HIV Testing among Detained Youth

Autor/inn/en	Voisin, Dexter R.; Salazar, Laura F.; Crosby, Richard; DiClemente, Ralph J.; Yarber, William L.; Staples-Horne, Michelle
Titel	HIV Testing among Detained Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children & Youth, 6 (2004) 2, S.83-96 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1553-8346
Schlagwörter	Sex Education; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Adolescents; Sexuality; Gender Differences; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Screening Tests; Institutionalized Persons; Drug Abuse; Individual Characteristics; Environmental Influences; At Risk Persons; Place of Residence; Rural Areas; Pregnancy; Minority Groups; Socioeconomic Status; Correctional Institutions; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Screening-Verfahren; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Risikogruppe; Wohnort; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Schwangerschaft; Ethnische Minderheit; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Jugendstrafvollzug
Abstract	Published reports have not investigated the issue of voluntary HIV testing among detained youth, a population disproportionately infected with HIV compared to other adolescent groups. Data were collected from 467 sexually active detained adolescents in Georgia on demographic, environmental, and drug and sexual history variables, to explore differences between those who ever tested for HIV and those who never tested for HIV prior to being detained. Among the total sample, testing was associated with living in a rural area, having received school or community-based sex education classes, causing a pregnancy or having been pregnant, having had an STD diagnosis, and recently having sex with a partner who was high on drugs. However, there were significant gender differences with respect to these findings. Results suggest that a significant number of detained adolescents (especially males) engage in risky sexual behaviors, but have never been tested for HIV. Consequently, strongly promoting HIV testing at detention centers may serve as a significant best baseline care practice for detained youth. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10