TY - JOUR

T1 - Sexual behaviour among casual workers in an international nightlife resort

T2 - a case control study

AU - Hughes, Karen

AU - Bellis, Mark A

PY - 2006/2/21

Y1 - 2006/2/21

N2 - BACKGROUND: Young holidaymakers report increased sexual risk-taking abroad, yet little is currently known about the sexual behaviour of those who extend time abroad through casual work.METHODS: Information on sexual behaviour was collected via an anonymous questionnaire administered to British bar and nightclub workers in Ibiza (cases, n = 92) and British people visiting Ibiza for holiday purposes only (controls, n = 868).RESULTS: Four in five (80.5%) cases who arrived in Ibiza without a partner had sex during their stay and of these two thirds (65.5%) had unprotected sex. Cases were more likely to report sexual risk-taking in Ibiza than controls and reported greater numbers of sexual partners prior to their visit. However, they had fewer sexual partners per week of stay.CONCLUSION: Casual workers in bars and nightclubs abroad are a key risk group for sexual health and a potential conduit for the international spread of sexually transmitted infections. While they are an important target group for sexual health promotion, appropriately trained they are also ideally placed to deliver sexual health interventions to other young travellers.

AB - BACKGROUND: Young holidaymakers report increased sexual risk-taking abroad, yet little is currently known about the sexual behaviour of those who extend time abroad through casual work.METHODS: Information on sexual behaviour was collected via an anonymous questionnaire administered to British bar and nightclub workers in Ibiza (cases, n = 92) and British people visiting Ibiza for holiday purposes only (controls, n = 868).RESULTS: Four in five (80.5%) cases who arrived in Ibiza without a partner had sex during their stay and of these two thirds (65.5%) had unprotected sex. Cases were more likely to report sexual risk-taking in Ibiza than controls and reported greater numbers of sexual partners prior to their visit. However, they had fewer sexual partners per week of stay.CONCLUSION: Casual workers in bars and nightclubs abroad are a key risk group for sexual health and a potential conduit for the international spread of sexually transmitted infections. While they are an important target group for sexual health promotion, appropriately trained they are also ideally placed to deliver sexual health interventions to other young travellers.

KW - Adolescent

KW - Adult

KW - Case-Control Studies

KW - Employment

KW - Female

KW - Holidays

KW - Humans

KW - Internationality

KW - Male

KW - Restaurants

KW - Risk-Taking

KW - Sexual Partners

KW - Spain

KW - Substance-Related Disorders

KW - Surveys and Questionnaires

KW - Travel

KW - United Kingdom

KW - Unsafe Sex

KW - Journal Article

U2 - 10.1186/1471-2458-6-39

DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-6-39

M3 - Article

C2 - 16504040

VL - 6

SP - 39

JO - BMC Public Health

JF - BMC Public Health

SN - 1471-2458

ER -