ArticleHealth education research2010
Applying ecological perspectives to adolescent sexual health in the United States: rhetoric or reality?
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Factors affecting students' attitudes towards reproductive health in the north of Iran: Designing an educational program.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Impact of individual and environmental factors on academic performance of pregnant adolescent.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Multilevel Barriers to Sexual Health Behavior Among Vulnerable Adolescent Girls in the USA.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2022Article
- Addressing HIV/Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Pregnancy Prevention Through Schools: An Approach for Strengthening Education, Health Services, and School Environments That Promote Adolescent Sexual Health and Well-Being.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2022Review
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- Innovation and Integration of Sexuality in Family Life Education.Family relations · 2020Article
- Social normative and social network factors associated with adolescent pregnancy: a cross-sectional study of 176 villages in rural Honduras.Journal of global health · 2020Article
- Sexual Risk Behavior: a Multi-System Model of Risk and Protective Factors in South African Adolescents.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2019Article
- Narrating the Transition to Adulthood for Youth in Uganda: Leaving School, Mobility, Risky Occupations, and HIV.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2019Article
- Poly-substance use and sexual risk behaviours: a cross-sectional comparison of adolescents in mainstream and alternative education settings.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Predictors of condom use behavior among men who have sex with men in China using a modified information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Sexual intercourse, age of initiation and contraception among adolescents in Ireland: findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland study.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Healthy Futures Program and Adolescent Sexual Behaviors in 3 Massachusetts Cities: A Randomized Controlled Trial.American journal of public health · 2016Article
- Correlates of Cumulative Sexual Risk Behaviors among African American Youth Living in Public Housing.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2016Article
- A Synthesis of 20 Years of Research on Sexual Risk Taking Among Asian/Pacific Islander Men Who Have Sex With Men in Western Countries.American journal of men's health · 2016Review
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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.
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