Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behavior among High School Students in Cape Town, South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Pluddemann, Andreas; Flisher, Alan J.; McKetin, Rebecca; Parry, Charles D.; Lombard, Carl J.
Titel	Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behavior among High School Students in Cape Town, South Africa
Quelle	In: Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 21 (2012) 2, S.181-191 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-828X
DOI	10.1080/1067828X.2012.662437
Schlagwörter	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Municipalities; Incidence; Foreign Countries; Sexuality; High School Students; Case Studies; Drug Abuse; Risk; Health Behavior; Correlation; Measures (Individuals); Regression (Statistics); South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Magistrat; Vorkommen; Ausland; Sexualität; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Risiko; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Korrelation; Messdaten; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Objective: To investigate whether methamphetamine use is associated with sexual risk behavior among adolescents. Method: A cross-sectional survey of 1,561 male and female high school students in Cape Town (mean age 14.9 years) was conducted using items from the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT) HIV Risk Scale. Results: Nine percent of the students had tried methamphetamine and 30% of male and 17% of female students reported sexual debut. Multinomial logistic regression analyses showed that methamphetamine use in the past year was significantly associated with being in a higher HIV/STI risk category (RRR = 2.1, 95% CI: 1.10-4.03, p less than 0.05). Conclusions: Methamphetamine use, coupled with a high HIV prevalence in South Africa, raises serious cause for concern about the potential for methamphetamine to further exacerbate the prevalence and spread of HIV in Cape Town. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10