Individual and Social Network Correlates of Sexual Health Communication Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness
| Autor: | Jaih B. Craddock, Anamika Barman-Adhikari, Anthony Fulginiti, Eric Rice, Katie Massey Combs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Social Psychology Sexual Behavior Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) HIV Infections Hiv testing medicine.disease_cause Article Social Networking law.invention Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Risk-Taking 0302 clinical medicine Condom law medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Reproductive health 030505 public health Social network business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support Los Angeles Health psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious Diseases Health Communication Ill-Housed Persons Female Sexual Health 0305 other medical science business Psychology |
| Zdroj: | AIDS Behav |
| ISSN: | 1573-3254 1090-7165 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10461-019-02646-x |
| Popis: | Despite the potential for sexual health communication to be leveraged for HIV prevention among youth experiencing homelessness (YEH), there has yet to be a rigorous examination of individual and network or relational characteristics associated with sexual health communication in this group of young people. Cross-sectional survey and social network data from 1,014 YEH aged 14–25 recruited in Los Angeles, California, were utilized to assess individual and network or relational characteristics associated with communication regarding condom use and HIV testing among YEH. Results suggest that social networks are key to understanding sexual health communication; YEH’s engagement in sexual health communication was significantly related to the composition of their networks. To increase testing and decrease new HIV cases, a prudent strategy would be to train existing social network members (e.g., staff members, home-based peers, or partners) as agents of change in naturally occurring social networks of YEH. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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