ReviewJournal of clinical nursing2015
Addressing sexual health behaviour during emerging adulthood: a critical review of the literature.
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Investigation of the Relationship Between Sociodemographic Characteristics and Sexual Health Behaviours of University Students
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Pilot Randomized Trial of an Expressive Writing Intervention to Reduce Sexual HIV-Transmission Risk and Substance Use Among Emerging Adult Gay and Bisexual Men.AIDS and behavior · 2022Trial
- Protection from "any kind of risk" - a qualitative study exploring young women's experiences of safer sex in Canada.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Experiences and Perspectives of Women Undergoing Oocyte Cryopreservation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Mixed-Methods Study.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Risk Factors for Non-Consensual Sexting Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults: An Extension of the Routine Activity Theory Perspective.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Need for Sexual, Reproductive, and Mental Health Promotion Among Diverse College Students in a COVID-19 Era.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Review
- 'Taking Care': A qualitative study of emerging adult-aged women's sexual and reproductive health definitions.Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives · 2023Article
- Sexual Subjectivity in Solo and Partnered Masturbation Experiences Among Emerging Adult Women.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Barriers and enablers to sexual health service use among university students: a qualitative descriptive study using the Theoretical Domains Framework and COM-B model.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Anxiety and depression strongly associated with sexual risk behaviors among networks of young men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.AIDS care · 2017Article
- Development of the W-PREV Model: Integrating HIV/STBBI Prevention and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Using an Intersectional Women-Centered Approach.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
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Abstract
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objectivesIn this critical literature review, we examine evidence-based interventions that target sexual behaviours of 18- to 25-year-old emerging adult women.
backgroundNurses and clinicians implement theory-driven research programmes for young women with increased risk of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. Strategies to decrease transmission of HIV and sexually transmitted infections are rigorously evaluated and promoted by public health agencies such as the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While many interventions demonstrate episodic reductions in sexual risk behaviours and infection transmission, there is little evidence they build sustainable skills and behaviours. Programmes may not attend to contextual and affective influences on sexual behaviour change.
designDiscursive paper.
methodsWe conducted a conceptually based literature review and critical analysis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's best-evidence and good-evidence HIV behavioural interventions. In this review, we examined three contextual and affective influences on the sexual health of emerging adult women: (1) developmental age, (2) reproduction and pregnancy desires and (3) sexual security or emotional responses accompanying relationship experiences.
resultsOur analyses revealed intervention programmes paid little attention to ways age, desires for pregnancy or emotional factors influence sexual decisions. Some programmes included 18- to 25-year-olds, but they made up small percentages of the sample and did not attend to unique emerging adult experiences. Second, primary focus on infection prevention overshadowed participant desires for pregnancy. Third, few interventions considered emotional mechanisms derived from relationship experiences involved in sexual decision-making.
conclusionsGrowing evidence demonstrates sexual health interventions may be more effective if augmented to attend to contextual and affective influences on relationship risks and decision-making. Modifying currently accepted strategies may enhance sustainability of sexual health-promoting behaviours. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: This study provides nurses and public health educators with recommendations for broadening the content of sexual health promotion intervention programming.
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