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Tremblay F, Courtemanche Y, Bélanger RE, Turcotte-Tremblay AM. A systematic review of the association between history of sexually transmitted infections and subsequent condom use in adolescents. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:1000. [PMID: 38600483 PMCID: PMC11007949 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18322-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are common among adolescents. According to the Health Belief Model, cues to action influence preventive behaviors. Cues to action can include health experiences such as being diagnosed with an STI. The impact of a history of STIs on subsequent condom use among adolescents remains largely unexamined, despite high rates of recurrence and their health impacts. This project aimed to systematically review the literature on the association between curable STIs and subsequent condom use among adolescents. The systematic review, reported following PRISMA guidelines, was conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute method. Eligible studies, in the form of cohort studies, case-control studies, or cross-sectional studies, targeted adolescents aged 10 to 24, with or without a history of curable STIs; the outcome was subsequent condom use. MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Elsevier), and Web of Science were searched from January 2012 to December 2022 with the assistance of an information specialist. Two reviewers independently selected articles and extracted data. Risk of bias analysis was performed using ROBINS-E. The review explores results, with tables, based on population characteristics, exposure, and outcome, and addresses the influence of gender, ethnicity, and age. Of 3088 articles identified, seven studies were retained. Almost all the studies focused on African-American, Nigerian, or Rwandan adolescents, and several included only girls. Among girls, a history of STI increased subsequent condom use in combination with other contraceptive methods (n = 4). Among boys and older adolescents of both genders, a history of STI was associated with a decrease in condom use (n = 3). No study distinguished between different STIs. While all the studies (n = 7) presented a high risk of bias, six did not present a threat to conclusion validity. All the studies indicated that a history of STI could influence subsequent protective behaviors, possibly by acting as a cue to action, as posited by the Health Belief Model. This information enhances our understanding of factors leading to the adoption of preventive health measures among adolescents and could apply to other infectious experiences.Registration The protocol is registered in PROSPERO (CRD42023397443).
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- Frédérique Tremblay
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, 1050, avenue de la Médecine, Room 4633, Québec, (QC), G1V 0A6, Canada.
- Projet COMPASS Québec, VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable, CIUSSS-CN and Université Laval, GMF-U Maizerets, 2480, chemin de la Canardière, Québec, (QC), G1J 2G1, Canada.
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- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, 1050, avenue de la Médecine, Room 4633, Québec, (QC), G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Projet COMPASS Québec, VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable, CIUSSS-CN and Université Laval, GMF-U Maizerets, 2480, chemin de la Canardière, Québec, (QC), G1J 2G1, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, 1050, avenue de la Médecine, Room 4633, Québec, (QC), G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Projet COMPASS Québec, VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable, CIUSSS-CN and Université Laval, GMF-U Maizerets, 2480, chemin de la Canardière, Québec, (QC), G1J 2G1, Canada
- Faculy of Nursing, Université Laval, 1050, avenue de la Médecine, Room 3645, Québec, (QC), G1V 0A6, Canada
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Feigelman W, Cerel J, Gorman BS, Xiao Y. Sexual Assault Victimization in Premature Female Mortalities: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. J Psychoactive Drugs 2024; 56:288-298. [PMID: 37061922 DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2023.2202346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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Previous research has documented many behavioral problems associated with being a female victim of sexual assault, but little attention has been devoted to whether this experience might be related to premature mortalities. We investigated this utilizing the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health survey, collected from over 10,000 adolescent females in 1995, whose premature deaths (n = 65) were noted in 2007 in National Death Index records. Significant associations were found between females with a substance misuse history and their premature deaths, but not with being a sexual assault victim. The subset of respondents (n = 208) evincing both these characteristics showed significantly higher risks of dying prematurely, as did those females with early histories of drug misuse alone. Yet, adolescent females with histories of drug misuse who also attempted suicide (n = 214) did not show similar elevated risks of dying prematurely compared to others without these experiences. This exploratory evidence points to an affinity between both being a female sexual assault victim and having an early history of misusing drugs, putting such people at heightened risks for dying prematurely, suggesting the potential benefits of counseling and supportive services for those so affected.
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- School of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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Dlamini NS, Masango BZ, Chiao C, Lin WH. Associations between forced non-consensual first-sex and HIV among sexually active women in the Kingdom of Eswatini. AIDS Care 2024; 36:87-97. [PMID: 37187024 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2023.2206099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Studies continue to underscore the profound impact of sexual violence on women's health. Yet, little is known about the impact, via a complex matrix of behavioural and social factors, of first intercourse, namely forced non-consensual on HIV status, particularly among sexually active women (SAW) in low-income countries where HIV prevalence remains high. Using a national sample from Eswatini, we employed multivariate logistic regression modelling to estimate the associations between forced first-sex (FFS), subsequent sexual behaviour and HIV status among 3555 SAW aged from 15 years to 49 years. The results found that women who experienced FFS had a greater number of sexual partners compared to those who had never experienced FFS (aOR = 2.79, p < .01), although there were no significant differences in condom use, early sexual debut and casual sex involvement between these two groups. FFS remained significantly associated with a higher risk of having HIV (aOR = 1.70, p < .05) even after controlling for risky sexual behaviours and various other factors. These findings further reinforce the relationship between FFS and HIV, and suggest that addressing sexual violence is a critical component of HIV prevention among women in low-income countries.
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- Nompilo Sibonakele Dlamini
- International Health Program, College of Medicine, Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Department of Community Health Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eswatini, Mbabane, Eswatini
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- International Health Program, College of Medicine, Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
- College of Medicine, Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- College of Medicine, Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Clephane K, Wilson MC, Heiman JR, Craig AN, Lorenz T. Sexual violence history predicts changes in vaginal immune parameters during sexual arousal. Brain Behav Immun 2022; 104:171-180. [PMID: 35697156 PMCID: PMC9734281 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2022.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of sexual arousal on vaginal mucosal inflammatory cytokine and antibody production in healthy women with and without histories of childhood and/or adult sexual violence. METHODS Ninety-one premenopausal healthy women (ages 18-42) attended a single laboratory session in which they provided vaginal fluid samples before and after viewing one neutral and one erotic film. While viewing the films, participants' vaginal sexual arousal was recorded using vaginal photoplethysmography. RESULTS Of the 91 participants, 41 (45%) reported no history of sexual violence, 17 (19%) reported a history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) only, 19 (21%) reported a history of adult sexual assault (ASA) only, and 10 (11%) reported a history of both CSA and ASA, with 4 participants choosing not to provide information on their sexual violence history. For women with a history of ASA but not CSA, there was a significant increase in vaginal IL-1β following arousal, while for women with a history of CSA (with or without ASA), there was a significant decrease. Women without CSA histories had a significant increase in vaginal IgA following sexual arousal, while women with CSA histories had a decrease. CONCLUSION Sexual arousal possibly plays a role in modifying vaginal immune responses in young, healthy women. Moreover, these effects may vary depending upon sexual assault histories, such that relative to women without assault histories, women with a history of early life sexual trauma showed significantly altered vaginal immune responses following sexual arousal. If replicated, these findings may help explain the increased risk for sexually transmitted infections observed among women with sexual assault histories.
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- Kirstin Clephane
- Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States; Center for Brain, Biology & Behavior, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, United States
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, United States
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- Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States; Center for Brain, Biology & Behavior, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States.
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Valencia R, Wang LY, Dunville R, Sharma A, Sanchez T, Rosenberg E. Sexual Risk Behaviors in Adolescent Sexual Minority Males: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Prim Prev 2019; 39:619-645. [PMID: 30446869 PMCID: PMC6267112 DOI: 10.1007/s10935-018-0525-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Although adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM) are at increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United States (US), studies that estimate sexual risk behaviors that contribute to HIV risk in ASMM are limited. We completed a systematic review and meta-analysis to compile available data and estimate the prevalence of risk behaviors in this population. We searched four databases for key terms related to ASMM, defined as males aged 14 through 19 who identified as gay or bisexual, reported sex with a male in their lifetime, and/or were considered sexual minority by the study. Articles eligible for inclusion were in English, from US studies, and reported quantitative data on sexual risk behaviors among ASMM. We extracted data from eligible articles and meta-analyzed outcomes reported in three or more articles using random effects. Of 3864 articles identified, 21 were eligible for data extraction. We meta-analyzed nine outcomes. Sixty-two percent of adolescent males self-identifying as gay or bisexual ever had sex with a male, and 67% of participants from ASMM studies recently had sex. Among ASMM who had sex in the last 6 months or were described as sexually active, 44% had condomless anal intercourse in the past 6 months, 50% did not use a condom at last sex, and 32% used alcohol or drugs at their last sexual experience. Available data indicate that sexual risk behaviors are prevalent among ASMM. We need more data to obtain estimates with better precision and generalizability. Understanding HIV risk in ASMM will assist in intervention development and evaluation, and inform behavioral mathematical models.
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- Rachel Valencia
- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
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- Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany School of Public Health, SUNY, Albany, NY, 12144, USA
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Dargan S, Daigneault I, Ovetchkine P, Jud A, Frappier JY. Association between child sexual abuse and infectious disease diagnoses. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2019; 97:104142. [PMID: 31479954 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Though many studies have linked child sexual abuse (CSA) to psychological health problems, little is known regarding the relationship between CSA and children and adolescents' physical health. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between CSA and infectious disease diagnoses. PARTICIPANTS Of the 955 eligible children and adolescents who had a substantiated report of sexual abuse between 2001 and 2010, medical data was retrieved for 882 individuals, who formed the sexually abused group. These 882 participants were matched to 882 participants on age, gender, and administrative healthcare region to form the general population group. SETTING AND METHODS This matched-cohort study, conducted in a large Canadian city, compared the number of infectious disease diagnoses between the date of the substantiated sexual abuse report and August 1, 2013, between the two groups. RESULTS Results indicate that sexually abused participants had 1.27 times more (95% CI - 1.13 to 1.42) infectious diseases diagnoses than those from the general population. They received 1.83 times more genitourinary infection diagnoses (95% CI - 1.43 to 2.33), 1.31 times more diagnoses for other types of infections (95% CI - 1.11 to 1.55) and 1.21 times more respiratory and ear infection diagnoses (95% CI - 1.05 to 1.40). There was no statistically significant difference regarding skin infection diagnoses. These results indicate an association between CSA and more frequent infectious diseases diagnoses.
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- Sonia Dargan
- Department of psychology, Université de Montréal, 90 avenue Vincent d'Indy, Montreal, Quebec H2V 2S9, Canada
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- Department of psychology, Université de Montréal, 90 avenue Vincent d'Indy, Montreal, Quebec H2V 2S9, Canada.
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- Department of psychology, Université de Montréal, 90 avenue Vincent d'Indy, Montreal, Quebec H2V 2S9, Canada; Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, 3175 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C5, Canada
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, Helmholtzstrasse 16, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of psychology, Université de Montréal, 90 avenue Vincent d'Indy, Montreal, Quebec H2V 2S9, Canada; Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, 3175 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C5, Canada
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Misinde C, Nansubuga E, Nankinga O. Out of school female adolescent employment status and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) risk in Uganda: is it a plausible relationship? BMC Public Health 2018; 18:1173. [PMID: 30314473 PMCID: PMC6186056 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-6094-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND High prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among adolescents is a serious public health concern. Although many factors are attributed to adolescents' risk of STI infections, the association between out of school adolescents' employment status and STIs has not been thoroughly explored in Uganda, yet many adolescents are known to be employed. Consequently, the extent to which adolescents' employment status may be a risk factor for unprotected sex and STIs among female adolescents is unclear. This study examines the association between female out of school adolescents' employment status and STI status using the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) data for 2016. METHODS Both descriptive and multilevel binary logistic regressions were used to analyse the data. The descriptive statistics provided an overview of the association between the two main variables while the multilevel binary logistic estimated the relationship between employment status and STI status, while controlling for other fixed factors and community random factors. RESULTS Compared to female adolescents who were not employed or not working, the odds of reporting positive STIs were significantly higher for female adolescents who were working but received no pay (1.801(95% CI = 1.105-2.936), were self-employed in agriculture (1.502 (95% CI = 1.003-2.250) and who did manual jobs (2.258(95% CI = 1.429-3.568) whether skilled or not. Likewise, female adolescents who had two or more lifetime sexual partners (11.679 (95% CI = 1.254-2.248) had significantly higher odds of reporting STIs than those who had only one lifetime sexual partner. CONCLUSION Out of school female adolescents who are employed in various types of low wage employments are at greater risk of exposure to STIs than their counterparts who do not work in Uganda. Instead of being a protective factor against the risk of STIs, their employment may expose them to risky sexual behaviour and STIs, given the vulnerabilities female adolescents who have dropped out of school tend to report. Therefore, the provision of decent employment opportunities for these females may provide an avenue for instructional scaffolding to build the life skills and empower these females so that they are better able to reduce their exposure to STIs.
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- Cyprian Misinde
- Department of Population Studies, Makerere University, College of Business and Management Science, School of Statistics and Planning, P.O.Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Population Studies, Makerere University, College of Business and Management Science, School of Statistics and Planning, P.O.Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Population Studies, Makerere University, College of Business and Management Science, School of Statistics and Planning, P.O.Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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Burke L, Nic Gabhainn S, Kelly C. Socio-Demographic, Health and Lifestyle Factors Influencing Age of Sexual Initiation among Adolescents. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:ijerph15091851. [PMID: 30150572 PMCID: PMC6163828 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15091851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Behavioural and developmental factors mean that adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse early may be at an increased risk of adverse sexual health outcomes at the time of first sex and later in life. In an Irish context, there is insufficient knowledge about the specific correlates of early sexual initiation. This research explores relationships between contextual socio-demographic, health and lifestyle factors and the timing of first sexual intercourse among 15–17-year-olds in Ireland. Multiple regression analysis was carried out in conjunction with Multiple Imputation using data collected through the 2014 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Ireland study on a sample of 879 sexually active adolescents. The socio-demographic and lifestyle factors measured were a stronger predictor of age of sexual initiation among girls than boys. Risk behaviour initiation was significantly related to age of sexual initiation for adolescents, while alcohol use/drunkenness and unhealthy food consumption was significant among girls only. Family support and number of male friends were significant predictors for boys only. The study highlights the need for holistic approaches to sexual health promotion and provides a foundation for the development of alternative strategies and policies aimed at reducing negative health, well-being, educational and economic outcomes.
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- Lorraine Burke
- Health Promotion Research Centre, Discipline of Health Promotion, School of Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland.
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- Health Promotion Research Centre, Discipline of Health Promotion, School of Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland.
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- Health Promotion Research Centre, Discipline of Health Promotion, School of Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland.
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McCarthy-Jones S, Bulfin A, Nixon E, O’Keane V, Bacik I, McElvaney R. Associations Between Forced and “Persuaded” First Intercourse and Later Health Outcomes in Women. Violence Against Women 2018; 25:528-548. [DOI: 10.1177/1077801218793223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The effects of nonconsensual first experiences of sexual intercourse in women are understudied. This was investigated in 3,875 adult women of whom 6.7% reported “persuaded” first-sex and 0.8% reported forced first-sex. Compared with willing first-sex, both forced and “persuaded” first-sex occurred earlier, involved a greater age difference between partners, and were associated with more lifetime sexual partners and some measures of worse psychological well-being. In addition, “persuaded” first-sex was associated with worse general physical health. “Persuaded” first-sex and its relation to health need to be better understood, along with how culture influences women’s experiences of first-sex.
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Jemmott JB, O’Leary A, Jemmott LS, Ngwane ZP, Teitelman AM, Makiwane MB, Bellamy SL. Effect of a Behavioral Intervention on Perpetrating and Experiencing Forced Sex Among South African Adolescents: A Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Trial. JAMA Netw Open 2018; 1:e181213. [PMID: 30646113 PMCID: PMC6324287 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.1213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE Scant research has investigated interventions to reduce forced sexual intercourse among adolescents. The need for such interventions is especially great in South Africa, which has some of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world. OBJECTIVES To determine whether an HIV/sexually transmitted disease risk-reduction intervention that reduced sexual risk behavior and sexually transmitted disease prevalence also reduced the perpetration and experience of forced sex among South African adolescents. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A cluster randomized clinical trial, at schools located in a township and a semirural area, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Matched pairs of schools were randomly selected (9 of 17); of 1118 students in sixth grade at these 18 schools who had parent or guardian consent, 1057 (94%) were enrolled, and those not reporting forced sex perpetration before the intervention were included in the analyses (n = 1052). Post hoc secondary analysis of a cluster randomized clinical trial was performed, with baseline and 3-, 6-, 12-, 42-, and 54-month postintervention assessments between October 4, 2004, and June 30, 2010. Generalized estimating equation Poisson regression analyses adjusting for gender and clustering within schools were conducted between August 23, 2017, and April 30, 2018. Recruiters and data collectors, but not intervention facilitators, were blind to the participants' intervention assignment. INTERVENTIONS Theory-based, culturally adapted, 6-session HIV/sexually transmitted disease risk-reduction intervention (Let Us Protect Our Future intervention) and attention-matched, chronic disease prevention control intervention implemented by specially trained man and woman cofacilitators from the community. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Study outcomes for this secondary analysis (planned after the data were collected) are self-reports of perpetrating and experiencing forced vaginal intercourse. RESULTS Participants included 1052 adolescents (557 girls [53%]; mean [SD] age, 12.4 [1.2] years) reporting not perpetrating forced sex at baseline. Fewer intervention than control participants reported forced sex perpetration postintervention compared with the control group at 3 months (9 of 561 [2%] vs 20 of 491 [4%]; risk ratio [RR], 0.978; 95% CI, 0.959-0.997), 6 months (17 of 561 [3%] vs 35 of 491 [7%]; RR, 0.964; 95% CI, 0.941-0.988), 12 months (21 of 561 [4%] vs 42 of 491 [9%]; RR, 0.959; 95% CI, 0.934-0.985), 42 months (41 of 561 [7%] vs 56 of 491 [11%]; RR, 0.967; 95% CI, 0.937-0.998), and 54 months (52 of 561 [9%] vs 68 of 491 [14%]; RR, 0.964; 95% CI, 0.932-0.997). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In settings with high rates of sexual assault, the use of theory-based culturally adapted interventions with early adolescents may reduce rates of perpetrating and experiencing forced sex. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00559403.
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- John Barton Jemmott
- Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Health
Behavior and Communication Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta,
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Adverse Experiences in Childhood and Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk From Adolescence Into Adulthood. Sex Transm Dis 2018; 44:524-532. [PMID: 28809769 DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Childhood maltreatment, particularly sexual abuse, has been found to be associated with sexual risk behaviors later in life. We aimed to evaluate associations between a broad range of childhood traumas and sexual risk behaviors from adolescence into adulthood. METHODS Using data from Waves I, III and IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), we used logistic regression to estimate the unadjusted odds ratio (OR) and adjusted OR (AOR) for associations between 9 childhood traumas and a cumulative trauma score and three sexual risk outcomes (multiple partnerships, sex trade involvement, and sexually transmitted infection [STI]) in adolescence, young adulthood, and adulthood. We also examined modification of these associations by gender. RESULTS Associations between cumulative trauma score and sexual risk outcomes existed at all waves, though were strongest during adolescence. Dose-response-like relationships were observed during at least 1 wave of the study for each outcome. Violence exposures were strong independent correlates of adolescent sexual risk outcomes. Parental binge drinking was the only trauma associated with biologically confirmed infection in young adulthood (AOR, 1.46; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01-2.11), whereas parental incarceration was the trauma most strongly associated with self-reported STI in adulthood (AOR, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.11-2.58). A strong connection was also found between sexual abuse and sex trade in the young adulthood period (AOR, 2.17; 95% CI, 1.43-2.49). CONCLUSIONS A broad range of traumas are independent correlates of sex risk behavior and STI, with increasing trauma level linked to increasing odds of sexual risk outcomes. The results underscore the need to consider trauma history in STI screening and prevention strategies.
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Vézina-Gagnon P, Bergeron S, Frappier JY, Daigneault I. Genitourinary Health of Sexually Abused Girls and Boys: A Matched-Cohort Study. J Pediatr 2018; 194:171-176. [PMID: 29273174 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.09.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare genitourinary health problems of children and adolescents with a substantiated report of sexual abuse with those of the general pediatric population. STUDY DESIGN Via a prospective matched-cohort design, administrative databases between January 1996 and March 2013 were used to document genitourinary problems of 882 sexually abused children and those of 882 matched controls. Generalized linear mixed models determined the association between a substantiated sexual abuse and diagnoses for sexually transmitted infections and urinary and genital health problems. RESULTS Adjusted results revealed that up to 12 years after a sexual abuse was substantiated, abused girls had, respectively, 2.1 and 1.4 times more diagnoses for urinary and genital health problems compared with girls from the general population, whereas no difference was found for sexually transmitted infections. Sexually abused boys had an equivalent number of diagnoses as those from the general population for all 3 outcomes. Depending on the genitourinary health problem, abused girls and those from the general population had between 2.5 and 11 times more diagnoses than abused boys or those from the general population. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that substantiated childhood sexual abuse is associated with more urinary and genital health problems among girls but not boys. Early prevention and intervention efforts may mitigate the problems such that they do not persist or worsen over time and into adulthood.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Martin SL, Ashley OS, White L, Axelson S, Clark M, Burrus B. Incorporating Trauma-Informed Care Into School-Based Programs. THE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH 2017; 87:958-967. [PMID: 29096416 DOI: 10.1111/josh.12568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Revised: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND This article provides an overview of the rationale and process for incorporating trauma-informed approaches into US school-based programs, using school-based adolescent pregnancy prevention programs as an example. METHODS Research literature is reviewed on the prevalence and outcomes of childhood trauma, including the links between trauma and pregnancy. Information is then presented concerning the implementation of trauma-informed approaches in school settings, describing activities undertaken, barriers encountered, and outcomes achieved. Next, we describe the implications of this literature for school-based adolescent pregnancy prevention programs, outlining the reasons for including trauma-informed approaches in these programs, the prerequisites for doing so, and some examples of successful implementation. RESULTS Many children in our country experience trauma, placing them at increased risk of multiple health concerns including adolescent pregnancy. In response to this situation, some schools have successfully incorporated trauma-informed approaches into adolescent pregnancy prevention programs, as well as other programming. CONCLUSIONS Incorporating trauma-informed approaches into school settings, including school-based adolescent pregnancy prevention programs, is a viable and important way to address the multiple needs of traumatized children.
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- Sandra L Martin
- Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, CB 7445 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7445
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- Military and Family Risk Behavior Research Program, RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194
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- Family and Youth Services Bureau, Administration on Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, Switzer Building, 330 C Street SW, Room #3614, Washington, DC 20201
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- Family and Youth Services Bureau, Administration on Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, Switzer Building, 330 C Street SW, Room #3614, Washington, DC 20201
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- Family and Youth Services Bureau, Administration on Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, Switzer Building, 330 C Street SW, Room #3614, Washington, DC 20201
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- Center for the Health of At-Risk Populations, RTI International, PO Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709
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Senn TE, Braksmajer A, Urban MA, Coury-Doniger P, Carey MP. Pilot Test of an Integrated Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention for Women with a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse. AIDS Behav 2017; 21:3247-3259. [PMID: 28702852 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1854-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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HIV and childhood sexual abuse (CSA) are intersecting public health problems for women. We pilot tested an integrated sexual risk reduction intervention for women with a history of CSA that addressed both the consequences of CSA [based on the Traumagenic Dynamics (TD) framework] and the antecedents of sexual risk behavior (based on the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills [IMB] model). Women with a history of CSA who were attending a public STI clinic (n = 84) were randomly assigned to a five-session integrated TD/IMB (experimental) group intervention or to a time-matched IMB-guided sexual risk reduction (control) group intervention. Preliminary findings indicated that women in the integrated TD/IMB intervention reduced their average number of episodes of unprotected sex with a primary partner, their alcohol use, and their likelihood of being in a violent relationship, relative to women in the IMB-only group. Our findings suggest that sexual risk reduction interventions that address both the consequences of CSA and the antecedents of sexual risk behavior may be efficacious in reducing sexual risk behavior among women who were sexually abused.
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- Theresa E Senn
- School of Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- School of Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA
- Monroe County Department of Health, Rochester, NY, 14611, USA
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- Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Avenue, Providence, RI, 02906-2853, USA.
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, 02906, USA.
- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02906, USA.
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Lee RLT, Yuen Loke A, Hung TTM, Sobel H. A systematic review on identifying risk factors associated with early sexual debut and coerced sex among adolescents and young people in communities. J Clin Nurs 2017. [PMID: 28639335 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To review literature on identifying the risk factors associated with early sexual coerced debut with the aim to facilitate the healthcare workers' planning of relevant health services to improve intervention strategies for delaying of early coerced sexual debut or forced sexual debut (CSD/FSD) in the communities. BACKGROUND Identifying the risk factors associated with coercion at first sex is crucial for developing appropriate sexual and reproductive health information and health promotion in response. However, current knowledge about the risk factors associated with coercion, sexual debut (SD) and delayed SD among young people is limited. Health information programmes are important during adolescence, when young people are developing their values and beliefs about sexual activity and sexual norms. However, little is known about those risk factors on initiation of early sexual debut to plan relevant interventions that can delay SD and prevent CSD/FSD in this population. DESIGN A systematic review. METHODS An extensive literature search using MEDLINE (PubMed), Nursing Journals (PubMed), Web of Science, PsychINFO and CINAHL. RESULTS The search generated 39 published studies that met our inclusion and exclusion criteria. Thirty-two articles passed the quality appraisal and were selected. This review identified six domains of risk factors, categorised as: (1) the individual domain, (2) the family domain, (3) the partner/peer domain, (4) the school domain, (5) the community domain and (6) the cultural domain. These factors highlight the influences on sexual decision-making among adolescents and young people and the timing of their first sexual intercourse. CONCLUSION It is important to use the outcome of this review's categorisation of identified risk factors to facilitate the healthcare workers and plan relevant sexual and reproductive health programmes more accessible to adolescents, especially young females and their parents. There is a need to evaluate the impact of these programmes that can delay SD and prevent CSD/FSD in this population. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE The results of this study could provide guidance on the planning of effective interventions for delaying of early CSD/FSD in the communities.
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- Regina Lai Tong Lee
- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Western Pacific Office, Manila, Philippines
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Hill DC, Stein LAR, Rossi JS, Magill M, Clarke JG. Intimate violence as it relates to risky sexual behavior among at-risk females. PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY 2017; 10:619-627. [PMID: 28981312 DOI: 10.1037/tra0000316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents are on the rise. The majority of adolescents who contract STIs do so through risky sexual behavior. Previous literature has identified multiple correlates of risky sexual behaviors among adolescents, including physical and sexual victimization, mental health concerns, and substance use. Few studies, however, have examined these relationships together in a comprehensive model. The primary purpose of this study was to examine whether relationship violence was related to risky sexual behavior, and whether mental health symptoms and substance use mediated this relationship. METHOD A cross-sectional design was used, and adolescent females (N = 179), recruited from social service agencies, were 18.9 years old on average and were 37.2% White, 19.3% Black, 37.9% multiracial, and 5.6% other. RESULTS Regression results revealed that females who were physically assaulted and sexually victimized by their intimate partners did engage in more sex without condoms. Mediational analyses indicated that PTSD symptoms significantly influenced the relationship between (1) physical assault and risky sexual behavior and (2) sexual victimization and risky sexual behavior. CONCLUSION Contrary to expectations, PTSD may act to reduce risk perhaps by reducing interest in sex. It is important to address victimization, PTSD, and sexual risk in young women. More work is needed to understand these complex relationships using longitudinal designs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health
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- Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
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Brooks Holliday S, Ewing BA, Storholm ED, Parast L, D'Amico EJ. Gender differences in the association between conduct disorder and risky sexual behavior. J Adolesc 2017; 56:75-83. [PMID: 28182979 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Despite suggestions that there are gender differences in the association between conduct disorder (CD) and risky sexual behavior, limited empirical research has examined this question. Youth (N = 616) were recruited from four primary care clinics and completed questions related to risky sexual behavior, alcohol and marijuana use, and CD. Results of stratified multivariate models indicated that the association between CD and having four or more lifetime partners, having two or more partners in the last 3 months, and engaging in condomless sex was stronger among female youth. However, the association between CD and alcohol and other drug use before sex was stronger in male youth. This is an important contribution to our understanding of gender-specific manifestations of conduct disorder, and has the potential to inform screening and brief intervention efforts for this population.
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- RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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- RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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Gavin AR, Morris J. The Association Between Maternal Early Life Forced Sexual Intercourse and Offspring Birth Weight: The Role of Socioeconomic Status. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2017; 26:442-449. [PMID: 28129022 DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2016.5789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This study utilizes a life-course framework to investigate whether maternal early life forced sexual intercourse operates in conjunction with health behaviors during adolescence, young adulthood, and the prenatal period to influence offspring birth weight. METHODS Using data from the 1994-2009 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), we examined whether early life forced sexual intercourse predicted offspring birth weight through a mediated pathway, including depressive symptoms, substance use, and prenatal cigarette smoking. We stratify our analysis by socioeconomic status (SES) to determine whether the proposed pathways operate similarly, or differently, according to SES. RESULTS Our findings suggest that the pathways through which forced sexual intercourse affects offspring birth weight differ by SES. Among middle-to-high SES women, we found a mediated pathway linking forced sexual intercourse to offspring birth weight with prenatal cigarette smoking predicting lower offspring birth weight. Among low SES women, however, we did not find a mediated pathway linking forced sexual intercourse to birth weight. Findings suggest that prenatal cigarette smoking was not a mechanism of influence in the pathway between maternal early life forced sexual intercourse and offspring birth weight for low SES women. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that forced sexual intercourse may influence infant birth weight in the next generation. Infants born with a low birth weight are at increased risk for a myriad of adverse outcomes across the life-course. Study results suggest the importance of interventions designed to reduce behavioral risks and to support health promoting behaviors among survivors in the short term, in an effort to prevent long-term consequences among later-born offspring.
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- Amelia R Gavin
- 1 School of Social Work, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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- 2 Department of Sociology, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington
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Senn TE, Braksmajer A, Hutchins H, Carey MP. Development and Refinement of a Targeted Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention for Women With a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse. COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL PRACTICE 2017; 24:496-507. [PMID: 29062220 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is associated with sexual risk behavior in adulthood. Traditional sexual risk reduction interventions do not meet the unique needs of women who have been sexually abused. In the current paper, we describe the four-stage process we followed to develop and refine a targeted sexual risk reduction intervention for this population. First, initial quantitative work revealed that the intervention should address how maladaptive thoughts related to traumatic sexualization, trust, powerlessness, and guilt/shame (traumagenic dynamics constructs) influence current sexual behavior. Second, qualitative interviews with 10 women who reported a history of CSA (M age = 34 years; 90% African American) as well as current sexual risk behavior provided support for targeting maladaptive thoughts associated with these traumagenic dynamics constructs. Third, based on the qualitative and quantitative results, we developed a 5-session, group-delivered intervention to address the maladaptive thoughts that occurred as a result of CSA, as well as the cognitive-behavioral determinants of sexual risk behavior. This intervention drew heavily on cognitive behavioral techniques to address cognitions associated with CSA and the links between these cognitions and current sexual risk behavior. Techniques from trauma-based therapies, as well as motivational techniques, were also incorporated into the intervention. Finally, we refined the intervention with 24 women (M age = 33 years; 79% African American), and assessed feasibility and acceptability. These women reported high levels of satisfaction with the intervention. The resultant intervention is currently being evaluated in a small, randomized controlled trial.
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Hahm HC, Augsberger A, Feranil M, Jang J, Tagerman M. The Associations Between Forced Sex and Severe Mental Health, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Asian American Women. Violence Against Women 2016; 23:671-691. [PMID: 27230614 DOI: 10.1177/1077801216647797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We examined the association between forced sex history and mental health, sexual health, and substance use among Asian American women ( n = 720); 14.3% of our sample ( n = 103) reported forced sex experiences. Multiple logistic regression analyses revealed that participants with forced sex histories were 2-8 times more likely to have higher rates of mental health problems, HIV risk behavior, and substance use. Qualitative analysis was used to supplement the quantitative results and give depth to our findings. Our results suggest that interventions for Asian American women who experienced forced sex should integrate mental health, substance use, and sexual health treatments.
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- 2 Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- 3 Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Characteristics of African American Women and Their Partners With Perceived Concurrent Partnerships in 4 Rural Counties in the Southeastern U.S. Sex Transm Dis 2016; 42:498-504. [PMID: 26267876 DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND To the individual with concurrent partners, it is thought that having concurrent partnerships confers no greater risk of acquiring HIV than having multiple consecutive partnerships. However, an individual whose partner has concurrent partnerships (partner's concurrency) is at increased risk for incident HIV infection. We sought to better understand relationships characterized by partner's concurrency among African American women. METHODS A total of 1013 African American women participated in a cross-sectional survey from 4 rural Southeastern counties. RESULTS Older age at first sex was associated with lower prevalence of partner's concurrency (prevalence ratio, 0.70; 95% confidence interval, 0.57-0.87), but the participant's age was not associated with partner's concurrency. After adjusting for covariates, ever having experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) and forced sex were most strongly associated with partner's concurrency (prevalence ratios, 1.61 [95% confidence intervals, 1.23-2.11] and 1.65 [1.20-2.26], respectively). Women in mutually monogamous partnerships were the most likely to receive economic support from their partners; women whose partners had concurrent partnerships did not report more economic benefit than did those whose partners were monogamous. CONCLUSIONS Associations between history of IPV and forced sex with partner's concurrency suggest that women with these experiences may particularly benefit from interventions to reduce partner's concurrency in addition to support for reducing IPV and other sexual risks. To inform these interventions, further research to understand partnerships characterized by partner's concurrency is warranted.
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Coleman-Minahan K, Chavez M, Bull S. Immigrant Generation and Sexual Initiation Among a Diverse Racial/Ethnic Group of Urban Youth. J Immigr Minor Health 2016; 19:1412-1419. [DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0420-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hammarström S, Tikkanen R, Stenqvist K. Identification and risk assessment of Swedish youth at risk of chlamydia. Scand J Public Health 2015; 43:399-407. [PMID: 25740618 DOI: 10.1177/1403494815572722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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AIMS The aim of the study was to identify youth at high risk of chlamydia including variables related to sexual health and negative experiences of sexuality. METHODS In late 2009, a questionnaire on sexuality was answered by Swedish youth. The study sample was self-selected from different Internet communities. Data from 6544 sexually active participants, aged 15-24 years, were analyzed in a multivariable logistic regression model. Discriminative power was measured by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. RESULTS In the univariate analysis, self-reported chlamydia was associated with most risk behavior variables, experience of coerced sex, and reimbursement for sex, with slight gender variation. The factors that best predicted self-reported chlamydia among females were number of partners, age, and having been reimbursed for sex. Among males, the number of partners and alcohol consumption were the strongest predictors. Increasing number of partners up to 10 during the past 12 months was the most important predictor for both genders. A skewed distribution of chlamydia was demonstrated, in that 37.6% of cases in females and 38.6% in males were estimated to occur among a tenth of the population. CONCLUSIONS Testing, prevention, and care for chlamydia should be directed toward those most at risk, as they account for a large proportion of the total number of chlamydia cases. The special needs of the high-risk group need to be acknowledged and chlamydia regarded as a possible marker for risk behavior and negative sexuality experiences.
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- Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Section of Social Medicine, University of Gothenburg and Knowledge Center for Sexual Health, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden
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O'Leary A, Jemmott JB, Jemmott LS, Teitelman A, Heeren GA, Ngwane Z, Icard LD, Lewis DA. Associations between psychosocial factors and incidence of sexually transmitted disease among South African adolescents. Sex Transm Dis 2015; 42:135-9. [PMID: 25668645 PMCID: PMC4351752 DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adolescents living in South Africa are at high risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The present study sought to identify correlates of curable STD incidence among a cohort of adolescents in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. METHODS Data were collected in conjunction with an HIV/STD prevention intervention randomized controlled trial. At 54 months postintervention, curable STD incidence (gonorrhea, chlamydial infection, and trichomoniasis) was assayed and self-report measures of potential correlates of STD incidence were collected. RESULTS Participants were adolescents reporting at least 1 sexual partner in the past 3 months (n = 659). As expected, univariate analyses revealed that girls were more likely than boys to have an STD. In addition, intimate partner violence, unprotected sex, and having older partners were associated with incident STD. In Poisson multiple regression analyses, sex (risk ratio [RR], 4.00; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.51-6.39), intimate partner violence (RR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.12-1.35), unprotected sex (RR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.09-2.01), and multiple partners (RR, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.11-2.61), but not partner's age (RR, 1.00; 95% CI, 0.94-1.07) were associated with incident STD, adjusting for 42-month STD prevalence. Binge drinking, forced sex, and age were unrelated to STD incidence in both analyses. Interactions between sex and the hypothesized correlates were nonsignificant, suggesting that sex did not modify these relationships. CONCLUSIONS Interventions to reduce HIV/STD incidence among adolescents in South Africa should address the risk associated with sex, unprotected sex, intimate partner violence, and multiple partnerships.
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- Ann O'Leary
- From the *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA; †University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ‡Haverford College, Haverford, PA; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; and ¶Centre for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa; and ║Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology & Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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De Genna N, Goldschmidt L, Richardson GA. Prenatal cocaine exposure and age of sexual initiation: direct and indirect effects. Drug Alcohol Depend 2014; 145:194-200. [PMID: 25456330 PMCID: PMC4254808 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Revised: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE) has been linked to child behavior problems and risky behavior during adolescence such as early substance use. Behavior problems and early substance use are associated with earlier initiation of sexual behavior. The goal of this study was to examine the direct and indirect effects of PCE on sexual initiation in a longitudinal birth cohort, about half of whom were exposed to cocaine in utero. METHODS Women were interviewed twice prenatally, at delivery, and 1, 3, 7, 10, 15, and 21 years postpartum. Offspring (52% female, 54% African American) were assessed at delivery and at each follow-up phase with age-appropriate assessments. At age 21, 225 offspring reported on their substance use and sexual behavior. RESULTS First trimester cocaine exposure was a significant predictor of earlier age of first intercourse in a survival analysis, after controlling for race, sociodemographic characteristics, caregiver pre- and postnatal substance use, parental supervision, and child's pubertal timing. However, the association between PCE and age of first sexual intercourse was mediated by adolescent marijuana and alcohol use prior to age 15. CONCLUSIONS Most of the effect of PCE on age of sexual initiation occurred between the ages of 13-18, when rates of initiation were approximately 10% higher among exposed offspring. This effect was mediated by early adolescent substance use. These results have implications for identification of the exposed offspring at greatest risk of HIV risk behaviors and early, unplanned pregnancy.
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- Natacha De Genna
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Program in Epidemiology, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Bingenheimer JB, Reed E. Risk for coerced sex among female youth in Ghana: roles of family context, school enrollment and relationship experience. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 2014; 40:184-95. [PMID: 25565346 PMCID: PMC4493860 DOI: 10.1363/4018414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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CONTEXT A better understanding is needed of the variables that may influence the risk of experiencing coerced sex among adolescent females in Sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS Data were collected from 700 female respondents who were interviewed in 2010 and 2012 waves of a longitudinal study of behavioral risk for HIV infection among youth aged 13-14 or 18-19 and living in two towns in southeastern Ghana. A series of logistic regression models examined the influences of household composition and wealth, four family process variables (behavioral control, relationship quality, financial support, conflict), school enrollment and relationship experience on females' risk of experiencing coerced sex. RESULTS Eighteen percent of respondents reported having experienced coerced sex prior to Wave 1, and 13% experienced it between Waves 1 and 2. In both cross-sectional and prospective models, the variable with the strongest association with having experienced coerced sex was having ever had a boyfriend (fully adjusted odds ratios, 4.5 and 2.6, respectively). In cross-sectional analyses, parental behavioral control was negatively associated with risk for coerced sex, while parental conflict was positively associated; these associations were not significant in the prospective analyses. Having a boyfriend appears to be the primary predictor of coerced sex among young females, beyond any influence of family, school or other household variables. CONCLUSIONS More research is needed to understand the context of females' relationships with boyfriends in an effort to reduce the risk of sexual coercion and to promote the prevention of sexual violence perpetrated by males within these relationships.
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- Jeffrey B Bingenheimer
- Assistant professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute for Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC,
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Madigan S, Wade M, Tarabulsy G, Jenkins JM, Shouldice M. Association between abuse history and adolescent pregnancy: a meta-analysis. J Adolesc Health 2014; 55:151-9. [PMID: 25049043 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Although a purported risk factor for early pregnancy is abuse history, the strength of this association has been inconsistent across studies and may vary as a function of abuse type. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine the extent to which sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, as well as neglect, increased the risk of adolescent pregnancy. METHODS A search of studies through MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Social Work Abstracts, and Web of Science was conducted. Studies were retained if they included (1) women who became pregnant before 20 years of age; (2) a comparison group of nonpregnant adolescents; and (3) abuse experience (<18 years of age). RESULTS Thirty-eight independent samples provided 70 estimates of effect sizes, derived from 75,390 participants. Both sexual and physical abuse were associated with an increased risk of adolescent pregnancy (odds ratio [OR], 2.06; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.75-2.38 and OR, 1.48; CI, 1.24-1.76, respectively). The strongest effect was for the co-occurrence of sexual and physical abuse (OR, 3.83; CI, 2.96-4.97]). Nonsignificant effect sizes were found for emotional abuse (OR, 1.01; CI, .70-1.47) and neglect (OR, 1.29; CI, .77-2.17]), although these were moderated by journal impact factor, that is, greater effect sizes were reported in higher impact journals. CONCLUSIONS The results of this meta-analysis reveal that the strength of the association between abuse and adolescent pregnancy varies as a function of abuse subtype. Sexual and physical abuse were associated with increased risk for adolescent pregnancy, whereas emotional abuse and neglect were not.
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- Sheri Madigan
- Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Song Y, Ji CY, Agardh A. Sexual coercion and health-risk behaviors among urban Chinese high school students. Glob Health Action 2014; 7:24418. [PMID: 24836445 PMCID: PMC4023105 DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2014] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Objective To determine the association between health-risk behaviors and a history of sexual coercion among urban Chinese high school students. Design A cross-sectional study was performed among 109,754 high school students who participated in the 2005 Chinese Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Data were analyzed for 5,215 students who had experienced sexual intercourse (1,483 girls, 3,732 boys). Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the relationship between sexual coercion and the related covariates, and data were stratified by gender. Results Of those students who had had sexual intercourse, 40.9% of the females and 29.6% of the males experienced sexual coercion (p<0.01). When analyses controlled for demographic characteristics, in the study sample, that is, students who had sexual intercourse, drug use (odds ratios [OR], 2.44), attempted suicide (OR, 2.30), physical abuse (OR, 1.74), binge drinking (OR, 1.62), verbal abuse (OR, 1.29), experience of being drunk (OR, 0.68), and smoking of cigarettes (OR, 0.52) were related to a history of sexual coercion. Patterns of health-risk behaviors also differed among female and male students who had experienced sexual coercion. Conclusions Sexual coercion is associated with health-risk behaviors. Initiatives to reduce the harm associated with sexual coercion among high school students are needed.
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- Yi Song
- Department of Child, Adolescent and Women's Health, Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China; Division of Social Medicine and Global Health, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Child, Adolescent and Women's Health, Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China;
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- Division of Social Medicine and Global Health, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Fontenot HB, Fantasia HC, Lee‐St. John TJ, Sutherland MA. The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence Duration on Individual and Partner‐Related Sexual Risk Factors Among Women. J Midwifery Womens Health 2014; 59:67-73. [DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Epstein M, Bailey JA, Manhart LE, Hill KG, Hawkins JD. Sexual risk behavior in young adulthood: broadening the scope beyond early sexual initiation. JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH 2014; 51:721-30. [PMID: 24423058 PMCID: PMC4082430 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2013.849652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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A robust link between early sexual initiation and sexual risk-taking behavior is reported in previous studies. The relationship may not be causal, however, as the effect of common risk factors is often not considered. The current study examined whether early initiation was a key predictor of risky sexual behavior in the 20s and 30s, over and above co-occurring individual and environmental factors. Data were drawn from the Seattle Social Development Project, a longitudinal panel of 808 youth. Early predictors (ages 10 to 15) and sexual risk taking (ages 21 to 24 and 30 to 33) were assessed prospectively. Early sexual initiation (before age 15) was entered into a series of probit regressions that also included family, neighborhood, peer, and individual risk factors. Although a positive bivariate relation between early sexual initiation and sexual risk taking was observed at both ages, the link did not persist when co-occurring risk factors were included. Behavioral disinhibition and antisocial peer influences emerged as the strongest predictors of sexual risk over and above early sexual initiation. These results suggest that early sexual initiation must be considered in the context of common antecedents; public health policy aimed at delaying sexual intercourse alone is unlikely to substantially reduce sexual risk behavior in young adulthood.
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- Marina Epstein
- Social Development Research Group, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Center for AIDS and STD, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Social Development Research Group, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Social Development Research Group, University of Washington, Seattle
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Williams CM, Clear ER, Coker AL. Sexual coercion and sexual violence at first intercourse associated with sexually transmitted infections. Sex Transm Dis 2013; 40:771-5. [PMID: 24275726 PMCID: PMC3927639 DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Violence against women has been associated with subsequent risky sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We explored whether sexual coercion or violence at first intercourse was associated with self-reported STIs. METHODS Using nationally representative data from the 2006 to 2010 National Survey of Family Growth, we analyzed female respondents aged 18 to 44 (n = 9466) who answered questions on coercion at first intercourse (wantedness, voluntariness, and types of force used) and STIs using logistic regression analyses. We explored degrees of coercion, which we label as neither, sexual coercion (unwanted or nonphysical force), or sexual violence (involuntary or physical force). RESULTS Eighteen percent of US women reported sexual coercion, and 8.4% experienced sexual violence at first intercourse. Compared with women who experienced neither, the odds of reporting an STI was significantly greater for women who experienced sexual coercion (odds ratio, 1.27; 95% confidence interval, 1.01-1.60), after controlling for all variables. The association between sexual violence at first intercourse and STIs (odds ratio, 1.20; 95% confidence interval, 0.91-1.57) seemed to be attenuated by subsequent sexual violence. CONCLUSIONS Understanding that women who reported a variety of coercive sexual experiences are more likely to have contracted an STI may indicate a need to focus on the broader continuum of sexual violence to fully understand the impact of even subtle forms of violence on women's health. In addition, focusing on subsequent sexual behaviors and other negative consequences remains important to improve the sexual health of women who have experienced coercive sexual intercourse.
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- Corrine M Williams
- From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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Lindroth M, Tikkanen R, Löfgren-Mårtenson L. Unequal sexual health – Differences between detained youth and their same aged peers. Scand J Public Health 2013; 41:722-8. [DOI: 10.1177/1403494813487448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Purpose: To describe sexual health risks in an understudied group, youth in detention, and compare these to sexual health risks among non-detained youth. In addition, variables predicting adverse sexual health outcomes are sought and compared. Methods: In 2009, a self-administered questionnaire on sexuality was conducted amongst youth in Sweden. In 2010, the same Internet-based questionnaire was applied in a study at Swedish detention centres. In this article, sexually active youth aged 15–20 years in the two groups are compared and bivariate logistic regression analyses are conducted in order to find predictors of adverse sexual health outcomes, among detainees and non-detainees respectively. Results: Major differences between the detained and the non-detained concerning a majority of risk-taking variables exist. Conclusions: Although detained youth display several risky sexual behaviors, no specific risk factors are found in a logistic regression analysis. However, this is a vulnerable group. The mere fact that an adolescent is placed at a detention centre should be an imperative for professionals to address the subject of sexual health and safer sex. Furthermore, the results will be used in a forthcoming sex education curriculum tailored especially at detained youth. This is one, but by far not the only way to minimize the health inequalities that are presented in this study.
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- Malin Lindroth
- Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Kaplan DL, Jones EJ, Olson EC, Yunzal-Butler CB. Early age of first sex and health risk in an urban adolescent population. THE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH 2013; 83:350-356. [PMID: 23517003 DOI: 10.1111/josh.12038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2011] [Revised: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Early sex is associated with high-risk behaviors and outcomes, including sexual risk behaviors, forced sex, physical dating violence, and becoming pregnant or impregnating someone. METHODS Using 2005 and 2007 data from the New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey (N = 17,220), this study examined the prevalence of early sex among public high school students; associations between early sex and other sexual risk factors and violence indicators; and whether associations varied across 4 racial/ethnic groups. Bivariate and multiple logistic regression models estimated the relationship between sexual risk and violence outcomes and "early sex," defined as first having sexual intercourse before age 14. Separate models with an interaction term for early sex by race/ethnicity were also estimated. RESULTS More than one third of students who ever had sex reported having early sex. Adolescents reporting early sex were significantly more likely than those reporting later sex to engage in most sexual risk behaviors and to experience violence. The magnitude of association varied significantly by race/ethnicity for sexual risk behaviors. CONCLUSIONS The high prevalence of early sex, coupled with its associated high-risk behaviors and outcomes, underscores the necessity of implementing evidence-based interventions that have been found to positively impact these behaviors beginning in middle school.
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- Deborah L Kaplan
- Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Gotham Center, 42-09 28th Street, 10th Floor, CN-34A, Queens, New York 11101-4132, USA.
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Lang DL, Salazar LF, DiClemente RJ, Markosyan K. Gender based violence as a risk factor for HIV-associated risk behaviors among female sex workers in Armenia. AIDS Behav 2013; 17:551-8. [PMID: 22760740 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0245-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This cross-sectional study identified the prevalence of gender based violence (GBV) and examined its association with sexual risk behavior among female sex workers (FSWs). Among 120 participants between ages 20 and 52, a total of 56.7 % reported lifetime GBV. Multivariate analyses revealed that GBV was significantly associated with inconsistent condom use, unprotected sex, condom misuse, fear of client reaction to requests of condom use, self-reported history of STIs, and earlier age of initiation of sex work. GBV must be considered an urgent public health priority among FSWs in Armenia. Interventions addressing FSWs, in addition to targeting skill-based, sexual risk reduction must also introduce a discourse among FSWs, sexual partners, clients and community members about the role of GBV in HIV-associated risk behaviors and infection. Structural level initiatives must address economic opportunities for women, health-sector policies and responses to FSWs' health needs, law enforcement training and societal norms toward women.
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- Delia L Lang
- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Marchand E, Smolkowski K. Forced intercourse, individual and family context, and risky sexual behavior among adolescent girls. J Adolesc Health 2013; 52:89-95. [PMID: 23260840 PMCID: PMC3530082 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Revised: 04/13/2012] [Accepted: 04/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE This study tested the hypothesis that individual and family factors associated with adolescent risky sexual behavior (RSB) operate differently in their relationship to RSB among girls who have experienced forced sexual intercourse (FSI), as compared to those girls who have not. METHODS Data were collected from 3,863 eighth-grade girls from a larger statewide sample. Different subgroups of participants received different sets of questions, so 655-2,548 students were included in each analysis. Multilevel modeling was used to examine relationships of individual (social negotiation skills, personal safety, depression, and sensation-seeking personality) and family factors (sibling deviance, parental monitoring, and quality of family relationships) to RSB. FSI was examined as a predictor of RSB and as a moderator of the relationship between individual and family variables and sexual risk. RESULTS In the case of individual predictors, social negotiation skills were associated with lower RSB for all girls, but these skills had a stronger relationship to RSB among girls who had experienced FSI. Depression and sensation-seeking tendencies had small positive relationships to RSB for all girls. In the case of family predictors, for girls without a history of FSI, parental monitoring was associated with lower RSB. However, among girls who had experienced FSI, parental monitoring was not significantly related to RSB, but sibling deviance was associated with lower RSB. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest that social negotiation skills and parental monitoring may warrant further attention in research and intervention.
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- Erica Marchand
- University of California-Los Angeles Center for Cancer Prevention & Control Research, 650 Charles E.Young Drive South,Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Senn TE, Carey MP, Coury-Doniger P. Mediators of the relation between childhood sexual abuse and women's sexual risk behavior: a comparison of two theoretical frameworks. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 2012; 41:1363-77. [PMID: 22282323 PMCID: PMC3351532 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9897-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2011] [Revised: 07/22/2011] [Accepted: 09/25/2011] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is associated with sexual risk behavior in adulthood, but little research has investigated processes that might mediate this relation. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether constructs suggested by the traumagenic dynamics (TD) model (a theory of the effects of CSA) or constructs suggested by the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model (a theory of the antecedents of sexual risk behavior) better mediated the relation between CSA and sexual risk behavior in adulthood. Participants were 481 women attending a sexually transmitted infection clinic (66% African American) who completed a computerized survey as well as behavioral simulations assessing condom application and sexual assertiveness skills. Forty-five percent of the sample met criteria for CSA and CSA was associated with sexual risk behavior in adulthood. In multiple mediator models, the TD constructs mediated the relation between CSA and the number of sexual partners whereas the IMB constructs mediated the relation between CSA and unprotected sex. In addition, the TD constructs better mediated the relation between CSA and the number of sexual partners; the TD and IMB constructs did not differ in their ability to mediate the relation between CSA and unprotected sex. Sexual risk reduction interventions for women who were sexually abused should target not only the constructs from health behavior models (e.g., motivation and skills to reduce sexual risk), but also constructs that are specific to sexual abuse (e.g., traumatic sexualization and guilt).
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- Theresa E Senn
- Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA.
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De Genna NM, Larkby C, Cornelius MD. Pubertal timing and early sexual intercourse in the offspring of teenage mothers. J Youth Adolesc 2011; 40:1315-28. [PMID: 21279428 PMCID: PMC3117920 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-010-9609-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2010] [Accepted: 11/09/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Early puberty is associated with stressful family environments, early sexual intercourse, and teenage pregnancy. We examined pubertal timing and sexual debut among the 14-year-old offspring of teenage mothers. Mothers (71% Black, 29% White) were recruited as pregnant teenagers (12-18 years old). Data were collected during pregnancy and when offspring were 6, 10 and 14 years old (n = 318). Adolescents (50% male) compared the timing of their pubertal maturation to same-sex peers. There was a significant 3-way interaction effect of race, sex, and pubertal timing on sexual debut (n = 305). This effect remained significant in a model controlling for maternal age at first intercourse, substance use, exposure to trauma, authoritative parenting, and peer sexual activity (n = 255). Early maturation was associated with early sex in daughters, and may be one pathway for the inter-generational transfer of risk for teenage pregnancy among daughters of teenage mothers.
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- Natacha M. De Genna
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Program in Epidemiology, Suite 138, Webster Hall, 4415 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA, ; Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA, ; Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA;
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Sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence and the risk of early pregnancy among women ages 18-22. J Adolesc Health 2011; 49:287-93. [PMID: 21856521 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2010] [Revised: 12/19/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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PURPOSE This clinic- and community-based study of young women investigated the relationship between previous sexual abuse and early pregnancy, examining the effect of the developmental period in which sexual abuse occurred and type of sexual abuse, while also providing methodological advances in the assessment of distinctive sexual abuse and its sequelae. METHODS Secondary data analysis using Cox proportional hazards models was conducted to determine the association between sexual abuse in childhood, in adolescence, or both, and risk of early pregnancy among 1,790 young women. In addition, this study examined the type of sexual abuse that occurred during each period. RESULTS As compared with women with no history of sexual abuse, women who experienced sexual abuse only in childhood had a 20% greater hazard of pregnancy; women who experienced sexual abuse only in adolescence had a 30% greater hazard of pregnancy; and women who experienced sexual abuse in both childhood and adolescence had an 80% greater hazard of pregnancy. Across these periods, attempted rape and rape were associated with an increased hazard of pregnancy. The association between sexual abuse and pregnancy was mediated by age at first intercourse and moderated by a woman's education level. CONCLUSION This study provides evidence that both the developmental timing and the type of sexual abuse contributes to an increased risk for early pregnancy. The study findings indicate that sexual abuse leads to an earlier age of first sexual intercourse, which in turn increases the likelihood of an early pregnancy. Women with higher educational attainment are less likely to experience early pregnancy as a result of abuse.
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Mazoyer AV, Martineau JP. Traumatisme de l’inceste et destin du féminin. ANNALES MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGIQUES 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.amp.2011.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Magadi MA. Understanding the gender disparity in HIV infection across countries in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2011; 33:522-39. [PMID: 21545443 PMCID: PMC3412216 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01304.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Women in sub-Saharan Africa bear a disproportionate burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, which is exacerbated by their role in society and biological vulnerability. The specific objectives of this article are to (i) determine the extent of gender disparity in HIV infection; (ii) examine the role of HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) awareness and sexual behaviour factors on the gender disparity and (iii) establish how the gender disparity varies between individuals of different characteristics and across countries. The analysis involves multilevel logistic regression analysis applied to pooled Demographic and Health Surveys data from 20 countries in sub-Saharan Africa conducted during 2003-2008. The findings suggest that women in sub-Saharan Africa have on average a 60% higher risk of HIV infection than their male counterparts. The risk for women is 70% higher than their male counterparts of similar sexual behaviour, suggesting that the observed gender disparity cannot be attributed to sexual behaviour. The results suggest that the risk of HIV infection among women (compared to men) across countries in sub-Saharan Africa is further aggravated among those who are younger, in female-headed households, not in stable unions or marital partnerships or had an earlier sexual debut.
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- Monica Akinyi Magadi
- Department of Sociology, City University London, School of Social Sciences, Northampton Square, London
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Silverman JG, McCauley HL, Decker MR, Miller E, Reed E, Raj A. Coercive forms of sexual risk and associated violence perpetrated by male partners of female adolescents. PERSPECTIVES ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 2011; 43:60-65. [PMID: 21388506 DOI: 10.1363/4306011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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CONTEXT Partner violence is associated with STDs among female adolescents, but the mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. Sexually coercive and deceptive behaviors of male partners that increase female STD risk may be factors in this relationship. METHODS A sample of 356 females aged 14-20 who attended adolescent health clinics in Greater Boston between April and December 2006 were assessed for physical and sexual violence perpetrated by male partners and for exposure to sexual risk factors. Adjusted logistic regression models were used to examine the associations between intimate partner violence and standard sexual risk behaviors (e.g., multiple partnerships) and coercive or deceptive sexual risk factors (e.g., coerced condom nonuse). RESULTS More than two-fifths of the sample had experienced intimate partner violence. In adjusted analyses, adolescents reporting intimate partner violence were more likely than others to report standard sexual risk behaviors--multiple partners, anal sex and unprotected anal sex (odds ratios, 1.7-2.2). They also were more likely to report coercive or deceptive sexual risk factors--partner sexual infidelity, fear of requesting condom use, negative consequences of condom request, and coerced condom nonuse (2.9-5.3). CONCLUSION The high prevalence of intimate partner violence against young women attending adolescent clinics strongly indicates the need to target this population for abuse-related interventions. This need is underlined by the observed association between partner violence and sexual risk involving coercion or deception by male partners. Clinic-based STD and pregnancy prevention efforts should include assessment of sexual risk factors that are beyond the control of young women, particularly for those experiencing abuse.
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- Jay G Silverman
- Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA.
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Go VF, Srikrishnan AK, Parker CB, Salter M, Green AM, Sivaram S, Johnson SC, Latkin C, Davis W, Solomon S, Celentano DD. High prevalence of forced sex among non-brothel based, wine shop centered sex workers in Chennai, India. AIDS Behav 2011; 15:163-71. [PMID: 20628897 PMCID: PMC4814094 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9758-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sexual violence has been shown to increase women's risk of HIV infection. India is a country where the HIV epidemic is growing among women and intimate partner violence (IPV) is pervasive. This study examined prevalence of and factors associated with forced sex among female sex workers (FSWs) in Chennai, India. We conducted a probability survey among FSWs in 24 slum venues and identified predictive factors for recent forced sex using univariate and multivariable proportional odds models. Among 522 FSWs, 28% reported having forced sex with one partner and 35% with 2+ partners. In the final multivariable model, women who had a high number of partners who had a strong tendency to drink alcohol before sex were more likely to have experienced forced sex, and women who had both unprotected sex with a nonspousal partner and > 20 days of alcohol consumption in the last 30 days were more likely to have experienced forced sex. Discussion about family violence with larger social networks was independently associated with lower odds of forced sex among FSWs. HIV interventions for FSWs and their clients aimed at reducing alcohol consumption and encouraging condom use could be enhanced by violence prevention interventions to facilitate discourse about sexual violence.
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- Vivian F Go
- Department of Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases Program, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Suite E-6610, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Bekele AB, van Aken MAG, Dubas JS. Sexual violence victimization among female secondary school students in eastern Ethiopia. VIOLENCE AND VICTIMS 2011; 26:608-630. [PMID: 22145540 DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.26.5.608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Behavioral, lifestyle, and relationship factors have all been identified as risk factors that increase a woman's vulnerability to sexual violence victimization. However, it remains unclear which risk factors most strongly increase young women's vulnerability to sexual violence victimization because most studies only examine a few factors simultaneously. Using a cross-sectional sample of 764 female secondary school students from eastern Ethiopia, multivariate analyses revealed that high-rejection sensitivity, having multiple sexual partners, the frequent watching of pornography, and use of alcohol or other soft drugs (Khat or shisha) are factors associated with higher levels of sexual violence victimization. The overall rates of victimization is high in this group, with 68% of the young women studied having experienced at least one instance of sexual violence victimization. Based on type of sexual perpetration, 52% of the young women were victimized by at least one instance of sexual offence, 56% by sexual assault, 25% by sexual coercion, and 15% by sexual aggression. Qualitative data gathered from interviews of extracurricular club members and school officials and focus group discussion with students were used to further augment and illustrate results from the quantitative data. Several suggestions for intervention are presented in light of these results.
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Johnson BT, Redding CA, DiClemente RJ, Mustanski BS, Dodge B, Sheeran P, Warren MR, Zimmerman RS, Fisher WA, Conner MT, Carey MP, Fisher JD, Stall RD, Fishbein M. A network-individual-resource model for HIV prevention. AIDS Behav 2010; 14:204-21. [PMID: 20862606 PMCID: PMC4361779 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9803-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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HIV is transmitted through dyadic exchanges of individuals linked in transitory or permanent networks of varying sizes. A theoretical perspective that bridges key individual level elements with important network elements can be a complementary foundation for developing and implementing HIV interventions with outcomes that are more sustainable over time and have greater dissemination potential. Toward that end, we introduce a Network-Individual-Resource (NIR) model for HIV prevention that recognizes how exchanges of resources between individuals and their networks underlies and sustains HIV-risk behaviors. Individual behavior change for HIV prevention, then, may be dependent on increasing the supportiveness of that individual's relevant networks for such change. Among other implications, an NIR model predicts that the success of prevention efforts depends on whether the prevention efforts (1) prompt behavior changes that can be sustained by the resources the individual or their networks possess; (2) meet individual and network needs and are consistent with the individual's current situation/developmental stage; (3) are trusted and valued; and (4) target high HIV-prevalence networks.
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- Blair T Johnson
- Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
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Smith LH, Ford J. History of forced sex and recent sexual risk indicators among young adult males. PERSPECTIVES ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 2010; 42:87-92. [PMID: 20618747 DOI: 10.1363/4208710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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CONTEXT It is unclear whether young adult men who have ever been forced to have sex are at increased risk for sexual risk-taking, and whether their risk differs according to the gender of the perpetrator. METHODS Data from 1,400 males aged 18-24 who participated in the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth were used to determine the prevalence of a history of forced sex and the context of each respondent's most recent experience with such assaults. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between victimization and having a recent indicator of sexual risk (e.g., having had sex in the past year with five or more female partners, a female injection-drug user or an HIV-positive female). Separate analyses were performed for coercion by females and coercion by males. RESULTS Six percent of men reported having been forced by a female perpetrator to have vaginal intercourse, while 1% said they had been forced by a male perpetrator to have oral or anal sex. Men had an elevated likelihood of having had one or more recent sexual risk indicators if they had ever been forced to have sex by a male (odds ratio, 6.9) or female (3.3). Verbal and physical forms of coercion and provision of alcohol and drugs were commonly used by perpetrators of both genders. CONCLUSIONS A better understanding of the pathways linking sexual victimization to sexual risk-taking among men is needed. Clinicians working with young men should screen them for victimization and provide STD testing and referrals for counseling if abuse is suspected or disclosed.
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Opoku BK, Sarkodie Y. Prevalence of genital Chlamydia and gonococcal infections in at risk women in the kumasi metropolis, ghana. Ghana Med J 2010; 44:21-4. [PMID: 21326987 PMCID: PMC2956315 DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v44i1.68852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of genital chlamydia and gonococcal infections in women at risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana. DESIGN Structured interviews and clinical examination of participants and obtaining vaginal swabs to test for gonorrhoea and chlamydia infections. PARTICIPANTS Women aged between 18-35 years (inclusive) with a history of having at least 3 sexual acts per week and having had at least 2 sex partners in the previous 3 months and were willing to be part of the study. RESULTS One thousand and seventy (1070) women participated in the study. Genital chlamydia infection was found in 4.8% of participants whilst gonococcal infection was found in 0.9% of participants. CONCLUSION The prevalence of genital chlamydia and gonococcal infections was low in these at-risk women. The prevalence is also lower than reported in other female populations in the country.
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- B K Opoku
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Microbiology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, School of Medical Sciences, Kumasi, Ghana
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Soomar JN, Flisher AJ, Mathews C. Sexual coercion and adolescent risk behaviour: a systematic literature review. J Child Adolesc Ment Health 2009; 21:103-26. [DOI: 10.2989/jcamh.2009.21.2.3.1011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Boileau C, Zunzunegui MV, Rashed S. Gender differences in unsafe sexual behavior among young people in urban Mali. AIDS Care 2009; 21:1014-24. [DOI: 10.1080/09540120802626162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Catherine Boileau
- a Institute for Health and Social Policy , McGill University , Montreal , QC , Canada
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- b Département de Médecine Sociale et Préventive , Université de Montréal , Montreal , QC , Canada
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Noll JG, Shenk CE, Putnam KT. Childhood sexual abuse and adolescent pregnancy: a meta-analytic update. J Pediatr Psychol 2009; 34:366-78. [PMID: 18794188 PMCID: PMC2722133 DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsn098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2008] [Revised: 08/22/2008] [Accepted: 08/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Recent increases in adolescent pregnancies have sparked a renewed impetus to identify risk factors, such as childhood sexual abuse (CSA), associated with adolescent pregnancy. Given mixed evidence regarding the strength of the relationship between CSA and adolescent pregnancy (Blinn-Pike, Berger, Dixon, Kuschel, & Kaplan, 2002), our objective was to provide an estimate of the effect size of this relationship using updated literature and meta-analytic techniques. METHODS Meta-analyses of 21 studies were conducted using a random effects model of binary outcomes to determine aggregate effect-size estimates controlling for study heterogeneity. RESULTS CSA significantly increased the odds of experiencing an adolescent pregnancy by 2.21-fold (95% CI: 1.94-2.51). A supplemental analysis suggested that 4.5 out of 10 pregnant adolescents may have a prior history of CSA. CONCLUSIONS CSA places females at increased risk for subsequent adolescent pregnancy. Addressing conditions associated with CSA might impact the overall adolescent pregnancy rate.
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- Jennie G Noll
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 3015, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA.
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