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Use of psychoactive substances and sexual risk behavior in adolescents
(Usage de substances psychoactives et comportement sexuel à risque chez les adolescents)
Auteur(s) :
SCIVOLETTO S. ;
KOJI TSUJI R. ;
NAJJAR ABDO C. H. ;
DE QUEIROZ S. ;
DE ANDRADE, A. G. ;
GATTAZ W. F.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
381-398
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
23
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ADOLESCENT
;
SEXUALITE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
IST
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
Thésaurus géographique
BRESIL
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2002, 37, (3), 381-398
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This study investigated the relationship between the use of illicit drugs and sexual-risk-behavior in a sample of students aged 14 to 21 years at a public high school in Sâo Paulo in 1997. A total of 689 useable questionnaires documented the sample in consumption of psychoactive substances and sexual behavior. Sexual behavior of drug users and non-users was compared regarding history of complete sexual intercourse, age at first sexual intercourse, use of condoms, sexual intercourse with sex workers, and prostitution. Drug users (N= 366) presented a higher frequency of complete sexual intercourse (80.8% of users versus 53.5% of non-users), (N = 323, p < .00 1), a younger age at first sexual intercourse (on average 15.2 years in users versus 15.7 among non-users, p <.005), a trend toward lower use of condoms (56.7% among users versus 65.3 % among non-users, p < .1), and more sexual intercourse with sex workers (31.1 % among users versus 15 % among non-users, p<.001). Sexual-risk-behavior increased with the number of drugs used. Alcohol and marijuana use were associated with the highest sexual-risk-behavior. These data are essential for the development of more specific preventive strategies, focusing on male alcohol and marijuana users. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept. Inst. Psychiat., Faculty Med., Univ. Sao Paulo, R. Dr. Ovidio Pires de Campos, s/n, P.O. Box 3671, 05403-010 Sao Paulo SP. E-mail : grea@edu.usp.br
Brésil. Brazil.
Brésil. Brazil.