Sexual behavior among high school students in Brazil: alcohol consumption and legal and illegal drug use associated with unprotected sex
Clinics
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68(4): 489-494, abr. 2013. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: lil-674241
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: Alcohol and other drug use appears to reduce decision-making ability and increase the risk of unsafe sex, leading to possible unplanned pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases/human immunodeficiency virus/HIV transmission, and multiple sexual partners. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that risky sexual behaviors among adolescents are associated with legal and illegal drug use. METHODS: A national cross-sectional survey of 17,371 high-school students was conducted in 2010. Students were selected from 789 public and private schools in each of the 27 Brazilian state capitals by a multistage probabilistic sampling method and answered a self-report questionnaire. Weighted data were analyzed through basic contingency tables and logistic regressions testing for differences in condom use among adolescents who were sexually active during the past month. RESULTS: Approximately one third of the high school students had engaged in sexual intercourse in the month prior to the survey, and nearly half of these respondents had not used a condom. While overall sexual intercourse was more prevalent among boys, unsafe sexual intercourse was more prevalent among girls. Furthermore, a lower socioeconomic status was directly associated with non-condom use, while binge drinking and illegal drug use were independently associated with unsafe sexual intercourse. CONCLUSION: Adolescent alcohol and drug use were associated with unsafe sexual practices. School prevention programs must include drug use and sexuality topics simultaneously because both risk-taking behaviors occur simultaneously. .
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Assunto principal:
Comportamento Sexual
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Estudantes
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Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adolescente
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Clinics
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade Federal de São Paulo/BR
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