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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behavior among High School Students in Cape Town, South Africa
Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, Volume 21, No. 2, Year 2012
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Description
Objective: To investigate whether methamphetamine use is associated with sexual risk behavior among adolescents. Method: A cross-sectional survey of 1,561 male and female high school students in Cape Town (mean age 14.9 years) was conducted using items from the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT) HIV Risk Scale. Results: Nine percent of the students had tried methamphetamine and 30% of male and 17% of female students reported sexual debut. Multinomial logistic regression analyses showed that methamphetamine use in the past year was significantly associated with being in a higher HIV/STI risk category (RRR = 2.1, 95% CI: 1.10-4.03, p & 0.05). Conclusions: Methamphetamine use, coupled with a high HIV prevalence in South Africa, raises serious cause for concern about the potential for methamphetamine to further exacerbate the prevalence and spread of HIV in Cape Town. © 2012 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Authors & Co-Authors
Plüddemann, Andreas
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Flisher, Alan J.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Norway, Bergen
Universitetet I Bergen
McKetin, Rebecca
Australia, Sydney
Unsw Sydney
Parry, Charles D.H.
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Lombard, Carl J.
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Statistics
Citations: 13
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/1067828X.2012.662437
ISSN:
1067828X
e-ISSN:
15470652
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Male
Female