Sexual behavior among high school students in Brazil: alcohol consumption and legal and illegal drug use associated with unprotected sex
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 hypo...
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| author | Zila M. Sanchez Solange A. Nappo Joselaine I. Cruz Elisaldo A. Carlini Claudia M. Carlini Silvia S. Martins |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-07c67ed1aee34edb9086a13da00323902022-12-22T02:40:57ZengElsevier EspañaClinics1807-59321980-53222013-04-01684489494Sexual behavior among high school students in Brazil: alcohol consumption and legal and illegal drug use associated with unprotected sexZila M. SanchezSolange A. NappoJoselaine I. CruzElisaldo A. CarliniClaudia M. CarliniSilvia S. MartinsOBJECTIVE: 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000400489Sexual Risky BehaviorBinge DrinkingIllegal Drug UseSchool SurveyAdolescents |
| spellingShingle | Zila M. Sanchez Solange A. Nappo Joselaine I. Cruz Elisaldo A. Carlini Claudia M. Carlini Silvia S. Martins Sexual behavior among high school students in Brazil: alcohol consumption and legal and illegal drug use associated with unprotected sex Clinics Sexual Risky Behavior Binge Drinking Illegal Drug Use School Survey Adolescents |
| title | Sexual behavior among high school students in Brazil: alcohol consumption and legal and illegal drug use associated with unprotected sex |
| title_full | Sexual behavior among high school students in Brazil: alcohol consumption and legal and illegal drug use associated with unprotected sex |
| title_fullStr | Sexual behavior among high school students in Brazil: alcohol consumption and legal and illegal drug use associated with unprotected sex |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sexual behavior among high school students in Brazil: alcohol consumption and legal and illegal drug use associated with unprotected sex |
| title_short | Sexual behavior among high school students in Brazil: alcohol consumption and legal and illegal drug use associated with unprotected sex |
| title_sort | sexual behavior among high school students in brazil alcohol consumption and legal and illegal drug use associated with unprotected sex |
| topic | Sexual Risky Behavior Binge Drinking Illegal Drug Use School Survey Adolescents |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000400489 |
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