Formative Research to Identify Contributors to Risky Drinking and Adapt an Alcohol Reduction Intervention Among Young Adults Vulnerable to HIV: Qualitative Focus Group Study

Fidelis Sesenu   ^{1, 2} , MPhil ;   Sally Kirklewski   ³ , MEd ;   Bryce Takenaka   ³ , MPH ;   Jaime Brown   ⁴ , BA ;   Erin Nicholson   ³ , MPH ;   Kimberly Haney   ⁵ , MLS ;   Kaylia Carroll   ³ , MPH ;   Arjee Restar   ³ , MPH, PhD ;   Donte Travon Boyd   ⁶ , MSW, PhD ;   Keisa Fallin-Bennett   ⁷ , MD, MPH ;   Trace Kershaw   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Carolyn Lauckner   ^{8 *} , PhD

¹ Center for Health, Engagement, and Transformation, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States

² Department of Communication Studies, College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States

³ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States

⁵ Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States

⁶ College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States

⁷ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States

⁸ Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, Michigan State University, Flint, MI, United States

*these authors contributed equally