Sex education and STI fatalism, testing and infection among young African American men who have sex with women
| Autor: | Norine Schmidt, Megan Clare Craig-Kuhn, Glenis Scott, Shannon Watson, Alyssa M. Lederer, Patricia Kissinger, Gérard Gomes, David H Martin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pregnancy
Chlamydia business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Incidence (epidemiology) Fatalism virus diseases Sex education medicine.disease urologic and male genital diseases female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Article Education Medicine African american men Health behavior Young adult business Social Sciences (miscellaneous) media_common Demography |
| Zdroj: | Sex Educ |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to examine the association between institution-delivered sex education given under real-world conditions and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates, STI fatalism, and prior STI testing among African American men aged 15–24 who have sex with women. Participants were tested at community venues for Chlamydia and gonorrhoea and undertook a survey to elicit history of sex education and sexual health information. Among 1196 participants, 73.0% reported having received institution-delivered sex education topics including STI information (90.5%), condoms (89.2%), pregnancy/birth (72.1%) and birth control (67.1%). Among a subset of participants asked about the quality of sex education, 85.7% reported it was ‘very good’ or ‘OK’. Prevalence rate for Chlamydia and/or gonorrhoea was 10.5%. Those who received sex education were more likely to have lower STI fatalism (51.0% vs. 42.4%, p=0.01) and more likely to report previous Chlamydia screening (44.1% vs. 31.6%, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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