A Population-Based Study on Alcohol and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors in Botswana

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Authors

Sheri D. Weiser · University of California, San Francisco

Karen Leiter · Physicians for Human Rights

Michele Heisler · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Willi McFarland · San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Fiona Percy-de Korte · Physicians for Human Rights

Sonya DeMonner · Physicians for Human Rights

Sheila Tlou

Abstract

Alcohol use is associated with multiple risks for HIV transmission among both men and women. The findings of this study underscore the need to integrate alcohol abuse and HIV prevention efforts in Botswana and elsewhere.

Topics & Keywords

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Medicine

Volume 3, Issue 10, pp. e392-e392

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030392

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