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Sexuality: General Reports
 

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

Premarital sexual activity among unmarried adolescents in northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.
Salih NA, Metaferia H, Reda AA, Biadgilign S. 
Sex Reprod Healthc
. 2015 Mar;6(1):9-
Abstract

Toward an Understanding of the Context of Anal Sex Behavior in Ethnic Minority Adolescent Women.
Champion JD, Roye CF.
Issues Ment Health Nurs
. 2014 Jul;35(7):509-516.
Abstract

Analysis Of Sexual Behavior In Adolescents.
Teva I, Bermudez M, Ramiro MT, Ramiro-Sanchez T.
Curr HIV Res. 2014 Jan 28
Abstract

Sexual Communication Between Early Adolescents and Their Dating Partners, Parents, and Best Friends.
Widman L, Choukas-Bradley S, Helms SW, et al 
J Sex Res
. 2013 Dec 19.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Condom use and sexuality communication with adults: a study among high school students in South Africa and Tanzania.
Namisi FS, Aarø LE, Kaaya S,  et al 
BMC Public Health. 2013 Sep 23;13(1):874.
Paper

Sexual health resources at Minnesota colleges: associations with students’ sexual health behaviors.
Eisenberg ME, Hannan PJ, Lust KA,  et al 
Perspect Sex Reprod Health
. 2013 Sep;45(3):132-8
Abstract

Is it ok 2 txt? Reaching out to adolescents about sexual and reproductive health.
Malbon K, Romo D.
Postgrad Med J. 2013 Jul 10
Abstract

Comparison of Adolescents’ Reports of Sexual Behavior on a Survey and Sexual Health History Calendar.
Fisher CM, Lee MG.
J Sex Res. 2013 Jul 11
Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Sexual Sensation Seeking, Co-occurring Sex and Alcohol Use, and Sexual Risk Behavior among Adolescents in Treatment for Substance Use Problems.
Oshri A, Tubman JG, Morgan-Lopez AA,  et al

Am J Addict
. 2013 May;22(3):197-205
Abstract

Predictive Validity of Adult Risk Assessment Tools With Juveniles Who Offended Sexually.
Ralston CA, Epperson DL.
Psychol Assess
. 2013 May 6
Abstract

Teachers’ attitudes towards adolescent sexuality and life skills education in rural South Africa.
Smith KA, Harrison A.
Sex Educ
. 2013;13(1):68-81
Abstract

Perceptions of Parents on How Religion Influences Adolescents’ Sexual Behaviours in Two Ghanaian Communities: Implications for HIV and AIDS Prevention.
Osafo J, Asampong E, Langmagne S, Ahiedeke C
.
J Relig Health
. 2013 Feb 26
Abstract

Trajectories of Risk for Early Sexual Activity and Early Substance Use in the Fast Track Prevention Program.
Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group.
Prev Sci. 2013 Feb 17.
Abstract

The World Health Organization’s work on adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
C
handra-Mouli V, Bloem P, Ferguson
J.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2013 Feb;56(2):256-261
Abstract

Heterosexual Anal Intercourse among Black and Latino Adolescents and Young Adults: A Poorly Understood High-Risk Behavior.
Roye CF, Tolman DL, Snowden F.
J Sex Res
.
2012 Dec 13.
Abstract

Longitudinal Consistency in Self-Reported Age of First Vaginal Intercourse among Young Adults.
Goldberg SK, Haydon AA, Herring AH, Halpern CT.
J Sex Res. 2012 Dec 13
Abstract

Sexual behaviors of middle school students: 2009 youth risk behavior survey results from 16 locations.
Moore MJ, Barr EM, Johnson TM.
J Sch Health
. 2013 Jan;83(1):61-8.
Abstract

Risk and Protective Factors for Recidivism Among Juveniles Who Have Offended Sexually.
Spice A, Viljoen JL, Latzman NE, et al
Sex Abuse. 2012 Oct 3.
Abstract

Core sexual/reproductive health care to deliver to male adolescents: perceptions of clinicians focused on male health.
Marcell AV, Ellen JM. 
J Adolesc Health
. 2012 Jul;51(1):38-44.
Abstract

The sexual behaviour of adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: patterns and trends from national surveys.
Doyle AM, Mavedzenge SN, Plummer ML, Ross DA.
Trop Med Int Health. 2012 May 18.

Abstract

Adolescents’ Self-presentation on a Teen Dating Web Site: A Risk-Content Analysis.
Pujazon-Zazik MA, Manasse SM, Orrell-Valente JK.
J Adolesc Health
. 2012 May;50(5):517-20
Abstract

An Ecological Analysis of the Effects of Deviant Peer Clustering on Sexual Promiscuity, Problem Behavior, and Childbearing From Early Adolescence to Adulthood: An Enhancement of the Life History Framework.
Dishion TJ, Ha T, Véronneau MH.
Dev Psychol. 2012 Mar 12.
Abstract

Are the Adolescent Behaviors too Risky? A School-based Study in a District of West Bengal, India.
Mukhopadhyay DK, Mukhopadhyay S, Sinhababu A, Biswas AB.
J Trop Pediatr
. 2012 Mar 19.
Abstract

Exploring the Link between Caregiver Affect and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Does Neighborhood Disadvantage Matter?
Gardner M, Martin A, Brooks-Gunn J. et al
J Res Adolesc. 2012 Mar 1;22(1):135-149.
Abstract

A review of parenting and adolescent sexual behavior: The moderating role of gender.
Kincaid C, Jones DJ, Sterrett E, McKee L. 
Clin Psychol Rev
. 2012 Apr;32(3):177-88
Abstract

Jamaican Adolescent Girls With Older Male Sexual Partners.
Wood EB, Hutchinson MK, Kahwa E, et al
J Nurs Scholarsh
. 2011 Oct 17.
Abstract

Mother-Daughter Communication About Sex: The Influence of Authoritative Parenting Style.
Askelson NM, Campo S, Smith S. 
Health Commun
. 2011 Oct 6.
Abstract

Beyond sexual desire and curiosity: sexuality among senior high school students in Papua and West Papua Provinces (Indonesia) and implications for HIV prevention.
Diarsvitri W, Utomo ID, Neeman T, Oktavian A.
Cult Health Sex. 2011 Aug 4
Abstract

A Prospective Study of the Onset of Sexual Behavior and Sexual Risk in Youth Perinatally
Infected with HIV.

Bauermeister JA, Elkington KS, Robbins RN,  et al
J Sex Res. 2011 Jul 28
Abstract

The sexuality of HIV-infected-adolescents: Literature review and thinking on the unthinkables of sexuality.
Mergui A, Giami A. 
Arch Pediatr
. 2011 Jun 6.
Abstract

Transactional sex among youths in post-conflict Liberia.
Atwood KA, Kennedy SB, Barbu EM,  et al
J Health Popul Nut
r
. 2011 Apr;29(2):113-22.
Abstract

Adolescent premarital sex and health outcomes among Taiwanese youth: perception of best friends’ sexual behavior and the contextual effect.
Chiao C, Yi CC. 
AIDS Care
. 2011 May 11:1-10
Abstract

The association of sexual interest and sexual behaviors among adolescent women: A daily diary perspective.
Fortenberry JD, Hensel DJ.
Horm Behav
.
2011 Mar18

Abstract

The Sexual Safety of Adolescents.
Fantasia HC, Fontenot HB.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs
. 2011 Feb 1.
Abstract

The Developmental Pathway from Pubertal Timing to Delinquency and Sexual Activity from Early to Late Adolescence.
Negriff S, Susman EJ, Trickett PK.
J Youth Adolesc
. 2010 Dec 30
Abstract

Daily Participation in Sports and Students’ Sexual Activity.
Habel MA, Dittus PJ, De Rosa CJ,  et al
Perspect Sex Reprod Health
. 2010 Dec;42(4):244-250.
Abstract

Identity, Peer Relationships, and Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Behavior: An Exploration of the Contemporary Double Standard.
Lyons H, Giordano PC, Manning WD, Longmore MA.
J Sex Res
. 2010 Sep 4:1-13
Abstract

Early sexual debut and associated factors among in-school adolescents in eight African countries.
Peltzer K. 
Acta Paediatr
. 2010 Aug;99(8):1242-7.

Abstract

First steps toward successful communication about sexual health between adolescents
and parents in Mexico.
Campero L, Walker D, Rouvier M, Atienzo E.
Qual Health Res
. 2010 Aug;20(8):1142-54.
Abstract

What is so special about male adolescent sexual offending? A review and test of explanations through meta-analysis.
Seto MC, Lalumière ML.
Psychol Bull
. 2010 Jul;136(4):526-75
Abstract

Constrained choices: adolescents speak on sexuality in Peru.
Bayer AM, Tsui AO, Hindin MJ.  
Cult Health Sex
. 2010 Jun 3:
Abstract

Adolescents Dealing with Sexuality Issues: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece.
Tsitsika A, Greydanus D, Konstantoulaki E, et al  
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol
. 2010 May 19
Abstract

Partnering to proceed: scaling up adolescent sexual reproductive health programmes in Tanzania. Operational research into the factors that influenced local government uptake and implementation.
Renju J, Makokha M, Kato C, et al
 
Health Res Policy Syst
. 2010 May 13;8(1):12
Abstract

Acculturation and sexual risk behaviors among Latina adolescents transitioning to young adulthood.
Lee J, Hahm HC. 
J Youth Adolesc
. 2010 Apr;39(4):414-27.
Abstract

Global lessons on healthy adolescent sexual development.
Koyama A, Corliss HL, Santelli JS.
Curr Opin Pediatr. 2009 Jun 4.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Sex and sexual health: A survey of Canadian youth and mothers.
Frappier JY, Kaufman M, Baltzer F, et al
Paediatr Child Health. 2008 Jan;13(1):25-30.
Paper
 

Gendered attitudes towards sexual relationships among adolescents attending nurse led sexual health clinics in England: a qualitative study.
Hayter M, Harrison C
J Clin Nurs. 2008 Nov;17(22):2963-71.
Abstract
 
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 SĂŁo 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
Abstract
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
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, andinterpretative 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
Paper
 

 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Relationship between health locus of control and sexual risk behaviour
E. Victor Aromeh, H. Karick
(6th IAS Conference)
Abstract

Exploring the links between urban infrastructure and sexual vulnerability among adolescents and youth in South Africa
P. Burns, R. Snow
(6th IAS Conference)
Abstract


Sexual Behavior and the Media
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Development and implementation of mass media campaigns to delay sexual initiation among African American and white youth.
Noar SM, Zimmerman RS, Palmgreen P, et al
J Health Commun. 2014 Feb;19(2):
Abstract

Interventions using new digital media to improve adolescent sexual health: a systematic review.
Guse K, Levine D, Martins S, Lira A,  et al
J Adolesc Health. 2012 Dec;51(6):535-43
Abstract

Relationships between adolescent sexual outcomes and exposure to sex in media: Robustness to propensity-based analysis.
Collins RL, Martino SC, Elliott MN, Miu A.
Dev Psychol. 2011 Mar;47(2):585-91.
Abstract

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/Beliefs
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Improving sexuality education: the development of teacher-preparation standards.
Barr EM, Goldfarb ES, Russell S, et al
J Sch Health
. 2014 Jun;84(6):396-415
Abstract

Trends in adolescent sexual behavior, impact of information, and attitudes about HIV/AIDS in Portugal.
Ramiro L, Reis M, de Matos MG, Diniz JA. 
Psychol Health Me
d
. 2013 Oct 15
Abstract

Cost of Talking Parents, Healthy Teens: A Worksite-based Intervention to Promote Parent-Adolescent Sexual Health Communication.
Ladapo JA, Elliott MN, Bogart LM,  et al 
J Adolesc Health
. 2013 Jan 31

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Evaluation of three adolescent sexual health programs in ha noi and khanh hoa province, Vietnam.
Pham V, Nguyen H, Tho le H,   et al
AIDS Res Treat
. 2012;2012:986978.
Paper

"What if You Already Know Everything About Sex?" Content Analysis of Questions From Early Adolescents in a Middle School Sex Education Program.
Charmaraman L, Lee AJ, Erkut S.
J Adolesc Health. 2012 May;50(5):527-30
Abstract

Effectiveness of a Reproductive Sexual Health Education Package among School Going Adolescents.
Nair MK, Paul MK, Leena ML,  et al
Indian J Pediatr. 2012 Jan;79 Suppl 1:64-8.
Abstract
 

Attitude of Parents and Teachers towards Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health Education.
Nair MK, Leena ML, Paul MK, et al
Indian J Pediatr. 2012 Jan;79 Suppl
Abstract

Advocating for schools to provide effective HIV and sexuality education: a case study in how social service organizations working in coalition can (and should) affect sustained policy change.
Ogusky J, Tenner A. 
Health Promot Pract
. 2010 May;11(3 Suppl):34S-41S
Abstract

Attitudes and beliefs concerning sexual relationships among minority adolescent women.
Champion JD, Collins JL, Reyes S, Rivera RL. 

Issues Ment Health Nurs
. 2009 Jul;30(7):436-42
Abstract

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 explicitmaternal 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

 
Sexual concerns of adolescents of India – a case study of identified blocks of Uttranchal
A. Mathur
(6th IAS Conference)
Abstract

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

 
Reexamining Issues of Conceptualization and Willing Consent: The Hidden Role of Coercion in Experiences of Sexual Acquiescence.
Conroy NE, Krishnakumar A, Leone JM.
J Interpers Violence
. 2014 Sep 22
Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Adolescents and parents’ perceptions of best time for sex and sexual communications from two communities in the Eastern and Volta Regions of Ghana: implications for HIV and AIDS education.
Asampong E, Osafo J, Bingenheimer JB, Ahiadeke C. 
BMC Int Health Hum Rights
. 2013 Sep 26;13(1):40
Paper

Timing and Circumstances of First Sex Among Female and Male Youth From Select Urban Areas of Nigeria, Kenya, and Senegal.
Speizer IS, Fotso JC, Davis JT, et al 
J Adolesc Health
. 2013 Jul 19.
Abstract

Characteristics related to sexual experience and condom use among Jamaican female adolescents.
K
ang SY, Hutchinson MK, Waldron N.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013;24(1):220-32. 
Abstract

African American Adolescent Females’ Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety, Familial Strategies, and Sexual Debut.
Choby AA, Dolcini MM, Catania JA, et al
Res Hum Dev
. 2012;9(1):9-28
Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Patterns of vaginal, oral, and anal sexual intercourse in an urban seventh-grade population.
Markham CM, Fleschler Peskin M, et al
 
J Sch Health
. 2009 Apr;79(4):193-200.
Abstract

FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
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
Paper
 
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

Abstract

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
Abstract

 

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
Abstract
 

Sexual Harassment
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Unwanted Sexual Experiences in Young Men: Evidence from a Survey of University Students in Chile.
Lehrer JA, Lehrer EL, Koss MP. et al
Arch Sex Behav. 2012 Sep 13
Abstract

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

 

Sexual Protective Behaviors
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Internalizing Symptoms and Safe Sex Intentions among Adolescents in Mental Health Treatment: Personal Factors as Mediators.
Joppa MC, Rizzo CJ, Brown LK, et al 
Child Youth Serv Rev
. 2014 Nov 1;46:177-185.
Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Safe Sext: Adolescents’ Use of Technology to Communicate About Sexual Health With Dating Partners.
Widman L, Nesi J, Choukas-Bradley S, Prinstein MJ.
J Adolesc Health
. 2014 Feb 8.
Abstract

Parents’ constructions of communication with their children about safer sex.
Hyde A, Drennan J, Butler M,  et al
J Clin Nurs. 2013 Sep 13.

Abstract

A Human Immunodeficiency Virus Posttest Video to Increase Condom Use Among Adolescent Emergency Department Patients.
Calderon Y, Cowan E, Leu CS,  et al
J Adolesc Health. 2013 Apr 9.
Abstract

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A comparative analysis of teenagers and older pregnant women in the utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission [PMTCT] services in, Western Nigeria.
Amoran OE , Salami OA , Oluwole FA .
BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2012 Aug 10;12(1):13
Paper

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Acceptability of condom promotion and distribution among 10 to 19 year-old adolescents in Mpwapwa and Mbeya rural districts, Tanzania.
Exavery A, Mubyazi GM Dr, Rugemalila J,  et al
BMC Public Health
2012 Jul 29;12(1):569.
Paper

Condom Use: Slippage, Breakage, and Steps for Proper Use Among Adolescents in Alternative School Settings.
Coyle KK, Franks HM, Glassman JR, Stanoff NM.
J Sch Health. 2012 Aug;82(8):345-352.
Abstract

Predicting Condom Use Attitudes, Norms, and Control Beliefs in Hispanic Problem Behavior Youth: The Effects of Family Functioning and Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sex on Condom Use.
Malcolm S, Huang S, Cordova D,  et al
Health Educ Behav. 2012 May 4.
Abstract

Unwanted Unprotected Sex: Condom Coercion by Male Partners and Self-silencing of Condom Negotiation Among Adolescent Girls.
Teitelman AM, Tennille J, Bohinski JM, et al
ANS Adv Nurs Sci
. 2011 Jul-Sep;34(3):243-59
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Risk and protective factors for unprotected intercourse among rural African American young adults.
Kogan SM, Brody GH, Chen YF, et al
Public Health Rep. 2010 Sep-Oct;125(5):709-17
Paper

Patient Characteristics and Provider Practice Patterns for Emergency Contraception in a Pediatric Emergency Department.
Patel S, Miller MK, Dowd MD.
Pediatr Emerg Care
. 2009 Dec 23.
Abstract

Contraceptive withdrawal in adolescents: a complex picture of usage.
Woods JL, Hensel DJ, Fortenberry JD.  
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2009 Aug;22(4):233-7.
Abstract

Multilevel Predictors of Inconsistent Condom Use Among Adolescent Mothers.
Van Horne BS, Wiemann CM, Berenson AB, et al
Am J Public Health. 2009 Apr 16.
Abstract

Adolescent Comprehension of Emergency Contraception in New York City.
Cremer M, Holland E, Adams B,  et al

Obstet Gynecol
. 2009 Apr;113(4):840-844
Abstract
 

A multilevel analysis of condom use among adolescents in the European Union.
Lazarus JV, Moghaddassi M, Godeau E,et al
Public Health
. 2009 Jan 17
Abstract
 
Contraceptive use among adolescent Latinas living in the United States: the impact of culture and acculturation.
Sterling SP, Sadler LS.  

J Pediatr Health Care
. 2009 Jan-Feb;23(1):19-28.
Abstract
 
Condom Failure: Examining the Objective and Cultural Meanings Expressed in Interviews With African American Adolescents.
Sznitman SR, Horner J, Salazar LF, et al
J Sex Res. 2009 Jan 15:1-10
Abstract
 
Sexuality, HIV risk and potential acceptability of involving adolescent girls in microbicide research in
Kisumu, Kenya.
Montandon M, Sahin-Hodoglugil NN, Bukusi E, et al 
Sex Health
. 2008 Dec;5(4):339-46.
Abstract
 
Parent-Adolescent Sexual Communication: Associations of Condom Use with Condom Discussions.
Hadley W, Brown LK, Lescano CM, et al
 
AIDS Behav.
2008 Oct 8.
Abstract
 
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
Abstract
 
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 Knowledgeof 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 Healt
h. 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
Abstract
 
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)
Abstract
 
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
Abstract
 
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
Abstract

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):955-96
2
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
Abstract

 

     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

 
Early Age of First Sexual Intercourse and Depressive Symptomatology among Adolescents.
Jamieson LK, Wade TJ.
J Sex Res
. 2010 Sep 14:1-11.
Abstract

"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
Paper

 

     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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