The behaviour and sexual health of young international travellers (backpackers) in Australia

ObjectivesTo study the demographics, risk behaviours and morbidity of young long-term international travellers (backpackers) attending a sexual health service in Sydney, Australia.MethodsData on new patients were extracted from the Sydney Sexual Health Centre database for the period 1998 to 2006. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sexually transmitted infections 2010-06, Vol.86 (3), p.247-250
Hauptverfasser: McNulty, A M, Egan, C, Wand, H, Donovan, B
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Zusammenfassung:ObjectivesTo study the demographics, risk behaviours and morbidity of young long-term international travellers (backpackers) attending a sexual health service in Sydney, Australia.MethodsData on new patients were extracted from the Sydney Sexual Health Centre database for the period 1998 to 2006. The sexual risk behaviours and morbidity of the backpackers were compared with other patients of a similar age.ResultsThe 5698 backpackers who attended the centre reported higher numbers of sexual partners (three or more partners in the past 3 months, 18% vs 12%, p
ISSN:1368-4973
1472-3263
DOI:10.1136/sti.2009.038737