Substance Use, Violence, and HIV Risk Behavior in El Salvador and the United States: Cross-National Profiles of the SAVA Syndemic

Christopher P. Salas-Wright; Rene Olate; Michael G. Vaughn

doi:10.1080/15564886.2014.940435

Substance Use, Violence, and HIV Risk Behavior in El Salvador and the United States: Cross-National Profiles of the SAVA Syndemic

Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Rene Olate, Michael G. Vaughn

Graduate School of Social Welfare

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Abstract: Studies examining the SAVA Syndemic—that is, the synergistic links between substance use, violence, and HIV risk behavior—have rarely been conducted cross-nationally. Using samples of high-risk youth in San Salvador, El Salvador (n = 237) and western Pennsylvania, United States (n = 253), latent class analysis is employed to identify behavioral subgroups of youth. Subgroups of “SAVA Youth” characterized by universally elevated levels of substance use, violence, and HIV risk behavior were identified in both El Salvador (20%) and the United States (42%). Membership in these behaviorally severe subgroups was associated with extremely high levels of severe violence exposure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95-116
Number of pages	22
Journal	Victims and Offenders
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2014.940435
Publication status	Published - 2015 Jan 2

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