Catàleg general Salut sexual
Alcohol and drug abuse and risky sexual behaviours in young adult women
Resum
Objective: To assess alcohol abuse as a predictor of risky sexual behavior among adolescents and young adult women, a high-risk population for unintended pregnancies. Subjects: Totally 3163 adolescent and young adult women, 18–29 years, were assessed on sociodemographics, alcohol and drug use and risky sexual behaviors. Interventions: Participants answered a structured questionnaire on their leisure habits, drug and alcohol consumption, contraception and sexual behaviors. Results: Most of the young adult women perceive that sexuality is an important part of their life but not a main concern (77.6%) and that alcohol removes the barriers to have sex (62.3%). Additionally, 77.0% claimed that contraception had ‘‘a lot’’ (53.4%) and ‘‘quite’’ (23.6%) influence on the quality of their sexuality. However, up to a 38.4% of the interviewed women had had sex without using any contraception and 29.6% of them acknowledged that had taken alcohol and of these, 40.7% said that alcohol was responsible for not using contraception. Alcohol abuse predicted an increase in risky sexual behaviours (4.45 CI: 2.01–9.75, p50.0001). The effect of alcohol was independent of age. Conclusions: These findings suggest that contraception-related behavioural interventions for young adult women should discuss the link between alcohol and sexual risk behavior.
Autoria:
CASTELO-BRANCO FLORES, Camil; PARERA JUNYENT, Núria; MENDOZA, Nicolás; PÉREZ CAMPOS, Ezequiel Francisco; LETE LASA, Iñaki
Autoria institucional: Círculo de Estudios en Anticoncepción (España)
Autoria institucional: Círculo de Estudios en Anticoncepción (España)
Fitxa bibliogràfica
- Any de publicació:
- 2014
- Publicació:
- Carnforth, Lancashire ; Park Ridge, N.J. : Parthenon Pub
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- Número:
- Vol. 30, no. 8 (2014), p. 581-586
- Format:
- Article