Travel abroad increases sexual health risk-taking among Swedish youth : A population-based study using a case-crossover strategy
Sundbeck, Mats LU
; Agardh, Anette
LU
and Östergren, Per Olof
LU
(2017)
In Global Health Action
10(1).
- Abstract
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... (More)
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.
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- Sundbeck, Mats
LU
; Agardh, Anette
LU
and Östergren, Per Olof
LU
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- publishing date
- 2017
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Case-crossover, Casual partner, Condom, Risk-taking, Sexual, Travel, Youth
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- Global Health Action
- volume
- 10
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 1330511
- publisher
- Co-Action Publishing
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- pmid:28598729
- wos:000403498300001
- scopus:85028594057
- ISSN
- 1654-9716
- DOI
- 10.1080/16549716.2017.1330511
- language
- English
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- yes
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- bed97c18-9319-464f-81f3-3ff3af72c971
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