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Factors associated with multiple sex partners among junior high school students

Durbin, Meg, DiClemente, Ralph J., Siegel, David, Krasnovsky, Flora, Lazarus, Nancy, Camacho, Terry·1993·Journal of Adolescent Health
DOI 10.1016/1054-139x(93)90006-b
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Twenty-one percent of a sample of inner-city junior high school students were found to be sexually active (n = 403). Only 31% of them reported a single lifetime sexual partner, 25% reported two partners, and 43% reported three or more partners. Logistic regression analysis evaluated the influence of demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral factors on the adolescents' lifetime number of sex partners. Respondents whose sexual debut occurred before age 13 years were nine times more likely to report three or more sex partners compared with those whose first sexual intercourse was at age 15 or 16 years, blacks were four times more likely than non-Hispanic whites to report three or more sex partners; and males were four times as likely as females to report this number of sexual partners. Factors not independently associated with the number of sex partners included: age, Asian or Hispanic ethnicity, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) knowledge, self-efficacy (belief that one can protect oneself from the virus), condom use, and alcohol and drug use. We conclude that a significant proportion of school-based middle adolescents are sexually active and that most of these are at risk for contracting HIV because of behaviors such as having multiple sexual partners. Topics often stressed in school-based HIV education, such as factual knowledge about HIV, avoiding drugs and alcohol, and condom use are not associated with adolescents' choice about their number of sex partners. Intervention p…

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  1. DiClemente, 1993, Epidemiology of AIDS, HIV seroprevalence and HIV incidence among adolescents, J Sch Health

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Authors
Durbin, M., DiClemente, R. J., Siegel, D., Krasnovsky, F., Lazarus, N., & Camacho, T.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Public Health Foundation (US)
Corresponding author
Durbin, Meg
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Venue
Journal of Adolescent Health
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1993-05
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
202-207
ISSN
1054-139X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/1054-139x(93)90006-b
OpenAlex
W2089751950
Cited by
102
References
40
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
FWCI
11.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Adolescent Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Health and Behaviors
Keywords
multiple sexual partners, adolescent sexual behavior, junior high school students, age at first sexual intercourse, HIV risk, HIV prevention education, condom use, alcohol and drug use, race and gender differences, inner-city adolescents
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Age Factors, Alcohol Drinking, California, Child, Data Collection, Ethnicity, Female, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Risk Factors, Sexual Behavior, Sex Education, Sex Factors, Sexual Partners, Urban Population, HIV Infections, Logistic Models, Condoms, Substance-Related Disorders

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