Determinants of sexual abstinence and condom use among Central American adolescents
| Autor: | Leonor Gutierrez Fernandez, Rosa Μ Solórzano, Adriana Gomez, Andres S. Lopez, J.C. Corrales, Cathy Strachan Lindenberg, Marco F Valverde, Mariana Harnecker, Vilma R. Medrano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Costa Rica
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| Zdroj: | International journal of adolescent medicine and health. 22(4) |
| ISSN: | 0334-0139 |
| Popis: | Engaging in sexual intercourse early in life and without protection often leads to unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases in teens. METHODS: A binary logistical regression analysis was used to identify the risk and protective factors associated with two preventive health behaviors: sexual abstinence and consistent condom use among 6902 Central American teens receiving web-based adolescent health promotion education from 2004 to 2008. RESULTS: The average age was 15 years with ages ranging between 10 and 20 years. Of these 52% were girls and 48% boys. Personal competencies social peer influences and family factors were found to influence their sexual behavior patterns and were generally consistent with other studies worldwide. CONCLUSION: Information technology provides new avenues to assess individual health and provide individualized data collection in a confidential sensitive accessible and engaging manner. Health promotion interventions must continue to address the development of personal knowledge skills and motivations to prevent and or reduce sexual risk-taking behaviors. |
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