Risky behaviour in Jamaican adolescent patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic
West Indian med. j
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49(4): 327-330, Dec. 2000.
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ABSTRACT
The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and risky behaviour patterns were studied in 165 adolescents attending a STD clinic in Jamaica. A standardised structured questionnaire, clinical algorithms for STD and serological tests for HIV and syphilitic infection were applied. High prevalences of risky behaviour including young age at onset of sexual activity, especially in boys, (mean age 12.5 +/- 2.5 years); unprotected sexual intercourse (only 4 used condoms consistently); multiple sexual partners (mean 3.8 +/- 2.4 and 1.8 +/- 1.2 for boys and girls, respectively) were found. Marijuana, used by 60 of the boys, was an independent risk factor for dysuria (adjusted Odds Ratio (OR), 2.0; 95 CI, 1.6-3.4). Repeated episodes of STD (33), coinfection with HIV (1.2), syphilis (1.2) and teenage pregnancy (13) were prominent findings. Educational strategies which promote behaviour intervention at an early age, frequent and consistent use of condoms, abstinence or delayed onset of sexual activity are essential to reducing the HIV/AIDS and STD risk in adolescents in Jamaica.
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Assunto principal:
Assunção de Riscos
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Comportamento Sexual
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Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis
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Comportamento do Adolescente
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo de prevalência
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Pesquisa qualitativa
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Gravidez
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Nigéria
Instituição/País de afiliação:
University of the West Indies/JM
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