participants

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Pages 12-19 | Received 03 Feb 2017, Accepted 24 Sep 2017, Published online: 26 Oct 2017
 

ABSTRACT

Objectives: This study examines frequency of group sex participation and associated characteristics and behaviors among a sample of heterosexual young adult participants in Miami's nightclub scene (n = 498). Methods: Baseline survey assessments were analyzed using zero-inflated binomial regression. Results: Forty-one percent of the sample reported group sex participation history. Greater frequency of group sex is associated with buying sex, sex with an injection drug user, being high during sex, condomless vaginal sex, victimization history, and sexually transmitted infection incidence (p < .02). Conclusions: Sexually transmitted infection prevention and intervention efforts should address risks associated with group sex participation.

Funding and acknowledgments

This research was supported by DHHS Grant Number 5 R01 DA019048 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the National Institutes of Health.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

Human subjects

All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on Human Experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008 (5). Informed consent was obtained from all participants for being included in the study.

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