TY - JOUR
T1 - Social place as a location of potential core transmitters-implications for the targeted control of sexually transmitted disease transmission in urban areas
AU - Jennings, Jacky M.
AU - Polk, Sarah
AU - Fichtenberg, Caroline
AU - Chung, Shang en
AU - Ellen, Jonathan M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the study participants and the study staff without whose participation and dedication this work would not have been possible. This work was funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (grant number R21HD052438 ). J.M.J. was in part supported for this work by the National Institute on Drug Abuse ( K01 DA022298-01A1 ). These funding sources had no involvement in the design, implementation, analysis, or writing of this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - Purpose: Places are an important determinant of risk for sexually transmitted infection (STI) acquisition and transmission. We sought to identify social places that are critical for targeted STI control activities. The objective of this study was to determine whether sex partner meeting places characterized by drug markets, sex markets, and separately, drug and/or sex markets were more likely to have potential core transmitters as compared with other sex partner meeting places in one urban setting. Methods: In 2008-2009, heterosexual sex partner places or venues were identified in Baltimore, MD using a venue-based study approach. Results: A total of 1334 participants aged 18 to 35 years were enrolled at 85 venues. In those participants, 39 potential core transmitters were identified and 31% of venues had at least one potential core transmitter. In final age-adjusted and gender-adjusted models, core transmitters were significantly more likely to be identified at drug markets (OR = 1.37; 95% CI = 1.23-1.53), sex markets (OR = 1.27; 95% CI = 1.14-1.41), and drug and/or sex markets (OR = 1.49; 95% CI = 1.32-1.68). Conclusions: This study identified key characteristics of venues, such as drug and sex market activity, that may be important in identifying places for the targeted control of STI transmission.
AB - Purpose: Places are an important determinant of risk for sexually transmitted infection (STI) acquisition and transmission. We sought to identify social places that are critical for targeted STI control activities. The objective of this study was to determine whether sex partner meeting places characterized by drug markets, sex markets, and separately, drug and/or sex markets were more likely to have potential core transmitters as compared with other sex partner meeting places in one urban setting. Methods: In 2008-2009, heterosexual sex partner places or venues were identified in Baltimore, MD using a venue-based study approach. Results: A total of 1334 participants aged 18 to 35 years were enrolled at 85 venues. In those participants, 39 potential core transmitters were identified and 31% of venues had at least one potential core transmitter. In final age-adjusted and gender-adjusted models, core transmitters were significantly more likely to be identified at drug markets (OR = 1.37; 95% CI = 1.23-1.53), sex markets (OR = 1.27; 95% CI = 1.14-1.41), and drug and/or sex markets (OR = 1.49; 95% CI = 1.32-1.68). Conclusions: This study identified key characteristics of venues, such as drug and sex market activity, that may be important in identifying places for the targeted control of STI transmission.
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Heterosexuality
KW - Sexually transmitted disease
KW - Social environment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.07.008
DO - 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.07.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 26371418
AN - SCOPUS:84945458007
SN - 1047-2797
VL - 25
SP - 861
EP - 867
JO - Annals of epidemiology
JF - Annals of epidemiology
IS - 11
ER -