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ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2014

Are social organizational factors independently associated with a current bacterial sexually transmitted infection among urban adolescents and young adults?

Jacky M Jennings, Devon J Hensel, Amanda E Tanner, Meredith L Reilly, Jonathan M Ellen

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Article in Social science & medicine (1982), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jacky M JenningsCenter for Child and Community Health Research (CCHR), Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Bayview Medical Center, 5200 Eastern Ave, Mason F Lord Building, Center Tower Ste 4200, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: jjennin1@jhmi.edu.
Devon J HenselDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 410 W. 10th Street Room 10001, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Department of Sociology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 425 University Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Amanda E TannerDepartment of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA.
Meredith L ReillyDepartment of Health, Behavior and Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
Jonathan M EllenCenter for Child and Community Health Research (CCHR), Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Bayview Medical Center, 5200 Eastern Ave, Mason F Lord Building, Center Tower Ste 4200, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, All Children's Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine, Office of the President, 501 6th Avenue South, Box 9530, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro · US

Funding

Johns Hopkins Training Program In STIsT32AI050056 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ELLEN, JONATHAN M. · 2001 to 2015
$3.4M
Ecological Risk for STDs in Adolescents and Young AdultsR01AI049530 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ELLEN, JONATHAN M · 2002 to 2005
$2.6M
Drug Affected Urban Environments and STIS Among YouthK01DA022298 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI JENNINGS, JACKY M · 2008 to 2012
$784k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI049530NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI050056NIAID NIH HHS T32-AI050056-12NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA022298NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA022298-01A1PHS HHS R01 A149530
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study explored the relationship between the social organization of neighborhoods including informal social control and social cohesion and a current bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) among adolescents and young adults in one U.S. urban setting. Data for the current study were collected from April 2004 to April 2007 in a cross-sectional household study. The target population included English-speaking, sexually-active persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years who resided in 486 neighborhoods. The study sample included 599 participants from 63 neighborhoods. A current bacterial STI was defined as diagnosis of a chlamydia and/or gonorrhea infection at the time of study participation. Participants reported on informal social control (i.e. scale comprised of 9 items) and social cohesion (i.e. scale comprised of 5 items) in their neighborhood. In a series of weighted multilevel logistic regression models stratified by gender, greater informal social control was significantly associated with a decreased odds of a current bacterial STI among females (AOR 0.53, 95% CI 0.34, 0.84) after controlling for individual social support and other factors. The association, while in a similar direction, was not significant for males (AOR 0.73, 95% CI 0.48, 1.12). Social cohesion was not significantly associated with a current bacterial STI among females (OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.61, 1.19) and separately, males (OR 0.98, 95% CI 0.67, 1.44). Greater individual social support was associated with an almost seven-fold increase in the odds of a bacterial STI among males (AOR 6.85, 95% CI 1.99, 23.53), a finding which is in contrast to our hypotheses. The findings suggest that neighborhood social organizational factors such as informal social control have an independent relationship with sexual health among U.S. urban youth. The causality of the relationship remains to be determined.

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Social CapitalAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorAge FactorsChlamydia InfectionsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGonorrheaHumansMaleResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsSex FactorsSexual BehaviorSexually Transmitted Diseases, BacterialSocial Control, InformalAdolescentsInfectious diseaseInformal social controlSexually transmitted infectionsSocial capitalSocial epidemiology

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PMID25089964
PMCPMC4418425
OpenAlexW2026597996

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