Social and health disparities compromise Northern and Indigenous adolescents' wellbeing
in the Northwest Territories (NWT) where food insecurity, sexually transmitted infections …

Background Food insecurity is a social determinant of health linked with elevated HIV
exposure. Safer sex efficacy (SSE), the ability to navigate sexual decision-making and …

Objective: Individual and environmental resilience protective factors are suggested to be
associated with adolescent condom use; however, previous studies have not …

Existing research indicates that economic disadvantage at the neighborhood and individual
levels affect adolescent sexual risk behavior, yet the mechanisms though which these effects …

Introduction: American Indian (AI) youth experience poor sexual health outcomes. Research
indicates the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) is a robust model for understanding how …

Background Adverse socio-cultural factors compromise the implementation of HIV
prevention strategies among displaced youth. While condoms are an affordable and …

This study examines the role of condom use knowledge and attitudes, and parent-teen
communication about sex and relationship quality on reports of condom use self-efficacy …

Background: Condom use can decrease the likelihood of acquiring STIs. Condoms are more
efficacious when used consistently and correctly. However, low percentages of consistent …

Abstract Purpose African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) women in Canada are
disproportionately impacted by HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Although there …

Continuing gains against incidence of HIV and other unwanted consequences of
unprotected sex requires deeper understanding of characteristics of condom usage among …