HIV/STD Risk Behaviors Among In-School Adolescents in Post-conflict Liberia
- 作者：Stephen B. Kennedy ; MD ; MPH ; [Author Vitae] ; Katharine A. Atwood ; ScD ; [Author Vitae] ; Albert O. Harris ; MSc ; [Author Vitae] ; Curtis H. Taylor ; BSc ; [Author Vitae] ; Mawen E. Gobeh ; BBA ; [Author Vitae] ; Monica Quaqua ; MPH ; [Author Vitae] ; Daisajou V. Woods ; Diploma ; [Author Vitae] ; Ernree M. Bee ; MPH ; [Author Vitae] ; Matthew Warlonfa ; Diploma ; [Author Vitae]
- 关键词：adolescents ; HIV/STDs ; Liberia ; post-conflict setting ; school ; sub-Saharan Africa
- 刊名：Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- 出版年：2012
- 期刊代码：208_10553290
- 类别：med
- 出版时间：July-August, 2012
- 卷：23
- 期：4
- 页码：350-360
- 文件大小：119 K
摘要
We conducted a randomized trial to address the health needs of in-school adolescents in Liberia, where we analyzed data from a behavioral survey administered to 820 students from eight urban schools. Our findings suggest that adolescents are at significant risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs): 36%of respondents were sexually experienced, 34%of those had first sex at ages 14 or younger, 66%of first sexual encounters were unprotected, and 16%were described as 鈥渇orced.鈥?Also, females were more likely to have older boyfriends (Pearson鈥檚 chi square = 19.2, p = .0001) and sex resulting in pregnancies (Pearson鈥檚 chi square = 11.5, p = .01), while males were more likely to have a greater number of sexual partners (Pearson鈥檚 chi square = 5.6, p = .05) in the聽previous 3 months. We recommend further research to explore challenges associated with implementing behavioral-driven studies in post-conflict environments.