Excessive alcohol use and its association with risky sexual behaviour: a cross-sectional analysis of data from Victorian secondary school students Agius, Paul, Taft, Angela, Hemphill, Sheryl, Toumbourou, John and McMorris, Barbara 2013, Excessive alcohol use and its association with risky sexual behaviour: a cross-sectional analysis of data from Victorian secondary school students, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 76-82, doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12014. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Excessive alcohol use and its association with risky sexual behaviour: a cross-sectional analysis of data from Victorian secondary school students Author(s) Agius, Paul Taft, Angela Hemphill, Sheryl Toumbourou, John orcid.org/0000-0002-8431-3762 McMorris, Barbara Journal name Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Volume number 37 Issue number 1 Start page 76 End page 82 Total pages 7 Publisher Public Health Association of Australia Inc. Place of publication Deakin, ACT Publication date 2013 ISSN 1326-0200 Keyword(s) Adolescent Sexual behaviour Drinking Alcohol Risky sex Summary Objective Estimate the prevalence of sexual behaviour and alcohol use and examine the association between excessive alcohol use and risky sexual behaviour in late secondary students in Victoria, Australia. Method The sample of Year 11 students from government and independent schools participating in the 2008 International Youth Development Study (n=450) was representative of the Victorian school population. Logistic regression analyses examined the associations between sexual behaviour, binge and compulsive drinking, adjusting for socio-demographic, school and family factors. Results Under half (44%) the students had experienced sex in the past year, half (50%) had engaged in binge drinking in the past two weeks and 26% reported compulsive drinking in the past year. Of those who reported sex in the past year (n=197), 34% had sex without a condom at the last sexual encounter and 28% later regretted sex due to alcohol. The likelihood of experiencing sex was increased by binge (OR=2.44, 95%CI 1.44-4.12) and compulsive drinking (OR=2.15, 95%CI 1.29-3.60). For those sexually active, binge drinking increased the risk of having three or more sexual partners (OR=3.37, 95%CI 1.11-10.26) and compulsive drinking increased the likelihood of regretted sex due to alcohol (OR=4.43, 95%CI 2.10-9.31). Excessive drinking was not associated with condom non-use. Conclusion and implications Risky sex – multiple sexual partners and regretted sex due to alcohol – and excessive drinking are highly prevalent and co-associated among Victorian late secondary students. Language eng DOI 10.1111/1753-6405.12014 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920414 Substance Abuse HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2013, Public Health Association of Australia Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30060329 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 10 Feb 2014, 10:53:03 EST Tue, 11 Feb 2014, 07:57:01 EST Tue, 11 Feb 2014, 11:47:13 EST Wed, 12 Feb 2014, 07:45:59 EST Fri, 14 Mar 2014, 13:52:52 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 10 times in TR Web of Science Cited 10 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 177 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 10 Feb 2014, 10:52:48 EST by Penny Andrews

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