Trial reportAIDS care2012
Clinical depression and HIV risk-related sexual behaviors among African-American adolescent females: unmasking the numbers.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Psychosocial correlates of condom use among Black adolescents in the United States: A meta-analysis.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Pooled it
- Substance use and depressive and anxiety symptoms among out-of-school adolescent girls and young women in Cape Town, South Africa.South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde · 2020Trial
- Project GOLD: A pilot randomized controlled trial of a novel psychoeducational HIV/STI prevention intervention for heterosexually-active black youth.Research in nursing & health · 2019Trial
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- Social self-efficacy and sexual communication among adolescents in the United States: a cross-sectional study.Sexual health · 2021Article
- Think Inside the Box: the Heterogeneity of "in Risk" Among "at Risk" Female African American Adolescents in North Carolina.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2020Article
- Integrating Individual and Contextual Factors to Explain Disparities in HIV/STI Among Heterosexual African American Youth: A Contemporary Literature Review and Social Ecological Model.Archives of sexual behavior · 2020Review
- Making a Case for Integrating Evidence-Based Sexual Risk Reduction and Mental Health Interventions for Adolescent Girls.Issues in mental health nursing · 2019Article
- Psychosocial Syndemics and Sexual Risk Practices Among U.S. Adolescents: Findings from the 2017 U.S. Youth Behavioral Survey.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Article
- The development of an innovative, theory-driven, psychoeducational HIV/STI prevention intervention for heterosexually active black adolescents with mental illnesses.Vulnerable children and youth studies · 2019Article
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- Problem Solving Reduces Sexual Risk Associated with Sensation Seeking, Substance Use, and Depressive Symptoms Among African-American Adolescents.Journal of child & adolescent substance abuse · 2019Article
- Sexual health research among youth representing minority populations: To waive or not to waive parental consent.Ethics & behavior · 2018Article
- Correlation between knowledge on transmission and prevention of HIV/STI and proficiency in condom use among male migrants from Africa and Middle East evaluated by a Condom Use Skills score using a wooden penile model.BMC research notes · 2017Article
- Feelings Matter: Depression Severity and Emotion Regulation in HIV/STI Risk-Related Sexual Behaviors.Journal of child and family studies · 2017Article
- Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of child & adolescent substance abuse · 2017Article
- Prevalence, type, and correlates of trauma exposure among adolescent men and women in Soweto, South Africa: implications for HIV prevention.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Addressing Unmet Sexual Health Needs among Black Adolescents with Mental Illnesses.Journal of black sexuality and relationships · 2016Article
- Association of Depressive Symptoms and Substance Use With Risky Sexual Behavior and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among African American Female Adolescents Seeking Sexual Health Care.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Neighborhoods and infectious disease risk: acquisition of chlamydia during the transition to young adulthood.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2014Observational
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Abstract
Clinically depressed and nondepressed African-American adolescent females aged 13-19 years (N=131) were interviewed and surveyed to determine the relationship between depression and HIV risk-related sexual behaviors. Narratives indicate that the psychopathology of depression may create situations where the target population could become exposed to HIV. Specifically, depressed participants described feelings of loneliness, isolation, and wanting somebody to "comfort them" as aspects of depression that affect the decisions they make about sex and relationships. In essence, sex was viewed as a stress reliever, an anti-depressant and a way to increase self-esteem. They shared that even if they did not feel like having sex, they might just "git it over wit" so their partners would stop asking. Some also discussed financial and emotional stability offered by older, more sexually experienced partners. These age-discordant relationships often translated into trusting that their partners knew what was best for their sexual relationships (i.e., having unprotected sex). Sixty-nine percent (n=88) of the sample reported engaging in sexual activity. Given their mean age (16 ± 1.9 years) participants had been sexually active for 2 ± 1.8 years. The adolescents reported an average of 2 ± 1.8 sexual partners within the past three months. Depressed participants reported a higher frequency of having ever had sex (78% vs. 59%, χ(2)=5.236, p=0.022), and had a higher mean number of sexual partners (2 vs. 1, t=-2.023, p= 0.048) and sexual encounters under the influence of drugs and alcohol (8 vs. 2, t=-3.078, p=0.005) in the past three months. The results of this study can guide the modification and/or development of tailored HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention programs. The findings provide explicit, psychologically and culturally relevant information regarding the interaction between depression, self-medicating behaviors and risk for HIV/STIs among clinically depressed African-American adolescent females.
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