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| Concerning Unprotected Sex and Illicit Substance Use among Iranian University Students |
| Banafsheh MORADMAND-BADIE1, Lillian MWANRI1, Ali MIRZAZADEH2,3, Saeedeh MOYEDI-NIA4, Mehrnaz RASOULINEJAD4, Colin MACDOUGALL1 |
| 1Discipline of Public Health College of Medicine and Public Health Flinders University, South Australia, Australia; 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA; 3HIV/STI
Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; 4Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran |
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Abstract The university student population is the largest adolescent group in Iran. we aimed to measure the prevalence of sexual and illicit substance use risk behaviours among university students in Tehran, Iran. This study employed a quantitative method strategy to study Iranian university students. An anonymous quantitative survey was conducted using a self-administrated questionnaire. About 392/400 (98.0%) of invited students completed the survey with an average age of 21.98 (18-35), and 58.7% male. Lifetime substance use was reported by 14.8% of participants. The most commonly used substances were grass (11 .0%), hallucinogens (4.1%), and cocaine (2.6%). Moreover, 36.7% of participants reported sexual contacts within the last 12 months. Compared to females, more males reported condom use in last sexual contact (30.7% vs. 10.0%, P < 0.005), and multiple sexual partners (40.6% vs. 16.7%, P < 0.005). About, 34 (27.2%) participant reported sex with a sex worker or a person who had a multiple sexual partner. Group sex was reported by 5.1% of participants. Illicit substance use and unprotected sex are considerably high among university students. More effective prevention programs accessible to them are needed to reduce their vulnerability to associated harms to such risk behaviours.
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Corresponding Authors:
Bana fsheh MOR ADMAND-BADIE, E-ma i l:banafsheh.moradmandbadie@gmail.com
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