Background: Less is known about the sexual health of young adults than about adolescents, despite 20 to 24-year-olds' greater risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmissible infections. This paper provides information on college students' prior and current sexual practices including oral sex,...
Objectives This study examined care providers' views on young people's sexual health in the digital age. Young people have high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), indicating sexual risk-taking behaviours. Adolescents transitioning to adulthood may be particularly at risk due to increased...
Adult educators must be well informed about sexualized media and relevant research and be aware of their own biases. We call for future research that expands and includes all representations, inclusive of diverse populations, so that we may better represent and engage young people in a manner ...
In Ethiopia besides the very low health seeking behavior of young people, they do not have access to sexual and reproductive health information and even the existing health services are adult-centered. Furthermore, health providers are not well equipped in addressing young people sexual and reproduct...
Teenagers and young adults enter into sexual relationships in order to gain intimacy, social status, and sexual pleasure.1 In 2005, forty-seven percent of teens in the United States have ever had sex.2 However, adolescents often lack the maturity and knowledge necessary to enter into a sexual...
An exploratory study of 222 heterosexual young adults was conducted to develop a method for assessing sexual behaviors which would protect naive subjects from exposure to sensitive questions. Subjects were asked 18 gender-specific questions about their sexual behavior during the past week. Classification...
Despite their need for culturally appropriate sexual health interventions, few evidence-based programs have been designed for or rigorously evaluated with AI/AN youth. The primary goal of this study was to adapt a videobased HIV/STI intervention for AI/AN teens and young adults (15-24 years ...
Background: Previous research has focused on risk factors associated with early onset of sexual intercourse among adolescents. This study hypothesizes that... C Lammers,M Ireland,M Resnick,... - 《Journal of Adolescent Health Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine》 被引量: ...
It should be clear that children in virtually all cultural settings like adults are barraged with sexual messages in the media. They will be taught about sex in some manner by adult role models television advertisements and parents which may or may not be accurate and appropriate. In this ...
The present study examined young adult participation in sexting: a transmission of nude or semi-nude images or sexually suggestive text of themselves to others through cell phones. An online survey was conducted Spring 2010 at large northwest university. Results revealed that nearly two thirds of pa...