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Sexual orientation, sexual abuse, and HIV-risk behaviors among adolescents in the Pacific Northwest (2006)
(Orientation sexuelle, abus sexuel et comportements à risque de VIH chez des adolescents du Nord-Ouest Pacifique)
Auteur(s) :
SAEWYC, E. ;
SKAY, C. ;
RICHENS, K. ;
REIS, E. ;
POON, C. ;
MURPHY, A.
Année
2006
Page(s) :
1104-1110
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
29
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
HSH
;
ABUS SEXUEL
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
ADOLESCENT
;
MILIEU SCOLAIRE
;
ENQUETE
;
INJECTION
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
PREVALENCE
Thésaurus géographique
CANADA
Note générale :
American Journal of Public Health, 2006, 96, (6), 1104-1110
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
OBJECTIVES: We explored HIV risk behaviors, sexual orientation, and sexual abuse among 5 school-based cohorts in Seattle, Wash (SEA95 and SEA99:N=7477 and N=6590), and British Columbia (BC92, BC98, and BC03 [weighted]: N=239975, N=281576, and N=265132). METHODS: An HIV risk scale of 7 items assessed risky sexual behaviors and injection drug use. Self-identified sexual orientation included heterosexual, bisexual, gay/lesbian, and, in British Columbia only, mostly heterosexual. Analyses of covariance were conducted separately by gender and were adjusted for age and sexual abuse when comparing means. RESULTS: Gay/lesbian and bisexual adolescents had higher mean age-adjusted risk scores compared with heterosexual and mostly heterosexual adolescents. After we controlled for sexual abuse history, mean scores were 2 to 4 times higher among abused students than among nonabused students in each sexual orientation group. Age/abuse-adjusted models better explained the variance in risk scores (R(2)=0.10-0.31), but sexual orientation remained an independent predictor. CONCLUSION: Sexual minority adolescents who attended school reported higher HIV risk behaviors, and higher prevalence of sexual victimization may partially explain these risks. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
RN, PHN, University of British Columbia School of Nursing, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5. Email : saewyc@interchange.ubc.ca
Canada.
Canada.
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