Substance abuse in early adolescents and HIV preventive behaviors: findings from a school-based cross-sectional survey for the period from 2009 to 2013, Bangkok Thailand

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study is first of its kind in Bangkok, and is a five-year (2009–2013) cross-sectional web-based survey to examine HIV preventive behaviors related to substance abuse among adolescents (N = 16,913). The questionnaire was self-ad...

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Main Authors: B. Thepthien, L. Altaf, P. Chuchareon, S. Srivanichakron
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spelling th-mahidol.410622019-03-14T15:02:00Z Substance abuse in early adolescents and HIV preventive behaviors: findings from a school-based cross-sectional survey for the period from 2009 to 2013, Bangkok Thailand B. Thepthien L. Altaf P. Chuchareon S. Srivanichakron Mahidol University Counsellor Thailand Ministry of Public Health Medicine © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study is first of its kind in Bangkok, and is a five-year (2009–2013) cross-sectional web-based survey to examine HIV preventive behaviors related to substance abuse among adolescents (N = 16,913). The questionnaire was self-administered. Logistic regression was used to analyze the data. The relationship between different types of substance abuse with risky and preventive behaviors was assessed. Male participants reported more substance abuse as compared to females. The risk behaviors observed among the substance abusers include increased sexual experience, multiple sex partners, no use of condoms, and injection drug use. The preventive behaviors include having a high self-risk assessment, going for HIV testing (highest in methamphetamine users), and screening for sexually transmitted infection. Logistic regression suggests that risky behaviors (e.g., sexual experience, injection drug use) are more common in substance abusers. Adolescents are clearly at a high risk. Behavioral preventive measures are needed to reduce or delay premature substance exposure to prevent a wide range of health problems and risks such as HIV and AIDS, injection drug use and unprotected sex. 2018-12-11T03:22:13Z 2019-03-14T08:02:00Z 2018-12-11T03:22:13Z 2019-03-14T08:02:00Z 2016-10-02 Article AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV. Vol.28, No.10 (2016), 1327-1331 10.1080/09540121.2016.1173753 13600451 09540121 2-s2.0-84973882929 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/41062 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84973882929&origin=inward
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B. Thepthien
L. Altaf
P. Chuchareon
S. Srivanichakron
Substance abuse in early adolescents and HIV preventive behaviors: findings from a school-based cross-sectional survey for the period from 2009 to 2013, Bangkok Thailand
description © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study is first of its kind in Bangkok, and is a five-year (2009–2013) cross-sectional web-based survey to examine HIV preventive behaviors related to substance abuse among adolescents (N = 16,913). The questionnaire was self-administered. Logistic regression was used to analyze the data. The relationship between different types of substance abuse with risky and preventive behaviors was assessed. Male participants reported more substance abuse as compared to females. The risk behaviors observed among the substance abusers include increased sexual experience, multiple sex partners, no use of condoms, and injection drug use. The preventive behaviors include having a high self-risk assessment, going for HIV testing (highest in methamphetamine users), and screening for sexually transmitted infection. Logistic regression suggests that risky behaviors (e.g., sexual experience, injection drug use) are more common in substance abusers. Adolescents are clearly at a high risk. Behavioral preventive measures are needed to reduce or delay premature substance exposure to prevent a wide range of health problems and risks such as HIV and AIDS, injection drug use and unprotected sex.
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B. Thepthien
L. Altaf
P. Chuchareon
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author B. Thepthien
L. Altaf
P. Chuchareon
S. Srivanichakron
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title Substance abuse in early adolescents and HIV preventive behaviors: findings from a school-based cross-sectional survey for the period from 2009 to 2013, Bangkok Thailand
title_short Substance abuse in early adolescents and HIV preventive behaviors: findings from a school-based cross-sectional survey for the period from 2009 to 2013, Bangkok Thailand
title_full Substance abuse in early adolescents and HIV preventive behaviors: findings from a school-based cross-sectional survey for the period from 2009 to 2013, Bangkok Thailand
title_fullStr Substance abuse in early adolescents and HIV preventive behaviors: findings from a school-based cross-sectional survey for the period from 2009 to 2013, Bangkok Thailand
title_full_unstemmed Substance abuse in early adolescents and HIV preventive behaviors: findings from a school-based cross-sectional survey for the period from 2009 to 2013, Bangkok Thailand
title_sort substance abuse in early adolescents and hiv preventive behaviors: findings from a school-based cross-sectional survey for the period from 2009 to 2013, bangkok thailand
publishDate 2018
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