Condom Use Among Sexually Active Rural High School Adolescents Personal, Environmental, and Behavioral Predictors
| Autor: | Tammy Haley, Kathryn R. Puskar, Lauren Terhorst, Martha A. Terry, Denise Charron-Prochownik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Adult
Male Rural Population Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Nursing (miscellaneous) Adolescent Sexual Behavior Health Behavior Population Psychological intervention Human sexuality law.invention Condoms Young Adult Condom New England law Odds Ratio Humans Medicine education education.field_of_study business.industry Rural health Cross-Sectional Studies Adolescent Behavior Family planning Female Rural area business Demography Clinical psychology Adolescent health |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of School Nursing. 29:212-224 |
| ISSN: | 1546-8364 1059-8405 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1059840512461282 |
| Popis: | Adolescents who engage in unprotected intercourse are at risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI). Although adolescents in rural areas participate in levels of sexual risk taking similar to that of nonrural youth, few data are available identifying factors that influence condom use among rural adolescents. The purpose of this study is to determine the predictive value of selected personal, environmental, and behavioral factors for condom use among rural adolescents in grades 9–12. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among sexually active youth ( N = 613), ages 14–19, in three rural school districts in the Northeast. Using logistic regression, identified predictors for condom use include personal standards (odds ratio [OR] = 2.45; confidence interval [CI]: [2.39, 6.47]), condom use goals (OR = 1.32; CI [1.21, 1.45]), condom use at first intercourse (OR = 3.93; CI [2.39, 6.47]) and male gender. School nurses are encouraged to incorporate identified predictors of condom use when considering interventions promoting safer sexual behaviors among rural youth. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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