Association Between Condom Use at Sexual Debut and Subsequent Sexual Trajectories

A Longitudinal Study Using Biomarkers

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ID11039545
AutoresTaraneh Shafii (0000-0002-0572-8143, Taraneh Shafii is with the Section of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, and the University of Washington’s Center for AIDS and STD. Katherine Stovel is with the Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle. King Holmes is with the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington, Seattle.), Katherine Stovel (Taraneh Shafii is with the Section of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, and the University of Washington’s Center for AIDS and STD. Katherine Stovel is with the Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle. King Holmes is with the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington, Seattle.), King K Holmes (0000-0002-4673-8401, University of Washington), King Holmes (Taraneh Shafii is with the Section of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, and the University of Washington’s Center for AIDS and STD. Katherine Stovel is with the Department of Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle. King Holmes is with the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington, Seattle.)
Ano2007
Volume97
Fascículo6
Páginas1090-1095
Data de publicação2007-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.068437
PMID17463388
PMCIDPMC1874201
OpenAlexW2051666700
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas35
Referências citadas35

Objectives. We compared subsequent sexual behaviors and risk of sexually transmitted infections among adolescents who did and did not use a condom at their sexual debut. Methods. We derived data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, which followed a sample of 4018 sexually active adolescents between 1994 and 2002. During waves I, II, and III of the study, data on sexual behavior were gathered, and at wave III urine specimens were collected to test for sexually transmitted infections. Results. Among interviewed adolescents, those who reported condom use at their debut were more likely than those who did not use condoms at their debut to report condom use at their most recent intercourse (on average 6.8 years after sexual debut), and they were only half as likely to test positive for chlamydia or gonorrhea (adjusted odds ratio=0.50; 95% confidence interval=0.26, 0.95). Reported lifetime numbers of sexual partners did not differ between the 2 groups. Conclusions. Adolescents who use condoms at their sexual debut do not report more sexual partners, are more likely to engage in subsequent protective behaviors, and experience fewer sexually transmitted infections than do adolescents who do not use condoms at their sexual debut

Chlamydia · Condom · Confidence interval · Environmental health · Family medicine · Gonorrhea · Gynecology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Longitudinal study · Odds ratio · Population · Reproductive health · Sexual intercourse · Sexually transmitted disease · Syphilis · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Reproductive tract infections research · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology