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Transgenerational Cycle of Traumatization and HIV Risk Exposure among Crack Users

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  • Joana Corrêa de Magalhães Narvaez

    (Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde, Porto Alegre 90050-170, Brazil
    Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil)

  • Vinícius Serafini Roglio

    (Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil)

  • Brittany Di Tommaso

    (Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil)

  • Flavio Pechansky

    (Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 90035-903, Brazil)

Abstract

The aim of this manuscript is to understand the impact of childhood sexual abuse on the development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) exposure. and parental neglect in crack cocaine users, considering the role of gender. This study is a secondary database analysis of a sample from a multicenter cross-sectional study with 715 crack cocaine users receiving outpatient treatment in public mental health networks in six Brazilian capitals. Prevalence ratios were estimated by Poisson regression. In crack cocaine users with childhood sexual abuse, traumatic experiences seem to remain fixed through the development of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in adulthood. Crack cocaine users with childhood abuse and PTSD in adulthood showed more sexual risk behaviors, including outcomes such as HIV (PR = 3.6 p < 0.001 for childhood abuse and PR = 3.7 p < 0.001 for PTSD). Furthermore, this traumatic trajectory affects the functional ability of crack cocaine users, especially women, to work thus impacting their inclusion and sense of social belonging. Such a chain seems to be reflected in the establishment of a circle of transgenerational transmission, to the extent that subjects with a history of abuse and PTSD reported more parental neglect towards their children. This study reinforces the importance of preventive public policies regarding early socio-emotional vulnerabilities and the need to support families, especially women, to avoid HIV and self-destructive outcomes such as crack cocaine use.

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  • Joana Corrêa de Magalhães Narvaez & Vinícius Serafini Roglio & Brittany Di Tommaso & Flavio Pechansky, 2023. "Transgenerational Cycle of Traumatization and HIV Risk Exposure among Crack Users," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(7), pages 1-15, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:7:p:5285-:d:1109109
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    1. Williams, J.K. & Glover, D.A. & Wyatt, G.E. & Kisler, K. & Liu, H. & Zhang, M., 2013. "A sexual risk and stress reduction intervention designed for HIV-positive bisexual African American men with childhood sexual abuse histories," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 103(8), pages 1476-1484.
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