Risky behaviour in Jamaican adolescent patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic
West Indian Med. J
; 49(4): 327-30, Dec. 2000.
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JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and risky behaviour patterns were studied in 165 adolescents attending a STD clinic in Jamaica. A standardised structured questionnaire, clinical algorithms for STD and serological tests for HIV and syphilitic infection were applied. High prevalences of risky behaviour including young age at onset of sexual activity, especially in boys, (mean age 12.5 ñ 2.5 years); unprotected sexual intercourse (only 4 percent used condoms consistently); multiple sexual partners (mean 3.8 ñ 2.4 and 1.8 ñ 1.2 for boys and girls, respectively were found. Marijuana, used by 60 percent of the boys, was an independent risk factor for dysuria (adjusted Odds Ratio (OR), 2.0; 95 prcent CI, 1.6 - 3.4). Repeated episodes of STD (33 percent), coinfection with HIV (1.2 percent), syphilis (1.2 percent) and teenage pregnancy (13 percent) were prominent findings. Educational strategies which promote behaviour intervention at an early age, frequent and consistent use of condoms, abstinence or delayed onset of sexual activity are essential to reducing the HIV/AIDS and STD risk in adolescents in Jamaica.(Au)
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Assunção de Riscos
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Comportamento Sexual
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Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis
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Comportamento do Adolescente
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian Med. J
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article