The Cedar Project: sexual vulnerabilities among Aboriginal young people involved in illegal drug use in two Canadian cities.

Autor: Chavoshi N; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. nchavoshi@gmail.com, Waters S, Moniruzzaman A, Richardson CG, Schechter MT, Spittal PM
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique [Can J Public Health] 2012 Nov 08; Vol. 103 (6), pp. e413-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Nov 08.
Abstrakt: Objectives: Very few studies in Canada address the sexual health of young Aboriginal people who use drugs; the focus in established literature has been on parenteral risks. This study sought to identify the risk factors associated with inconsistent condom use in a cohort of young Aboriginal people who live in British Columbia and use drugs.
Methods: This analysis includes baseline questionnaire data from October 2003 to April 2005. Multivariable modeling stratified by gender identified independent demographic, traumatic, sex and drug use risk factors associated with inconsistent condom use.
Results: Of the 292 women and 313 men at baseline, prevalence of inconsistent condom use during insertive sex was 59% and 46%, respectively. In multivariable logistic regression, after adjusting for age and location, inconsistent condom use among women was significantly associated with ever being enrolled in a drug/alcohol treatment program (AOR: 1.95, 95% CI: 1.06-3.60), and ever being sexually abused (AOR: 1.80, 95% CI: 1.01-3.20). Among men, inconsistent condom use was significantly associated with having more than 20 lifetime sex partners (AOR: 2.06, 95% CI: 1.24-3.44).
Conclusion: Our study demonstrates high rates of inconsistent condom use among young Aboriginal people who use drugs, highlighting their vulnerability to contracting sexually transmitted infections. Culturally tailored sexual health interventions must be made a priority and need to incorporate the reality of gendered differences in the context of multigenerational trauma, including non-consensual sex.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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