Trends in sexual behaviours and infections among young people in the United States

AE Biddlecom - Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2004 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives: To describe trends over time in sexual behaviour, condom use, and sexually
transmitted infections among female and male adolescents in the United States. Methods: A …

Relative power between sexual partners and condom use among adolescents

JM Tschann, NE Adler, SG Millstein, JE Gurvey… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2002 - Elsevier
Purpose: To examine how the relative power of adolescent sexual partners in the domain of
emotional intimacy is related to condom use. Methods: Interviewed 228 adolescents who …

Patterns of sexual partnerships among adolescent females

MM Howard, JD Fortenberry, MJ Blythe… - Journal of Adolescent …, 1999 - Elsevier
Objective: To develop a multidimensional classification of sexual partnerships. Methods:
Eighty-two female subjects (ages 15–20 years; 77% African American) used coital logs to …

The relationship of unsafe sexual behavior and the characteristics of sexual partners of HIV infected and HIV uninfected adolescent females

MS Sturdevant, M Belzer, G Weissman… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2001 - Elsevier
Purpose: To compare characteristics of sexual relationships in HIV infected and HIV
uninfected female adolescents and their association with condom use. Methods: HIV …

[HTML][HTML] Condom use at last sex as a proxy for other measures of condom use: is it good enough?

SN Younge, LF Salazar, RF Crosby, RJ DiClemente… - …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Condom use at last sex is a widely used indicator in sexual behavior research; however,
there is little empirical research validating this indicator. This study examined whether a …

Pregnant African-American teens are less likely than their nonpregnant peers to use condoms

R Crosby, RJ DiClemente, GM Wingood, C Sionean… - Preventive …, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective. The aim of this study was to prospectively compare pregnant and nonpregnant
adolescents' recent condom use and sexually transmitted disease (STD) acquisition …

General and sexual communication in established relationships: An exploration of possible links to condom use among young adults

AM Boyle, LF O'Sullivan - The Canadian Journal of Human …, 2010 - search.proquest.com
Rates of consistent condom use are typically low among young adults in established
relationships. This exploratory investigation examines how young adults in relationships …

Prioritizing education about condom use among sexually active adolescent females

MJ Christ, WV Raszka Jr, CA Dillon - Adolescence, 1998 - search.proquest.com
Many factors have been shown to influence condom use among adolescents, including
negative experiences with prior use, risk-taking behaviors, perception of condom efficacy …

Teenagers' Condom Use Affected by Peer Factors, Not by Health Concerns.

M Klitsch - Family Planning Perspectives, 1990 - search.ebscohost.com
This paper looks at a study that investigated condom use among teenagers. Convenience
and social considerations may have more of an impact on teenagers' intention to use …

Racial differences in parenting dimensions and adolescent condom use at sexual debut

MF Cox - Public Health Nursing, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: Parenting style may be a determinant in reducing adolescent risk behavior.
Previous studies have relied on a typological parenting approach, with classification into …