ArticleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2020
Brief Report: Sexual Debut Among 14- to 17-year-old Sexual Minority Males: A Preliminary Investigation of Early HIV Risk and Sexual Health Needs.
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- The Inventory of Anal Sex Knowledge (iASK): A New Measure of Sexual Health Knowledge Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males.The journal of sexual medicine · 2022Trial
- Association Between Age of Anal Sex Debut and Adult Health Behaviors Among Sexual Minoritized Men Living with HIV.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Prevalence ofEpidemiology and infection · 2023Article
- "I wish I actually had known what the heck sex was:" What adolescent sexual minority males knew and wish they knew prior to sexual debut with a male partner.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2023Article
- Multiple sexual partnership among adolescent boys and young men in Ghana: analysis of the 2003-2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey.Tropical medicine and health · 2022Article
- Aspects of Gender and Sexuality in Relation to Experiences of Subjection to Sexual Harassment among Adolescents in General Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association between First Sexual Intercourse and Sexual Violence Victimization, Symptoms of Depression, and Suicidal Behaviors among Adolescents in the United States: Findings from 2017 and 2019 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdolescent sexual minority males (ASMM) are disproportionately at risk of HIV. PURPOSE: This study documents the sexual debut behaviors of ASMM, tests whether sexual debut and sexual behavior differed by race/ethnicity, and explores the association between early anal sex debut and engaging in condomless anal sex.
methodsSexually active ASMM (N = 118; ages 14-17) in the United States completed an online sexual health survey. We used Fisher exact tests to explore differences by race/ethnicity in sexual debut characteristics and hypothesized relationships between sexual debut and risk behavior.
resultsThe average age of sexual debut with a male partner was 14 years (SD = 2.4). Approximately one-third (31%) reported anal sex at their sexual debut, with non-Latino black/African American ASMM more likely to report anal sex at debut (63%) compared with non-Latino white (28%), Latino (21%), or mixed race/other identified youth (19%; χ = 12.1, P = 0.01). All participants (100%) who reported an anal sex debut before the age of 14 years reported engaging in condomless anal sex in their lifetime, compared to 60% of those who reported an anal sex debut when they were 14 years old or older (χ = 5.6, P = 0.03). Participants wanted information about how to safely and comfortably have anal sex (59%) and skills around partner communication (>50%) before debut.
conclusionSexually active ASMM begin engaging in sexual behavior with other males early and with incomplete knowledge and skills regarding sexual health and safety.
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