TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Travel abroad increases sexual health risk-taking among Swedish youth: a population-based study using a case-crossover strategy JO - Global health action A1 - Sundbeck, Mats A1 - Agardh, Anette A1 - Ostergren, Per-Olof SP - e1330511 EP - e1330511 VL - 10 IS - 1 N2 - BACKGROUND: The fact that youth take sexual risks when they are abroad have been shown in previous studies. However, it is not known if they increased their sexual risk-taking when travelling abroad, compared to the stay in their homeland.

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether Swedish youth increased their individual sexual risk behaviour, defined as having a casual sex partner, when travelling abroad and to examine possible factors that may be associated with increased risk-taking abroad.

DESIGN: In 2013, a population-based sample of 2189 Swedes, 18-29 years, was assessed by a questionnaire (45% response rate). Sexuality, duration of travel, parents' country of origin, mental health, heavy episodic drinking (HED), use of illicit drugs, and socio-demographic background were assessed. Increased risk of casual sex in relation to time spent abroad vs. time spent in Sweden was analysed by a variant of case-crossover design. Factors that could be associated with increased risk of casual sex in Sweden and abroad, separately, were analysed by logistic regression.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 1654-9716 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2017.1330511 ID - ref1 ER -