Sexual health and Risk-Taking behaviors among New York city high school students

Variation by sexual orientation and gender identity status

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12973152
AutoresMadeline Travers (0000-0001-9663-8815, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, autor de correspondencia), Lauren E Murray (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene), Merike Kull (0000-0002-9047-0801, University of Chicago)
Año2020
Volumen19
Número3
Páginas268-286
Fecha de publicación2020-07-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of LGBT Youth (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1936-1653 • E-ISSN: 1936-1661
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19361653.2020.1795776
OpenAlexW3044122183
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas36

Few sexual health studies have examined subgroup differences in youth risk behaviors that sufficiently account for sexual orientation and gender identity. This study used 2017 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey data (N = 10,191), a stratified cluster-sampled survey, to examine descriptive differences in the prevalence of risky sexual behaviors, such as failing to use contraception and engaging in sexual activity while intoxicated, among others. Weighted logistic regression analyses revealed that LGBTQ youth were more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors than non-LGBTQ youth, placing them at increased risk of pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Results suggest the need for prevention and intervention programs, and more fundamentally, basic health education and care for these adolescents whose risk for sexual and reproductive health concerns outweighs their non-LGBTQ peers

Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Injury prevention · Intervention (counseling · Logistic regression · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Reproductive health · Sexual identity · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Youth Risk Behavior Survey · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology