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Alcohol and illicit drug consumption and the association with risky sexual behaviour among Swedish youths visiting youth health clinics

AIMS: High alcohol consumption and use of illicit drugs among young people is of great concern and there is a need to identify arenas where this group can be reached by preventive measures. The aim of the present study was to study prevalence of risky alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, and risky...

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Autores principales: Strandberg, Anna, Skoglund, Charlotte, Gripenberg, Johanna, Kvillemo, Pia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32934578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1455072519845970
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author Strandberg, Anna
Skoglund, Charlotte
Gripenberg, Johanna
Kvillemo, Pia
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Gripenberg, Johanna
Kvillemo, Pia
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description AIMS: High alcohol consumption and use of illicit drugs among young people is of great concern and there is a need to identify arenas where this group can be reached by preventive measures. The aim of the present study was to study prevalence of risky alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, and risky sexual behaviour (RSB) among young people visiting youth health clinics in Stockholm county. Another aim was to explore the association between risky alcohol consumption, illicit drug use and RSB. METHODS: During autumn 2016, an anonymous questionnaire comprising questions about alcohol, illicit drugs and risky sexual behaviour was given to visitors at 11 youth health clinics in Stockholm county. RESULTS: A total of 328 youths (M = 18.8 years, 89% girls) answered the questionnaire. Results show that 61.7% had risky alcohol consumption and 41.8% had tried illicit drugs. Risky sexual behaviour was more prevalent among respondents with risky alcohol consumption, and it was more common among non-students than students. CONCLUSIONS: Findings indicate that a large proportion of visitors at youth health clinics in Stockholm county has a risky alcohol consumption and experiences of other drugs, and also that risky alcohol consumption is associated with three of five RSB outcomes. Non-students seemed to be a particularly exposed risk group with regard to both risky alcohol consumption and RSB. Overall, the results indicate that youth health clinics are an important arena for alcohol prevention.
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spelling pubmed-74341402020-09-14 Alcohol and illicit drug consumption and the association with risky sexual behaviour among Swedish youths visiting youth health clinics Strandberg, Anna Skoglund, Charlotte Gripenberg, Johanna Kvillemo, Pia Nordisk Alkohol Nark Research Reports AIMS: High alcohol consumption and use of illicit drugs among young people is of great concern and there is a need to identify arenas where this group can be reached by preventive measures. The aim of the present study was to study prevalence of risky alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, and risky sexual behaviour (RSB) among young people visiting youth health clinics in Stockholm county. Another aim was to explore the association between risky alcohol consumption, illicit drug use and RSB. METHODS: During autumn 2016, an anonymous questionnaire comprising questions about alcohol, illicit drugs and risky sexual behaviour was given to visitors at 11 youth health clinics in Stockholm county. RESULTS: A total of 328 youths (M = 18.8 years, 89% girls) answered the questionnaire. Results show that 61.7% had risky alcohol consumption and 41.8% had tried illicit drugs. Risky sexual behaviour was more prevalent among respondents with risky alcohol consumption, and it was more common among non-students than students. CONCLUSIONS: Findings indicate that a large proportion of visitors at youth health clinics in Stockholm county has a risky alcohol consumption and experiences of other drugs, and also that risky alcohol consumption is associated with three of five RSB outcomes. Non-students seemed to be a particularly exposed risk group with regard to both risky alcohol consumption and RSB. Overall, the results indicate that youth health clinics are an important arena for alcohol prevention. SAGE Publications 2019-05-19 2019-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7434140/ /pubmed/32934578 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1455072519845970 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_fullStr Alcohol and illicit drug consumption and the association with risky sexual behaviour among Swedish youths visiting youth health clinics
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title_short Alcohol and illicit drug consumption and the association with risky sexual behaviour among Swedish youths visiting youth health clinics
title_sort alcohol and illicit drug consumption and the association with risky sexual behaviour among swedish youths visiting youth health clinics
topic Research Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32934578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1455072519845970
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