Sexual behavior and pregnancy among adolescents in foster family homes

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Weihai Zhan ◽  
Susan R. Smith ◽  
Lynette C. Warner ◽  
Fred North ◽  
Sara Wilhelm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Partners ◽  
Placement Stability ◽  
Foster Family ◽  
Foster Home ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Running Away

Abstract Objective To examine the prevalence of and factors associated with sexual behavior and pregnancy involvement among adolescents in foster family homes. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among a random sample of children living in foster family homes. Logistic regression with Firth’s correction was used to determine factors associated with sexual risk behavior and pregnancy involvement (i.e. having been pregnant or gotten someone pregnant). Results About half of adolescents (aged 13–18 years) in foster family homes ever had sex, of whom, one third had first sex before the age of 14 and one sixth had two or more sexual partners in the past 3 months. Of adolescents in the study, 9% had ever been pregnant or gotten someone pregnant. Although adolescents in foster family homes had higher rates of sex initiation and pregnancy involvement than those in the general population, the two groups had comparable rates of current sexual risk behavior. Being placed in kin/fictive kin foster homes [odds ratio (OR): 3.04; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.18–7.80] and number of placement settings (OR: 1.20; 95% CI: 1.02–1.42) were associated with multiple sexual partners, while a history of running away from a foster home (OR: 7.64; 95% CI: 1.87–31.18) was associated with pregnancy involvement. Conclusions Efforts targeting placement stability including prevention of running away may reduce sexual risk behavior and pregnancy involvement among adolescents in foster family homes.

scholarly journals COMTVal158Met Polymorphism, Executive Dysfunction, and Sexual Risk Behavior in the Context of HIV Infection and Methamphetamine Dependence

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Bousman ◽  
M. Cherner ◽  
J. H. Atkinson ◽  
R. K. Heaton ◽  
I. Grant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Executive Dysfunction ◽  
Sexual Partners ◽  
Methamphetamine Dependence ◽  
Number Of Sexual Partners

Catechol-O-methyltransferease (COMT) metabolizes prefrontal cortex dopamine (DA), a neurotransmitter involved in executive behavior; the Val158Met genotype has been linked to executive dysfunction, which might increase sexual risk behaviors favoring HIV transmission. Main and interaction effects ofCOMTgenotype and executive functioning on sexual risk behavior were examined. 192 sexually active nonmonogamous men completed a sexual behavior questionnaire, executive functioning tests, and were genotyped using blood-derived DNA. Main effects for executive dysfunction but notCOMTon number of sexual partners were observed. ACOMTx executive dysfunction interaction was found for number of sexual partners and insertive anal sex, significant for carriers of the Met/Met and to a lesser extent Val/Met genotypes but not Val/Val carriers. In the context of HIV and methamphetamine dependence, dopaminergic overactivity in prefrontal cortex conferred by the Met/Met genotype appears to result in a liability for executive dysfunction and potentially associated risky sexual behavior.

Factors Associated with Sexual Risk Behavior Among Persons Living with HIV: Gender and Sexual Identity Group Differences

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 685-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cari Courtenay-Quirk ◽  
Sherri L. Pals ◽  
Grant Colfax ◽  
David McKirnan ◽  
Lauren Gooden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Identity Group ◽  
Persons Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv

Use of the Internet to Meet Sexual Partners, Sexual Risk Behavior, and Mental Health in Transgender Adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 597-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric G. Benotsch ◽  
Rick S. Zimmerman ◽  
Laurie Cathers ◽  
Ted Heck ◽  
Shawn McNulty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Partners ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Factors Associated with HIV Sexual Risk Behavior in Male Couples of Mixed HIV Status

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Remien ◽  
Glenn Wagner ◽  
Curtis Dolezal ◽  
Alex Carballo-Dièguez
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Male Couples ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Hiv Sexual Risk

Sexual Risk Behavior and Type of Sexual Partners in Transnational Indigenous Migrant Workers

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1895-1905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramiro Caballero-Hoyos ◽  
Alberto Villaseñor-Sierra ◽  
Rebeca Millán-Guerrero ◽  
Benjamín Trujillo-Hernández ◽  
Joel Monárrez-Espino
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Sexual Partners

scholarly journals Drug Use and High-risk Sexual Behavior among School-Going Adolescents in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (E) ◽  
pp. 256-261
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Amoo ◽  
Olujide A. Adekeye ◽  
Florence Omumu ◽  
Olubunmi O. Akinpelu ◽  
Mofoluwake P. Ajayi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
International Development ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Hiv Infections ◽  
Hiv And Aids

BACKGROUND: Sexual risk behavior and drug abuse among adolescents and youths remained perpetual topical issues of focus in most developmental programs related to developing countries, especially in Nigeria, where the school-going adolescents constitute more than half of the youths. The high level of teenage pregnancy and sexual violence such as abuses and other harmful trajectories including STIs and HIV is increasingly reported than the pre-2000s. AIM: This study focuses on underscoring the variation in risky sexual behavior among school-going users and non-users of drugs. It also analyzed the predisposing factors of drug use among school-going adolescents in Nigeria. METHODS: In combination with problem behavior theory, the research draws data (n = 11,799) from the 2012 National HIV and AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey (NARHS Plus II) collated by the Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria with support from the Department for International Development and United States Agency for International Development, to underscore the self-reported sexual risk behavior among students who are users and non-users of drugs. RESULTS: The result revealed that 32.5% (male) and 33.4% (female) use drugs. More than half of the respondents reported that they have engaged in sexual intercourse, 27.3% (male) and 31.8% (female) have had ≥2 lifetime sexual partners. There is higher odds ratio (OR) of risky sexual behavior among students that have ever used drugs or taken alcohol (OR = 2.2, 95% CI [1.8–2.8]) for male and (OR = 2.1, 95% CI [0.83–2.03]) for female. CONCLUSION: The study concludes that continued exposure of school-going youths to drugs or alcohol may pose serious challenge of risky sexual behavior and also severe threat to initiatives on zero new HIV infections or zero new AIDS death in Nigeria. The authors recommend that campaign to discourage drug or alcohol use should be intensified and introduced to all schools.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN KONSEP DIRI DENGAN PERILAKU SEKSUAL BERESIKO PADA REMAJA

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-352
Author(s):  
Wina Winingsih ◽  
Tetti Solehati ◽  
Taty Hernawaty
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Sexual Risk Behavior ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Stratified Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship

Remaja merupakan masa peralihan dari anak-anak menuju dewasa, pada masa ini terjadi berbagai perkembangan fisik maupun non fisik yang dapat meningkatkan hasrat seksual pada remaja. Permasalah yang sering terjadi pada remaja yaitu perilaku seksual. Konsep diri dapat mempengaruhi perilaku seseorang termasuk perilaku seksual beresiko. Remaja dengan konsep diri rendah rentan melakukan perilaku seksual beresiko tinggi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara konsep diri dengan perilaku seksual beresiko pada remaja. Rancangan penelitian menggunakan deskriptif korelasi dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah 449 siswa di SMA “X” Kota Bandung, dengan teknik stratified random sampling didapatkan sampel sebanyak 212 siswa. Instrumen penelitian terdiri dari kuesioner Tennesse Self Concept Scale dan kuesioner perilaku seksual beresiko. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisa data univariat dan bivariat dengan uji spearman rank. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 100% responden memiliki konsep diri yang tinggi, kemudian sebanyak 50,5% responden berperilaku seksual beresiko tinggi. Terdapat hubungan antara konsep diri dengan perilaku seksual beresiko (p=0,018). Disarankan kepada institusi pelayanan kesehatan untuk meningkatkan pendidikan kesehatan mengenai perilaku seksual beresiko pada remaja.   Kata kunci: konsep diri, perilaku seksual beresiko, remaja   THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF CONCEPT WITH SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENCE   ABSTRACT Adolescence is a period of transition from children to adults, during this time various physical and non-physical developments occur that can increase sexual desire in adolescents. Problem that often occurs in adolescents is sexual behavior. Self-concept can affect a person's behavior including risky sexual behavior. Teenagers with low self-concept are prone to high-risk sexual behavior. This study was descriptive correlative, design with cross sectional approach with aims to know the relationship between self concept with sexual risk behavior in adolescence at one of the high school in Bandung.  The population was 449 students, and used stratified random sampling and obtained samples as many as 212 students. This study used two instruments, Tennesse Self Concept Scale questionnaire and sexual risk behavior questionnaire. This study used univariate dan bivariate with spearman rank data analysis. The results showed that 100% of the respondents have high self concept. Then, 50.5% of respondents behave sexually at high risk. The results of bivariate analysis showed p value <0.05 (0.018) which means there was a correlation between self concept with sexual risk behavior. It is recommended to health service institutions to improve health education regarding risky sexual behavior inadolescents.   Keywords: self-concept, sexual risk behaviour,adolescence

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