Sexually transmitted diseases: Experience and risk factors among urban, low income, African American and Hispanic youth

Ford, Kathleen; Norris, Anne E.

doi:10.1080/13557858.1996.9961785

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“…Male participants endorsed younger age of sexual initiation and greater number of sexual partners compared to female participants which is consistent with our findings [20]. Fidelity emerged as an important theme in female interviews in the maintenance of sexual health and was an unreciprocated finding in the male interviews.…”

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Sexual Health Knowledge of Male and Female Latino Immigrants

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Garcés-Palacio

Halanych

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J Immigrant Minority Health

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To explore sexual health knowledge among Latino immigrants in a Southern U.S. city, we conducted 20 qualitative interviews, (10 Women and 10 Men). We explored knowledge and factors associated with sexual health among male and female Latino immigrants in a Southern U.S. city experiencing a major growth of Latino immigrants in the past 10 years. Both genders demonstrated limited knowledge of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and risks of sexually transmitted infection (STI) acquisition. Neither gender perceived that they could have an asymptomatic STI, including HPV. Gender differences exist in sexual behaviors and perceptions of STI risk. Females indicated that female Latinas tend to have older sexual initiation age, fewer lifetime sexual partners and more pro-active sexual health than did Latinos when referring to Latino males. Consequently, male and female Latino immigrants could benefit from culturally relevant programs to alleviate STI disparities.

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“…Gender differences in sexual attitudes and behaviors have been documents in Latino adults and youths [19,20]. Traditional gender sex roles of machismo (exaggerated masculinity) and marianismo (veneration of feminine purity and moral strength), in particular, have been shown to shape Latino sexual behaviors [21].…”

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Sexual Health Knowledge of Male and Female Latino Immigrants

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Garcés-Palacio

Halanych

et al. 2012

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…Sociodemographic risk factors associated with the acquisition of STIs among adolescents and young adults include younger age [1,2,[4][5][6][7], female sex [1,2,4,5,8,9], African American race [1,2,4,8,[10][11][12][13], and urban residence [1,2,[14][15][16][17]. Behavioral risk factors associated with STIs are prevalent among adolescents and young adults.…”

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Sociodemographic Markers and Behavioral Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Nonclinical Sample of Adolescent and Young Adult Women

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Shafer

Pollack³

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J INFECT DIS

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“…Behaviors contributing to the above pattern of outcomes among Latino youth include earlier onset of sexual activity (Adam et al, 2005;Ford & Norris, 1996;Gilliam et al, 2007), greater likelihood of having multiple sexual partners Doherty et al, 2007;Ford & Norris, 1996), and lower rates of consistent condom use (Brady et al, 2009b;Gurman & Borzekowski, 2004;Kim et al, 2007). Earlier efforts to reduce these risky behaviors among Latino youth emphasized the need for culturally relevant prevention programming (Afable-Munsuz & Brindis, 2006;Deardorff et al, 2010;Herbst et al, 2007) focusing on strengthening individual psychosocial characteristics (Villarruel et al, 2004), and familial (Lescano et al, 2009) or relationship dynamics (Brown et al, 2008;Tschann et al, 2010) associated with lower rates of sexual risk behaviors.…”

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Perceived Peer Safer Sex Norms and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Substance-Using Latino Adolescents

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Frye

Bonner

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AIDS Education and Prevention

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We investigated the association between perceived peer norms and safer sexual behaviors among substance using Latino youth. Between 2005 and 2006, cross-sectional data were collected from 92 Latino adolescents recruited from clinic-and community-based settings in two U.S. cities. Separate multivariate logistic regression models were used to assess the relationship between perceived peer norms around safer sex and two different outcomes: consistent condom use and multiple sexual partnerships. Among these participants, perceived peer norms encouraging safer sex were associated with consistent condom use even after controlling for individualand partner-related factors. Perceived peer norms supporting safer sex were inversely associated with recently having two or more sexual partners after controlling for demographic characteristics. Perceived peer norms around safer sexual behavior contribute to a lower likelihood of engaging in two HIV/STI risk behaviors: inconsistent condom use and multiple partnering. These findings suggest that further development of peer-based interventions for Latino youth is warranted.

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Sexually transmitted diseases: Experience and risk factors among urban, low income, African American and Hispanic youth

Abstract: The data underscore the importance of development of effective safer sex intervention programs for these youth as well as careful assessment of STD risks in medical clinics serving these youth.

Cited by 15 publications

References 12 publications

Sexual Health Knowledge of Male and Female Latino Immigrants

Sexual Health Knowledge of Male and Female Latino Immigrants

Sociodemographic Markers and Behavioral Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Nonclinical Sample of Adolescent and Young Adult Women

Perceived Peer Safer Sex Norms and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Substance-Using Latino Adolescents

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