Safer sex and condom use: a convenience sample of Aboriginal young people in New South Wales
| Autor: | Sandra Bailey, Joanne Bryant, Sarina Solar, Heather Worth, James Ward, Peter Hull |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male Safe Sex Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Adolescent Casual Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject Population Sexually Transmitted Diseases Ethnic group Genital warts law.invention Condoms Young Adult Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Condom law medicine Humans education media_common Gynecology education.field_of_study Unsafe Sex business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases Abstinence medicine.disease Health Surveys Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious Diseases Utilization Review Female New South Wales business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Sexual Health. 8:378 |
| ISSN: | 1448-5028 |
| Popis: | Background This paper examines condom use in a sample of Aboriginal young people in New South Wales (NSW) aged 16–30 years. Methods: Cross-sectional data were collected using hand-held computer devices from 293 Aboriginal people attending two Aboriginal events in NSW. Results: Almost two-thirds of respondents reported having had a casual sex partner in the previous 6 months. Of these, 39.2% reported always using a condom with casual partners. Having always used a condom with casual partners varied among respondents, and was more likely among younger respondents (adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 2.7, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.2–6.1) and less likely among those who used illicit drugs (AOR: 0.2, 95% CI: 0.1–0.7). Conclusions: In comparison to published studies of other Australians, casual sex appears to be more common among this sample of Aboriginal young people; however, the proportion who report having always used condoms with casual partners is very similar. This suggests that although casual sex is more common, Aboriginal young people do not engage in risky behaviour any more often than other young Australians. Further work should be conducted with those who do not always use condoms, such as those who are older and who use illicit drugs, particularly with regards to how abstinence from drug use supports protective behaviours such as condom use among this population of Aboriginal young people. |
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