Youth Living With HIV and Problem Substance Use: Elevated Distress Is Associated With Nonadherence and Sexual Risk

Nugent, Nicole R.; Brown, Larry K.; Belzer, Marvin; Harper, Gary W.; Nachman, Sharon; Naar-King, Sylvie; Adolescent Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions

doi:10.1177/1545109709357472

Youth Living With HIV and Problem Substance Use: Elevated Distress Is Associated With Nonadherence and Sexual Risk

Purpose: To examine health risk behaviors in distressed youth living with HIV (YLH) with problem substance use. Methods: Assessed distress, antiretroviral (ARV) adherence, and unprotected sex in a racially and geographically diverse sample of 122 YLH. Results: A total of 87% of distressed YLH rep…