TY - JOUR
T1 - Demographic, Psychosocial, and Contextual Factors Associated With Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young Sexual Minority Women
AU - Herrick, Amy
AU - Kuhns, Lisa
AU - Kinsky, Suzanne
AU - Johnson, Amy
AU - Garofalo, Rob
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (Grant R03MH070812; PI: R. Garofalo) and the Lesbian Health Fund (PI: A. Herrick).
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Young sexual minority women are at risk for negative sexual health outcomes, including sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies, yet little is known about these risks. We examined factors that may influence sexual risk from a psychosocial and contextual perspective. Analyses were conducted to examine within group relationships between sexual behaviors, negative outcomes, and related factors in a sample of young sexual minority women. Participants (N = 131) were young (mean = 19.8) and diverse in terms of race/ethnicity (57% non-White). Sex under the influence, having multiple partners, and having unprotected sex were common behaviors, and pregnancy (20%) and sexually transmitted infection (12%) were common outcomes. Risk behaviors were associated with age, alcohol abuse, and older partners. Results support the need for further research to understand how these factors contribute to risk in order to target risk reduction programs for this population.
AB - Young sexual minority women are at risk for negative sexual health outcomes, including sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies, yet little is known about these risks. We examined factors that may influence sexual risk from a psychosocial and contextual perspective. Analyses were conducted to examine within group relationships between sexual behaviors, negative outcomes, and related factors in a sample of young sexual minority women. Participants (N = 131) were young (mean = 19.8) and diverse in terms of race/ethnicity (57% non-White). Sex under the influence, having multiple partners, and having unprotected sex were common behaviors, and pregnancy (20%) and sexually transmitted infection (12%) were common outcomes. Risk behaviors were associated with age, alcohol abuse, and older partners. Results support the need for further research to understand how these factors contribute to risk in order to target risk reduction programs for this population.
KW - adolescent health
KW - lesbian and bisexual girls
KW - pregnancy
KW - sexual minority
KW - sexual risk behaviors
KW - sexually transmitted infections
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U2 - 10.1177/1078390313511328
DO - 10.1177/1078390313511328
M3 - Article
C2 - 24217447
AN - SCOPUS:84888226094
VL - 19
SP - 345
EP - 355
JO - Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
JF - Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
SN - 1078-3903
IS - 6
ER -