TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Alcohol and drug abuse and risky sexual behaviours in young adult women
JO  - Gynecological endocrinology
A1  - Castelo-Branco, Camil
A1  - Parera, Nuria
A1  - Mendoza, Nicolás
A1  - Pérez-Campos, Ezequiel
A1  - Lete, Iñaki
SP  - 581
EP  - 586
VL  - 30
IS  - 8
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To assess alcohol abuse as a predictor of risky sexual behavior among adolescents and young adult women, a high-risk population for unintended pregnancies. Subjects: Totally 3163 adolescent and young adult women, 18-29 years, were assessed on sociodemographics, alcohol and drug use and risky sexual behaviors. Interventions: Participants answered a structured questionnaire on their leisure habits, drug and alcohol consumption, contraception and sexual behaviors. <br><br>RESULTS: Most of the young adult women perceive that sexuality is an important part of their life but not a main concern (77.6%) and that alcohol removes the barriers to have sex (62.3%). Additionally, 77.0% claimed that contraception had "a lot" (53.4%) and "quite" (23.6%) influence on the quality of their sexuality. However, up to a 38.4% of the interviewed women had had sex without using any contraception and 29.6% of them acknowledged that had taken alcohol and of these, 40.7% said that alcohol was responsible for not using contraception. Alcohol abuse predicted an increase in risky sexual behaviours (4.45 CI: 2.01-9.75, p < 0.0001). The effect of alcohol was independent of age. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that contraception-related behavioural interventions for young adult women should discuss the link between alcohol and sexual risk behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0951-3590
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09513590.2014.910190
ID  - ref1
ER  -