Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behavior among High School Students in Cape Town, South Africa

Andreas Plüddemann; Alan J. Flisher; Rebecca McKetin; Charles D. Parry; Carl J. Lombard

doi:10.1080/1067828X.2012.662437

Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behavior among High School Students in Cape Town, South Africa

Andreas Plüddemann^*, Alan J. Flisher, Rebecca McKetin, Charles D. Parry, Carl J. Lombard

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	181-191
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2012.662437
Publication status	Published - Apr 2012
Externally published	Yes

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