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The Risky Health Behaviours of Male Adolescents in the Southern Italian Region: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Disease
Recent epidemiological studies suggest an increase of sexual and reproductive chronic diseases caused by problematic behaviours acquired during peri-pubertal age. The aims of our study were: (i) to investigate awareness of sexual transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents; (ii) to describe the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6781188/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31500383 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8091414 |
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author | Perri, Anna Lofaro, Danilo Izzo, Giulia Aquino, Benedetta Bitonti, Massimo Ciambrone, Giuseppe La Vignera, Sandro Pozza, Carlotta Gianfrilli, Daniele Aversa, Antonio |
author_facet | Perri, Anna Lofaro, Danilo Izzo, Giulia Aquino, Benedetta Bitonti, Massimo Ciambrone, Giuseppe La Vignera, Sandro Pozza, Carlotta Gianfrilli, Daniele Aversa, Antonio |
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description | Recent epidemiological studies suggest an increase of sexual and reproductive chronic diseases caused by problematic behaviours acquired during peri-pubertal age. The aims of our study were: (i) to investigate awareness of sexual transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents; (ii) to describe the close relationship between possibly incorrect lifestyles during adolescence and reproductive and sexual disturbances during adulthood. The “Amico-Andrologo” survey is a permanent nationwide surveillance program supported by the Italian Ministry of Health. We administered a validated structured interview to investigate the lifestyle of adolescents and their knowledge of STIs. We selected a cohort of 360 male high-school students aged ≥18 years old. In this cohort, 150 (41.5%) were smokers while 59 (19.7%) smoked more than 10 cigarettes/day; 25 (9.3%) declared a consumption ≥6 drinks/weekend; and 65 (19.7%) were habitual cannabis consumers (at least twice/week). Among the sample of students selected, the main sources of sexual disease information were the internet and friends. The perceived level of knowledge on STIs was the same between students that used contraceptive methods and students that did not. The present results demonstrate that adolescents in Calabria do not receive appropriate information about risky health behaviours. Therefore, there is a necessity for specific educational programs to increase awareness of dangerous behaviours during the transitional age that is relevant for a safe sexual and reproductive adult life. |
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spelling | pubmed-67811882019-10-30 The Risky Health Behaviours of Male Adolescents in the Southern Italian Region: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Disease Perri, Anna Lofaro, Danilo Izzo, Giulia Aquino, Benedetta Bitonti, Massimo Ciambrone, Giuseppe La Vignera, Sandro Pozza, Carlotta Gianfrilli, Daniele Aversa, Antonio J Clin Med Article Recent epidemiological studies suggest an increase of sexual and reproductive chronic diseases caused by problematic behaviours acquired during peri-pubertal age. The aims of our study were: (i) to investigate awareness of sexual transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents; (ii) to describe the close relationship between possibly incorrect lifestyles during adolescence and reproductive and sexual disturbances during adulthood. The “Amico-Andrologo” survey is a permanent nationwide surveillance program supported by the Italian Ministry of Health. We administered a validated structured interview to investigate the lifestyle of adolescents and their knowledge of STIs. We selected a cohort of 360 male high-school students aged ≥18 years old. In this cohort, 150 (41.5%) were smokers while 59 (19.7%) smoked more than 10 cigarettes/day; 25 (9.3%) declared a consumption ≥6 drinks/weekend; and 65 (19.7%) were habitual cannabis consumers (at least twice/week). Among the sample of students selected, the main sources of sexual disease information were the internet and friends. The perceived level of knowledge on STIs was the same between students that used contraceptive methods and students that did not. The present results demonstrate that adolescents in Calabria do not receive appropriate information about risky health behaviours. Therefore, there is a necessity for specific educational programs to increase awareness of dangerous behaviours during the transitional age that is relevant for a safe sexual and reproductive adult life. MDPI 2019-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6781188/ /pubmed/31500383 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8091414 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Perri, Anna Lofaro, Danilo Izzo, Giulia Aquino, Benedetta Bitonti, Massimo Ciambrone, Giuseppe La Vignera, Sandro Pozza, Carlotta Gianfrilli, Daniele Aversa, Antonio The Risky Health Behaviours of Male Adolescents in the Southern Italian Region: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Disease |
title | The Risky Health Behaviours of Male Adolescents in the Southern Italian Region: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Disease |
title_full | The Risky Health Behaviours of Male Adolescents in the Southern Italian Region: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Disease |
title_fullStr | The Risky Health Behaviours of Male Adolescents in the Southern Italian Region: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | The Risky Health Behaviours of Male Adolescents in the Southern Italian Region: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Disease |
title_short | The Risky Health Behaviours of Male Adolescents in the Southern Italian Region: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Disease |
title_sort | risky health behaviours of male adolescents in the southern italian region: implications for sexual and reproductive disease |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6781188/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31500383 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm8091414 |
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