ฐานข้อมูลวิจัยด้านสุขภาพจิตและจิตเวช

ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Orapan Saengwanloy

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Correlation between alcohol and unsafe sex in youth.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: The 3rd National Alcohol Conference "Alcohol : No Ordinary Commodity", 21st-22nd November 2007, Richmond Hotel, Nonthaburi, Page 71.

รายละเอียด / Details:

The objective is to study the health-related behavior between drinking alcohol and unsafe sex amongst youth groups under higher education level. The methodology involves surveillance of behaviors related to health where data are collected during June on an annual basis. The survey is based the two stage cluster sampling with equal opportunity using palm notebook. The respondents answer the questions themselves without specifying their names or revealing other information that refer to their identities. After the data are collected, they will be sent to the central computer system for data processing directly. The questionnaires are divided into 9 parts with 4 to 29 questions for each set. Altogether, there are 78 questions comprising of questions related to general information, information related to sexual experience, experience in using drugs and drinking alcohol. The results of the surveillance in 2006 are from the sample size of 43,956 persons who can be disaggregated into 15,710 secondary 2 students, 13,578 secondary 5 students and 14,668 vocational students. These can be divided into 20,531 males and 23,425 females. The average age groups of the respondents are 13,16.4 and 16.6 years old. Respectively. 39.9% of female students and 59.3% of male students drink alcohol including whisky, beer, wine and mixed alcohol beverages. Within the past one month, 42.8% female students and 66% of male students drink alcohol in any days within the past one month. The first encounter in unsafe sex for those who drink alcohol, there are 87.8% male students and 74.8% female students who do not use condoms. 75.8% are alcohol-drinking male students who had sex with female or male prostitutes without wearing condoms. 86.8% of alcohol-drinking male students had sex on the latest night with male or female prostitutes. 74.4% of female students had sex with alcohol-drinking partners who do not wear condoms. 73.5% of them had sex with partners without wearing condoms. 7.39% 0f students had sex on the most recent time with alcohol-drinking partners without wearing condoms. On the latest statistics, 59% of female students drank alcohol before having sex. 20.2% of students drank before having sex in the last one year. 22.6% of male students and 25.2 of female students in the sample groups could correctly answer all the 5 questions in the palm notebook. It is found that the proportion of male students who answered correctly is higher than 50% as compared to female students, which is slightly lower than that. Even though there are no clear indications regarding the difference between the two sexes regarding the relationship between alcohol and unsafe sex, there are certain in-depth research works that indicate the factors that influence sexual relationship, such as drinking alcohol can induce loss of self-control and stimulation in sex. Recommendations: Knowledge should be provided to youth in preparing for unexpected events and to responsible for self-values as well as to care for these we love and those who love us. To know the dangers of alcohol and loss of self-control needs stringent measures and understanding especially the support from those who do not have enough experience.

Keywords: alcohol, unsafe sex, youth, behavior, student, drink whiskey

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2007

Address: Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health.

Code: 200800111

ISSN/ISBN: 978-974-09-4574-1

Country of publication: Thailand

Language: English

Category: Abstract

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