Provider Discussion of Sexual Behavior and Chlamydia Testing of California Women With Sexual Risk Behaviors

2006 ◽  
Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Grossman ◽  
Alicia D. Lynch ◽  
Amanda M. Richer ◽  
Lisette M. DeSouza

Research shows that family sexuality communication is protective for teens’ risky sexual behavior, but most studies on this topic focus exclusively on the parent–teen dyad. The few studies that assessed extended family sexuality communication use a single item to measure this communication and showed mixed results as to whether it is associated with sexual risk behaviors for teens. The current study included cross-sectional survey data from 952 teens in the 11th and 12th grades. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess associations between teens’ sexual risk behaviors and communication with extended family about protection methods, risks of sex and relational approaches to sex. Results showed that, for sexually active teens, talk about protection methods was associated with fewer sexual partners and talk about risks of sex was associated with more sexual partners, even after accounting for talk with parents about sex and controlling for teen gender, racial/ethnic background and mothers’ education. Results suggest that extended family talk with teens about sex might protect them from risky sexual behavior, over and above the effects of teen–parent communication. However, the direction of the effect depends on the content of the conversations. Talk about protection might support teens’ sexual health, while talk about risks of sex with teens who have already had sex, might not be effective. These findings suggest the need to explore whether and how extended family could be included in health prevention and intervention programs, which currently focus on parents.


2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052097819
Author(s):  
Leah K. Gilbert ◽  
Francis B. Annor ◽  
Howard Kress

The purpose of this study was to assess whether the endorsement of inequitable gender norms about intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) and sexual behavior was associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization, IPV perpetration, and sexual risk behavior. Nigerian youth aged 13–24 ( n = 4,203) participated in the nationally representative, cross-sectional Nigeria Violence Against Children Survey (VACS) in 2014. Inequitable gender norms about IPVAW were assessed using six items from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), and inequitable gender norms about sexual behavior were assessed using four items adapted from the Gender-Equitable Men (GEM) scale. The number of inequitable gender norms endorsed was summed and associations with having been a victim or perpetrator of IPV and sexual risk behaviors were assessed using logistic regression. Endorsing 3 or more inequitable gender norms about either IPVAW or sexual behavior were both associated with increased odds of IPV victimization, perpetration, and sexual risk behaviors, after adjustment for demographic characteristics, witnessing violence in childhood, and having been a victim of other forms of childhood violence. Demonstrating that endorsement of inequitable gender norms about sexual behavior was associated with violence and that inequitable gender norms about IPVAW were associated with sexual risk behaviors further highlights potential linkages between violence and HIV.


1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Semaan ◽  
D Des Jarlais ◽  
E Sogolow ◽  
G Ramirez ◽  
N Norman ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 898-907
Author(s):  
Gregory Phillips ◽  
David J. McCuskey ◽  
Dylan Felt ◽  
Caleb W. Curry ◽  
Megan M. Ruprecht ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Alejandra Fernandez ◽  
Alyssa Lozano ◽  
Tae Kyoung Lee ◽  
Yannine Estrada ◽  
Sarah E Messiah ◽  
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