作者
Carol A Ford, Brian Wells Pence, William C Miller, Michael D Resnick, Linda H Bearinger, Sandy Pettingell, Myron Cohen
发表日期
2005/7/1
期刊
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
卷号
159
期号
7
页码范围
657-664
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Background
Influencing adolescents’ sexual behaviors has the potential to influence trajectories of risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young adults.
Objective
To determine whether family, school, and individual factors associated with increased duration of virginity also protect against STIs in young adulthood.
Design
Prospective cohort study. Wave I of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health occurred in 1995 when participants were in grades 7 through 12. Six years later, all wave I participants who could be located were invited to participate in wave III and provide a urine specimen for STI testing.
Setting
In-home interviews in the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii.
Participants
Population-based sample. Of 18 924 participants in the nationally representative weighted wave I sample, 14 322 (75.7%) were located and participated in wave III. Test results forChlamydia trachomatis …
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