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Sexual Health: General Reports
 

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Affect Regulation, Social Context, and Sexual Intercourse in Adolescents.
Shrier LA, Koren S, Aneja P, de Moor C. 
Arch Sex Behav. 2008 Sep
 Abstract
 
Recent evaluations of the peer-led approach in adolescent sexual health education: a systematic review.
Kim CR, Free C. 
Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2008 Sep;40(3):144-51.
Abstract
 
The effects of family structure, parent–child relationship and parental monitoring on early sexual behaviour
among adolescents in nine European countries.
Lenciauskiene I, Zaborskis A.
Scand J Public Health. 2008 Aug;36(6):607-18.
 Abstract
 
Reasons why adolescents and young adults have sex: associations with psychological characteristics
and sexual behavior.
Dawson LH, Shih MC, de Moor C, Shrier L. 
J Sex Res. 2008 Jul-Sep;45(3):225-32.
 Abstract
 
Disorders of sexual differentiation in the adolescent.
Lee PA, Houk CP. 
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008 Jun;1135:67-75.
 Abstract
 
Family structure and adolescent sexual behavior in a poor area of São Paulo, Brazil.
Peres CA, Rutherford G, Borges G, et al  
J Adolesc Health. 2008 Feb;42(2):177-83.
Abstract
 
Masturbation, sexuality, and adaptation: normalization in adolescence.
Shapiro T.
J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 2008 Winter;56(1):123-46
 Abstract
 
On the association between sexual attraction and adolescent risk behavior involvement:
Examining mediation and moderation.
Busseri MA, Willoughby T, Chalmers H, Bogaert AF.
Dev Psychol. 2008 Jan;44(1):69-80
 Abstract

Which forms of child/adolescent externalizing behaviors account for late adolescent risky
sexual behavior and substance use?
Timmermans M, van Lier PA, Koot HM, et al
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2007 Nov 2
 Abstract
 
Sexual sensation-seeking and worry about sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among Spanish adolescents.
Gutiérrez-Martínez O, Bermúdez MP, et a
Psicothema. 2007 Nov;19(4):661-666.
 Abstract
 
More Than Just Vaginal Intercourse: Anal Intercourse and Condom Use Patterns in the
Context o f"Main" and "Casual" Sexual Relationships among Urban Minority Adolescent
Females.
Houston AM, Fang J, Husman C, Peralta L. 
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2007 Oct;20(5):299-304.
 Abstract
 
What do we know about sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Europe?
Avery L, Lazdane G  
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2007 Sep 17;:1-13
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 Defining virginity and abstinence: adolescents’ interpretations of sexual behaviors.
Bersamin MM, Fisher DA, Walker S, et al
J Adolesc Health. 2007 Aug;41(2):182-8.
 Paper
 
Susceptibility of Middle Adolescent Females to Sexually Transmitted infections: Impact of
Hormone Contraception and Sexual Behaviors on Vaginal Immunity.
Barousse MM, Theall KP, Van Der Pol B, et al
Am J Reprod Immunol. 2007 Aug;58(2):159-68
 Abstract
 
Respecting adolescents’ confidentiality and reproductive and sexual choices.
Cook RJ, Erdman JN, Dickens BM.  
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2007 Jun 18;
Abstract
 
Perceptions of Sexual Assertiveness among Adolescent Girls: Initiation, Refusal, and Use of
Protective Behaviors.
Auslander BA, Perfect MM, Succop PA, Rosenthal SL.
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2007 Jun;20(3):157-62.
 Abstract

 
Racial and gender differences in adolescent sexual attitudes and longitudinal associations
with coital debut
Cuffee JJ, Hallfors DD, Waller MW.
J Adolesc Health. 2007 Jul;41(1):19-26.
Abstract
 
Acculturation and parent-adolescent communication about sex in Filipino-American families:
a community-based participatory research study.
Chung PJ, Travis R, Kilpatrick SD, et al  
J Adolesc Health. 2007 Jun;40(6):543-50.
 Abstract
 
The determinants of sexual intercourse before age 16 years among rural Jamaican adolescents.
Ekundayo OJ, Dodson-Stallworth J, et al
ScientificWorldJournal. 2007 Apr 9;7:493-503.
 Abstract
 
Brief report: Sexual sensation seeking and its relationship to risky sexual behaviour among
African-American adolescent females.
Spitalnick JS, Diclemente RJ, Wingood GM, et al
J Adolesc. 2006 Nov 29;
 Abstract
 
Adolescent sexual health & practice-a review of the literature: implications for
healthcare providers, educators, and policy makers.
Ahern NR, Kiehl EM.  
Fam Community Health. 2006 Oct-Dec;29(4):299-313.
 Abstract
 
Understanding sex partner selection from the perspective of inner-city black adolescents.
Andrinopoulos K, Kerrigan D, Ellen JM. 
Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2006 Sep;38(3):132-8
 Abstract
 
Adolescence, sexuality, and reproduction: cultural constructions, normative controversies, and
interpretative alternatives
Ventura M, Correa S. 
Cad  Saude Publica. 2006 Jul;22(7):1505-9.
 Abstract
 
Thee timing of changes in girls’ sexual cognitions and behaviors in early adolescence:
a prospective, cohort study.
O’Sullivan LF, Brooks-Gunn J. 
J Adolesc Health. 2005 Sep;37(3):211-9.
 Abstract
 
Impact of the media on adolescent sexual attitudes and behaviors.
Escobar-Chaves SL, Tortolero SR, Markham CM, et al
Pediatrics. 2005 Jul;116(1):303-26.
 Abstract
 
Adolescent relationships and condom use: trust, love and commitment.
Bauman LJ, Berman R. 
AIDS Behav. 2005 Jun;9(2):211-22
 Abstract
 
Sex on Television and Its Impact on American Youth: Background and Results from the
RAND Television and Adolescent Sexuality Study.
Collins RL.  
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2005 Jul;14(3):371-85.
 Abstract
 
Sexual intercourse precedes partner violence in adolescent romantic relationships.
Kaestle CE, Halpern CT.  
J Adolesc Health. 2005 May;36(5):386-92.
 Abstract
 
Sexual possibility situations and sexual behaviors among young adolescents:
The moderating role of protective factors.
Diiorio C, Dudley WN, Soet JE, McCarty F.
J Adolesc Health. 2004 Dec;35(6):528
 Abstract

Non-Exclusivity in Adolescent Girls Romantic Relationships.
Short MB, Succop PA, Mills L ,et al 
Sex Transm Dis. 2003 Oct;30(10):752-755.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Sexual health of teenagers in England and Wales: analysis of national data
Nicoll A, Catchpole M,  Cliffe S,  et al.
BMJ 1999;318:1321-1322
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Sexual Behavior and the Media
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Television viewing and risk of sexual initiation by young adolescents.
Ashby SL, Arcari CM, Edmonson MB.   
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006 Apr;160(4):375-80.
 Abstract

The mass media are an important context for adolescents’ sexual behavior.
L’Engle KL, Brown JD, Kenneavy K. 
J Adolesc Health. 2006 Mar;38(3):186-92.
 Abstract
Sex Education/Knowledge
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Attitudes and knowledge on sexual matters among 16-year old teenagers.
Gunnarsdottir K, Geirsson RT, Thorkelsson E, et al
Laeknabladid. 2008 Juni;94(6):453-460.
 Abstract
 
Abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education and the initiation of sexual activity and teen
pregnancy.
Kohler PK, Manhart LE, Lafferty WE.  
J Adolesc Health. 2008 Apr;42(4):344-51
 Abstract
 
What schools teach our patients about sex: content, quality, and influences on sex education.
Lindau ST, Tetteh AS, Kasza K, Gilliam M.
Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Feb;111(2):256-66.
Abstract
 
The association between sex education and youth’s engagement in sexual intercourse,
age at first intercourse, and birth control use at first sex.
Mueller TE, Gavin LE, Kulkarni A. 
J Adolesc Health. 2008 Jan;42(1):89-96.
 Abstract
 
Changes in formal sex education: 1995-2002.
Lindberg LD, Santelli JS, Singh S.
Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2006 Dec;38(4):182-9.
 Abstract
 
Are schools a good setting for adolescent sexual health promotion in rural Africa?
A qualitative assessment from Tanzania.
Plummer ML, Wight D, Wamoyi J 
Health Educ Res. 2006 Oct 3;
 Abstract
 
A process evaluation of a school-based adolescent sexual health intervention in rural Tanzania:
 the MEMA kwa Vijana programme.
Plummer ML, Wight D, Obasi AI, et al 
Health Educ Res. 2006 Oct 3;
Abstract

Knowledge about condoms among low-income pregnant Latina adolescents in relation to explicit
maternal discussion of contraceptives.
Nadeem E, Romo LF, Sigman M. 
J Adolesc Health. 2006 Jul;39(1):119.e9-15.
 Abstract
 

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Adolescent street girl children´s knowledge, attitude and practices on sexual health and sexuality
 A. Menon
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Two steps forward and one step back? Australian secondary students’ sexual health knowledge
and behaviors 1992-2002.
Agius PA, Dyson S, Pitts MK, et al 
J Adolesc Health. 2006 Mar;38(3):247-252.
 Abstract
Sexual Decision-Making
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
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Predictors of early sexual initiation among a nationally representative sample of Nigerian
adolescents
Fatusi AO, Blum RW. 
BMC Public Health. 2008 Apr 25;8(1):136
Paper

Starting Young: Sexual Initiation and HIV Prevention in Early Adolescence.
Dixon-Mueller R.
AIDS Behav. 2008 Apr 4
Abstract

Concept analysis: sexual decision-making in adolescence.
Fantasia HC. 
Nurs Forum. 2008 Apr-Jun;43(2):80-90.
 Abstract
 
Onset of sexual intercourse among female adolescents: the influence of perceptions, depression,
and ecological factors.
Rink E, Tricker R, Harvey SM.
J Adolesc Health. 2007 Oct;41(4):398-406.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Boyfriends, girlfriends and teenagers’ risk of sexual involvement.
Marin BV, Kirby DB, Hudes ES, et al   
Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2006 Jun;38(2):76-83.
Paper
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Greater expectations: adolescents’ positive motivations for sex.
Ott MA, Millstein SG, Ofner S, et al  
Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2006 Jun;38(2):84-9
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FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Early adolescents’ cognitive susceptibility to initiating sexual intercourse.
L’Engle KL, Jackson C, Brown JD. 
Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2006 Jun;38(2):97-105
 Paper

African-American and Hispanic adolescents’ intentions to delay first intercourse: parental
communication as a buffer for sexually active peers.
Fasula AM, Miller KS.  
J Adolesc Health. 2006 Mar;38(3):193-200.
 Abstract

Confidential reproductive health care for adolescents.
Jones RK, Boonstra H.   
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Oct;17(5):456-60.
 Abstract

Watching sex on television predicts adolescent initiation of sexual behavior.
Collins RL, Elliott MN, Berry SH, et al 
Pediatrics. 2004 Sep;114(3):e280-9.
 Abstract

Antecedents of adolescent initiation of sex, contraceptive use, and pregnancy.
Kirby D.
Am J Health Behav 2002 Nov-Dec;26(6):473-85
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Personal values and sexual decision-making among virginal and sexually experienced
urban adolescent girls.
Paradise JE, Cote J, Minsky S, Lourenco A, Howland J.
J Adolesc Health 2001 May;28(5):404-9
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Sexual Assertiveness
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Is lack of sexual assertiveness among adolescent and young adult women a cause for concern?
Rickert VI, Sanghvi R, Wiemann CM.
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2002 Jul-Aug;34(4):178-8
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Sexual Harassment
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Bullying and sexual harassment among brazilian high school students.
Desouza ER, Ribeiro J. 
J Interpers Violence. 2005 Sep;20(9):1018-38.
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Sexual Protective Behaviors
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Focus-on-Teens, sexual risk-reduction intervention for high-school adolescents: impact on knowledge, change of
risk-behaviours, and prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases.
Gaydos CA, Hsieh YH, Galbraith JS, et al   
Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Oct;19(10):704-10.
 Abstract
 
Vaginal microbicide preferences among midwestern urban adolescent women.
Tanner AE, Katzenstein JM, Zimet GD, et al
J Adolesc Health. 2008 Oct;43(4):349-56.
 Abstract
 
Attitudes toward using condoms and condom use: difference between sexually abused and nonabused
african american female adolescents.
Hall T, Hogben M, Carlton AL   
Behav Med. 2008 Summer;34(2):45-54
 Abstract
 
Contraceptive method use by adolescents in Brazilian state capital.
Gomes KR, Speizer IS, Oliveira DD,   
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2008 Aug;21(4):213-9.
 Abstract
 
Pathways from family religiosity to adolescent sexual activity and contraceptive use.
Manlove J, Logan C, Moore KA, Ikramullah E.
Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2008 Jun;40(2):105-17
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Native teen voices: adolescent pregnancy prevention recommendations.
Garwick AW, Rhodes KL, Peterson-Hickey M, Hellerstedt WL.
J Adolesc Health. 2008 Jan;42(1):81-8.
 Abstract
 
Adolescent and Young Women’s Experience with the Vaginal Ring and Oral
Contraceptive Pills.
Stewart FH, Brown BA, Raine TR, et al
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2007 Dec;20(6):345-51
 Abstract
 
Adolescent girls’ communication with partners about microbicide use.
Short MB, Ramos S, Oakes JK, Rosenthal SL.
Sex Health. 2007 Dec;4(4):243-248.
 Abstract
 
What Impact Has England’s Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Had on Young People’s Knowledge
of and Access to Contraceptive Services?
French RS, Mercer CH, Kane R, et al
 J Adolesc Health. 2007 Dec;41(6):594-601
 Abstract
 
Contraception and adolescents.
American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Adolescence  
Pediatrics. 2007 Nov;120(5):1135-48.
Abstract
 
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Contraception use and pregnancy among 15-24 year old South African women: a nationally
representative cross-sectional survey.
Macphail C, Pettifor AE, Pascoe S, Rees HV.
BMC Med. 2007 Oct 28;5(1):3
 Paper
 
More Than Just Vaginal Intercourse: Anal Intercourse and Condom Use Patterns in the Context of
"Main" and "Casual" Sexual Relationships among Urban Minority Adolescent Females.
Houston AM, Fang J, Husman C, Peralta L. 
Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2007 Oct;20(5):299-304.
 Abstract
 
Adolescents’ Discussions About Contraception Or STDs with Partners Before First Sex.
Ryan S, Franzetta K, Manlove J, Holcombe E.   
Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2007 Sep;39(3):149-57.
 Abstract
 
Oral contraceptive use may not preclude condom use: a study of non-pregnant African-
American adolescent females.
Crosby RA, Diclemente RJ, Wingood GM, et al 
Sex Transm Infect. 2007 Jun;83(3):216-8
 Abstract
 
Sexual communication and contraceptive use in adolescent dating couples.
Widman L, Welsh DP, McNulty JK, Little KC. 
J Adolesc Health. 2006 Dec;39(6):893-9.
 Abstract
 
Incorporating adolescent females’ perceptions of their partners’ attitudes toward condoms
into a model of female adolescent condom use.
Hogben M, Liddon N, Pierce A, et al 
Psychol Health Med. 2006 Nov;11(4):449-60.
 Abstract
 
Perceived Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Condom Use Among Adolescents Vulnerable
to HIV/STI.
Kerrigan D, Witt S, Glass B, et al 
AIDS Behav. 2006 Jul 15;
 Abstract
 
Contraceptive Intentions among Adolescents after Abortion
Truong HH, Kellogg T, McFarland W, et al   
J Adolesc Health. 2006 Aug;39(2):283-6.
 Abstract
 
Knowledge about condoms among low-income pregnant Latina adolescents in relation to explicit
maternal discussion of contraceptives.
Nadeem E, Romo LF, Sigman M. 
J Adolesc Health. 2006 Jul;39(1):119.e9-15.
 Abstract
 
"It takes two to tango": a study on inconsistent use of male condoms by adolescents in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
Geluda K, Bosi ML, Cunha AJ, Trajman A et al   
Cad Saude Publica. 2006 Aug;22(8):1671-80. E
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Gender differences in the prediction of condom use among incarcerated juvenile offenders:
testing the information-motivation-behavior skills (IMB) model.
Robertson AA, Stein JA, Baird-Thomas C.
J Adolesc Health. 2006 Jan;38(1)
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One size fits all? Promoting condom use for sexually transmitted infection prevention among
heterosexual young adults.
de Visser R. 
Health Educ Res. 2005 Oct;20(5):557-66.
 Abstract
 
Brief report: the effects of condom insistence on the perceptions of adolescents in first time
and repeated occasions of sexual intercourse.
Turk DR, Hocking JE.
J Adolesc. 2005 Aug;28(4):589-94.
 Abstract
 
AIDS education, condom demand, and the sexual activity of American youth.
Tremblay CH, Ling DC.
Health Econ. 2005 Aug;14(8):851-67.
 Abstract
 
Condom use in African adolescents: the role of individual and group factors.
Giles M, Liddell C, Bydawell M. et al 
AIDS Care. 2005 Aug;17(6):729-39
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New options in contraception for teenagers.
Zite NB, Shulman LP. 
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2003 Oct;15(5):385-9.
 Abstract
 
Vaginal microbicides and teenagers.
Rupp RE, Rosenthal SL  
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2003 Oct;15(5):371-5
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Condom Availability Programs in Massachusetts High Schools: Relationships With
Condom Use and Sexual Behavior.
Blake SM, Ledsky R, Goodenow C,et al.
Am J Public Health 2003 Jun;93(6):955-962
 Abstract

Condom Use as a Function of Time in New and Established Adolescent Sexual Relationships
Fortenberry JD, Tu W, Harezlak J, et al.
Am J Public Health 2002; 92: 211-213.
Abstract

Sexual protective strategies of late adolescent females: more than
just condoms.
Hutchinson MK, Sosa D, Thompson AC.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 2001 Jul-Aug;30(4):429-38
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     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Reasons for condom use and non-use with most recent main and non-main sexual partners
among sexually experienced adolescents
C Rosengard , K Morrow, R Lopez , et al   
(2006 National STD Prevention Conference)
 Abstract
 
  Attitudes towards condom use and non-use among adolescents in two-parent families
compared to those in other family structures
DA Audet, C Rosengard , DC Dove, et al 
(2006 National STD Prevention Conference)
 Abstract
Sexual Behavior Regrets
 

  Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
"It’s Your Game": An Innovative Multimedia Virtual World to Prevent HIV/STI and Pregnancy in
Middle School Youth.
Shegog R, Markham C, Peskin M, et al  
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2007;129:983-7
  Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Extent of regretted sexual intercourse among young teenagers in Scotland: a cross
sectional survey
Wight D, Henderson M,  Raab G, et al.
BMJ 2000;320:1243-1244
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     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Adolescents, Sexuality, and HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections in
Rural Western Kenya
P  Amornkul  , H Vandenhoudt , B Juma, et al
(12 CROI)
 Abstract
Sexual Behavior During Pregnancy
 

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Sexual risk-taking and treatment-seeking behaviors among pregnant adolescents:
Implications for future interventions
HL Johnson , KG.Ghanem , E Erbelding
 (2006 National STD Prevention Conference)
 Abstract

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