Adolescent methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviour in secondary school students in Cape Town, South Africa

Drug and Alcohol Review - Tập 27 Số 6 - Trang 687-692 - 2008
Andreas Plüddemann1,2, Alan J. Flisher3,4, Catherine Mathews5,6, Tara Carney7,8, Carl Lombard9,10
1Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
2Andreas Plüddemann MA, Senior Scientist, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
3Alan J. Flisher PhD, FCPsych(SA), Head, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Adolescent Health Research Unit, University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Professor, Research Centre for Health Promotion, University of Bergen, Norway
4Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Adolescent Health Research Unit, University of Cape Town, South Africa and Research Centre for Health Promotion, University of Bergen, Norway, South Africa
5Catherine Mathews PhD, Specialist Scientist, Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa and School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
6Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa and School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
7Alcohol & drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa
8Tara Carney MA, Scientist, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa
9Biostatistics Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa
10Carl Lombard PhD, Director, Biostatistics Unit, Medical Research Council, South Africa.

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AbstractThis study investigated involvement in substance use and sexual activities among adolescents in Cape Town, and specifically the associations between methampethamine use and sexual risk behaviours. Data were collected from 15 randomly selected and 15 matched schools in Cape Town via quantitative questionnaires. Students used hand‐held computers (PDAs) to answer the questions. A total of 4605 grade 9 students were sampled. Male and female students were almost equally likely to have used methamphetamine at least once (13% versus 12%). Students who had used methamphetamine in the past 30 days were significantly more likely to have had vaginal, anal or oral sex than students who had never used it, to have been pregnant/been responsible for a pregnancy and to have been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection. Logistic regression analysis indicated significant associations between methamphetamine use in the past 12 months and engaging in vaginal and anal sex. Drug abuse and sexually transmitted infections (STI) prevention services should incorporate the link between drugs and STI into their prevention and education strategies, especially those aimed at school‐going adolescents.

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Drug and Alcohol Review

Tập 27 Số 6

687-692

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