Sexual health research often relies on single risk indicators. However, multi‐variable
composites may better capture the underlying construct of risk‐taking. Latent Profile Analysis …

Objectives. We compared subsequent sexual behaviors and risk of sexually transmitted
infections among adolescents who did and did not use a condom at their sexual debut …

This study describes associations of partner‐specific relationship characteristics with
consistent condom use among 297 young people (ages 13–24) with sexually transmitted …

PURPOSE: This study determines what young adolescents themselves identify as the
potential positive and negative outcomes of having sex, using a condom and not using a …

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 …

A comprehensive multiple domain model (MDM) to understand condom use in adolescents
was proposed and tested using structural equation modeling of data at three time points …

PURPOSE: To incorporate a behavioral model of health services utilization to examine
whether male adolescents' family, individual, sex education, and partner factors are …

PURPOSE: Sexual health refers a state of lifespan well-being related to sexuality. Among
young people, sexual health has multiple dimensions, including the positive developmental …

BACKGROUND: Adolescent health risk behaviors often occur together, suggesting that
youth involvement with one risk behavior may inform understanding of other risk behaviors …

Objectives. We used Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory to identify factors that
predicted never or sometimes using condoms in a multiethnic cohort of adolescent mothers …