Background: Research and public health interventions designed to reduce the risk of
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) often are based on self-reported condom use. Yet …

This study tests a three-stage model of condom use and explores the factors that predict
each of the stages. We reasoned that individuals probably approach the sexual encounter …

In a large longitudinal study involving young adults, we conducted an eight-hour STD
educational intervention and examined the impact of the intervention on the efficacy of a …

PURPOSE: Consistent condom use is critical to efforts to prevent sexually transmitted
infections among adolescents, but condom use may decline as relationships and …

Young men who have sex with men have the highest rates of new HIV infections in the US,
but they have been understudied relative to other populations. As a formative step for the …

Objectives. We examined correlates of condom use among a national random probability
sample of sexually experienced young adults aged 15 to 24 years (n= 7686) in South Africa …

PURPOSE: To better understand the factors teens consider when making decisions
regarding sex and condom use. METHODS: Twenty-one same-sex focus groups were …

PURPOSE: The role of closeness of sexual partners to family and friends (ie, how well the
participant's family and friends knew their primary sexual partner) to a variety of relationship …

Objectives Parent-adolescent communication about sexuality has been shown to influence
adolescents' sexual behaviour. This study aims to describe communication about sex …

Objective: To examine associations between parent-adolescent communication about sex-
related topics and the sex-related communication and practices of African American …