Applying Ecological Perspectives to Adolescent Sexual Health in the United States: Rhetoric or Reality?

Autor/inn/en	Salazar, Laura F.; Bradley, Erin L. P.; Younge, Sinead N.; Daluga, Nichole A.; Crosby, Richard A.; Lang, Delia L.; DiClemente, Ralph J.
Titel	Applying Ecological Perspectives to Adolescent Sexual Health in the United States: Rhetoric or Reality?
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 25 (2010) 4, S.552-562 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cyp065
Schlagwörter	Individual Characteristics; Rhetoric; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Pregnancy; Sexuality; Environmental Influences; Adolescents; Risk; Health Behavior; Documentation; Content Analysis; Periodicals + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Rhetorik; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Schwangerschaft; Sexualität; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Risiko; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Dokumentation; Inhaltsanalyse; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum
Abstract	This study sought to determine the perspective taken toward understanding adolescent sexual risk behaviors and related biological outcomes (i.e. pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases) since 1990. We content analyzed 324 abstracts representing observational research published between January 1990 and December 2007 for inclusion of ecological (environmental) factors, level of analysis, sample composition and type of behavioral and biological outcomes. A majority (95%) of studies included individual characteristics; half were void of any environmental factors. Of those including environmental factors, 27% included familial, 23% community, 13% relational and 3% societal factors. Most (80%) were positioned at the individual level of analysis. Samples were diverse (43%) and of mixed gender (71%). Biomarkers of sexually transmitted diseases (7.5%) or pregnancy outcomes (2%) were rare. Ecological inclusion was not related to year of publication. Despite the rhetoric highlighting, the importance of an ecological perspective in understanding adolescent sexual risk behavior, much published research, excludes environmental influences. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10