Retail demand for emergency contraception in United States following New Year holiday: time series study

B Wagner, K Cleland - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
Objective To estimate the increase in sales of emergency contraception following the New
Year's Eve/New Year's Day holiday. Design Time series analysis using autoregressive …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial distribution and determinants of Early sexual initiation in Ethiopia

SD Kebede, N Kebede, MM Mihiretu, EB Enyew… - BMC public …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods The study was conducted on secondary data from the PMA 2021 cross-sectional
survey which conducted nationally from November 2021 to January 2022 which is in the …

Screening student drinking behaviors: examining AUDIT criterion validity using CIDI-based alcohol use disorder as the 'gold standard'

JC Skogen, MM Thørrisen, AKS Knudsen… - Frontiers in public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction High levels of alcohol consumption among college students have been
observed across countries. Heavy drinking episodes are particularly prevalent in this …

“You kind of blame it on the alcohol, but...”: A discourse analysis of alcohol use and sexual consent among young men in Vancouver, Canada

T Goodyear, JL Oliffe, H Kia, EK Jenkins, R Knight - Health, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
There is growing awareness about issues of sexual consent, especially in autonomy-
compromising or “non-ideal” contexts, including sex involving alcohol. Understanding the …

Development and psychometric evaluation of a questionnaire to measure university students' knowledge on the effects of alcohol use during pregnancy

GPR Leite, LRS de Avó, CMR Germano… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can lead to fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders. This study developed and validated a questionnaire to assess university students' …

[HTML][HTML] School connectedness and risk for sexual intercourse and nonconsensual sex in adolescence

CR Miller, JM Gajos, KL Cropsey - Prevention science, 2024 - Springer
The CDC reports that 30% of high school students have engaged in sexual intercourse.
Evidence suggests biological, personal, peer, societal, and family variables affect when a …

Concurrent decline in teenage fertility rate and binge drinking? An observational study across 45 nations

T Halkjelsvik, VF Skirbekk - Drug and Alcohol Review, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Alcohol consumption is associated with unintended pregnancies among
teenagers. Its role as a broader determinant of teenage fertility rates remains unclear. We …

Prevalence of Substance Use and related Behaviors among Tertiary Students: A Cross-sectional Survey in Yaoundé, Cameroon

MF Edzamba, FZ Lekeumo Cheuyem, A Amani… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Background The use of psychoactive substances is a major global public health problem.
People aged 15-24 years are more likely to abuse psychoactive substances than the …

Prevalence of substance and hazardous alcohol use and their association with risky sexual behaviour among youth: findings from a population-based survey in …

K Hlahla, SC Azizi, V Simms, CD Chikwari, E Dauya… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Hazardous drinking (HD) and substance use (SU) can lead to disinhibited
behaviour and are both growing public health problems among Southern African youths. We …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the link between hygienic material use during menstruation and self-reported reproductive tract infections among women in India: a propensity …

M Chakrabarty, A Singh - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Background Reproductive tract infections (RTIs) present a substantial health concern for
women, especially in developing nations such as India, where inadequate access to proper …