title: A social network-informed latent class analysis of patterns of substance use, sexual behavior, and mental health: Social Network Study III, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We assessed whether a meaningful set of latent risk profiles could be identified in an inner-city population through individual and network characteristics of substance use, sexual behaviors, and mental health status.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data came from 600 participants in Social Network Study III, conducted in 2009 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We used latent class analysis (LCA) to identify risk profiles and, with covariates, to identify predictors of class.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 4-class model of risk profiles fit the data best: (1) solitary users reported polydrug use at the individual level, but low probabilities of substance use or concurrent sexual partners with network members; (2) social-all-substance users reported polydrug use at the individual and network levels; (3) social-noninjection drug users reported less likelihood of injection drug and solvent use; (4) low-risk users reported low probabilities across substances. Unstable housing, preadolescent substance use, age, and hepatitis C status predicted risk profiles.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Incorporation of social network variables into LCA can distinguish important subgroups with varying patterns of risk behaviors that can lead to sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections.
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Suellen Hopfer served as a fellow for the NIH Prevention and Methodology Training Post Doctorate, Pennsylvania State University, State College. Xianming Tan is with the University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. John L. Wylie is with the Departments of Medical Microbiology and Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, and the Cadham Provincial Laboratory, Manitoba Health, Winnipeg.
authors.forename: Suellen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hopfer
authors.forename: Xianming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wylie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008350:Manitoba; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult