Foster Youth Need Sex Ed, Too!: Addressing the Sexual Risk Behaviors of System-Involved Youth

Autor/inn/en	Finigan-Carr, Nadine; Steward, Rochon; Watson, Cathy
Titel	Foster Youth Need Sex Ed, Too!: Addressing the Sexual Risk Behaviors of System-Involved Youth
Quelle	In: American Journal of Sexuality Education, 13 (2018) 3, S.310-323 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-6128
DOI	10.1080/15546128.2018.1456385
Schlagwörter	Foster Care; Sex Education; Health Promotion; Pregnancy; Sexuality; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Urban Areas; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Adolescents; Young Adults; At Risk Persons; Prevention; Health Behavior; Social Influences; Knowledge Level; Beliefs; Contraception; Individual Characteristics; Gender Differences; Early Parenthood; Maryland (Baltimore) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflegehilfe; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Schwangerschaft; Sexualität; Urban area; Stadtregion; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Risikogruppe; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Sozialer Einfluss; Wissensbasis; Belief; Glaube; Empfängnisverhütung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	The social, economic, and environmental determinants of health include employment, housing, and education; exposure to environmental factors like lead or access to healthy food; and poverty, racism and oppression. Many of these conditions can lead to Adverse Childhood Experiences that may put children and youth at risk for abuse or maltreatment leading to involvement in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems. All young people experience important developmental milestones on their path to becoming healthy adults, and while this time of change is full of promise, it can be a time of increased vulnerability or risk. For system-involved youth, navigating this time of change can be fraught with even more challenges or barriers. Without strong family and social networks, they may face increased risk of engaging in high-risk behaviors--such as unprotected sex and sex with multiple partners--as well as unintended pregnancy, HIV, and other sexually transmitted infections. Our study examined survey data to assess the overall sexual reproductive health behaviors for youth aged 14-21 in out-of-home care in an urban environment (n = 270; 60.7% male; 82% African American; 7.9% Latinx). Youth were recruited between 2012 and 2016; 76.4% of these teens had had sexual intercourse at some point in their lifetime. Of these, 86.0% were sexually active before the age of 16. Although there were numerous risk factors related to contraception and condom use as well as partner demographics, there were assets or strengths identified. A discussion of how these findings can be utilized to develop effective prevention intervention strategies is provided. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01