Drug use among university students vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections: A quantitative study

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Roni Robson da
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Silva, Leandro Andrade da, Mesquita, Lucas Marvilla Fraga de, Silva, Maria Virginia Godoy da, Silva Junior, Milton Domingues da, Silva, Diego Ferreira da, Santos, Luiz Otavio Pereira dos, Souza, Lívia Barbosa Pacheco, Pereira, Amanda Vargas, Ribeiro, Mônica Barreto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/33762
• topic: Drogas Ilícitas; Comportamentos de Risco à Saúde; HIV; Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis.; Drogas Ilícitas; Conductas de Riesgo para la Salud; VIH; Enfermedades de transmisión sexual.; Illicit Drugs; Health Risk Behaviors; HIV; Sexually transmitted diseases.

Several studies indicate that there is greater vulnerability to acquiring sexually transmitted infections in the population that uses recreational drugs. Objective: this study aims to explore the relationship between the recreational use of psychoactive drugs in a sexual context among female, male and non-binary students at a university in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Method: this is a descriptive study with a quali-quanti approach, consisting of a semi-structured form delivered via the online platform "social network" 196 university students over 18 years of age in the city of Rio de Janeiro responded to the survey. Result: with this study it was possible to know the sexual behavior of this group of people and identify individual psychosocial factors. Conclusion: the characteristics of the social environment where this individual is inserted and the predominant beliefs of the community and about the treatment and normalization of HIV.