The Importance of School Staff Referrals and Follow-Up in Connecting High School Students to HIV and STD Testing
| Autor: | Nicole Liddon, Elana Morris, Elizabeth Kroupa, Catherine N. Rasberry, Andrew Hebert, Susan Hocevar Adkins, Catherine A. Lesesne, India D. Rose |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Sexually transmitted disease
Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Nursing (miscellaneous) Referral Adolescent education Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Human sexuality HIV Infections Health Promotion medicine.disease_cause Odds 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Ethnicity School Nursing Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Students Referral and Consultation School Health Services business.industry virus diseases Odds ratio United States Sexual minority Sexual behavior Adolescent Behavior Family medicine Female business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses. 33(2) |
| ISSN: | 1546-8364 |
| Popis: | This study examined predictors of having received HIV and sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing and having been referred by school staff for HIV/STD testing. In 2014, students in seven high schools completed paper-and-pencil questionnaires assessing demographic characteristics, sexual behavior, referrals for HIV/STD testing, and HIV/STD testing. The analytic sample ( n = 11,303) was 50.7% female, 40.7% Hispanic/Latino, 34.7% Black/African American (non-Hispanic), and mean age was 15.86 ( SD = 1.22). After controlling for demographic characteristics, significant predictors of reporting having been tested for HIV or STDs were reporting having received a referral for HIV/STD testing (odds ratio [ OR] = 3.18; 95% CI = [2.14, 4.70]) and reporting staff following-up on the referral ( OR = 3.29; 95% CI = [1.31, 8.23]). Students reporting referrals had significantly higher odds of being male ( OR = 2.49; 95% CI = [1.70, 3.65]), “other” or multiracial (non-Hispanic; compared to White, non-Hispanic; OR = 2.72; 95% CI = [1.35, 5.46]), sexual minority ( OR = 3.80; 95% CI = [2.57, 5.62]), and sexually experienced ( OR = 2.58; 95% CI = [1.76, 3.795]). School staff referrals with follow-up may increase HIV/STD testing among students. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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