Article ; Online: Associations Between Sexual Risk-Related Behaviors and School-Based Education on HIV and Condom Use for Adolescent Sexual Minority Males and Their Non-Sexual-Minority Peers.
2017 Volume 5, Issue 1, Page(s) 69–77
Abstract: Purpose: With HIV and sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates disproportionately high among adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM), it is important to understand how school-based sexual health education may relate to sexual risk-related behavior among ...
| Abstract | Purpose: With HIV and sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates disproportionately high among adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM), it is important to understand how school-based sexual health education may relate to sexual risk-related behavior among this population. This analysis explores reported HIV/AIDS- and condom-related education and sexual risk-related behaviors among ASMM and their adolescent non-sexual-minority male (non-ASMM) peers. Methods: Students (n = 11,681) from seven Florida high schools completed paper-and-pencil questionnaires. A matched analytic sample of ASMM and non-ASMM students was created by using propensity score-matching techniques (n = 572). Logistic regressions controlling for individual and school characteristics examined reporting having been taught about AIDS or HIV in school, having been taught in school about using condoms, condom use at last sex, HIV/STD testing, and associations between these variables. Results: Compared with matched non-ASMM peers, ASMM students were less likely to report having been taught about AIDS or HIV in school (odds ratio [OR] = 0.58, P = 0.04) and having used a condom at last sex (OR = 0.39, P < 0.01), but were more likely to report having been tested for HIV or STDs (OR = 1.88, P = 0.02). There were no significant differences for reporting having been taught in school about using condoms. Among non-ASMM, reporting having been taught in school about using condoms was associated with a greater likelihood of condom use at last sex (OR = 4.78, P < 0.01); this was not seen for ASMM. Conclusions: Differential reports of receiving HIV/AIDS education and differential associations between condom-related education and condom use in ASMM and non-ASMM suggest that sexual health education in schools may not be resonating with ASMM and non-ASMM in the same way. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Adolescent ; Adolescent Behavior/psychology ; Condoms ; Florida ; HIV Infections/prevention & control ; HIV Infections/psychology ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Male ; Safe Sex/psychology ; Schools ; Sex Education ; Sexual and Gender Minorities/psychology ; Students/psychology ; Unsafe Sex/psychology ; Young Adult |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2017-12-14 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. |
| ZDB-ID | 2727303-9 |
| ISSN | 2325-8306 ; 2325-8292 |
| ISSN (online) | 2325-8306 |
| ISSN | 2325-8292 |
| DOI | 10.1089/lgbt.2017.0111 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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