Open AccessMonitoring Knowledge Among Family, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Sexual Partnership Characteristics of African American Adolescent Females
Author(s) -
Riley J. Steiner,
Andrea Swartzendruber,
Eve Rose,
Ralph J. DiClemente
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000188
Subject(s) - medicine , general partnership , sexually transmitted disease , sexually active , african american , sexual behavior , family medicine , demography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , clinical psychology , finance , sociology , economics , ethnology , history
Among 284 African American girls aged 14 to 17 years, frequent family monitoring knowledge was associated with a reduced likelihood of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and having a casual sex partner but was not associated with other partnership characteristics. Family monitoring may offer an additional STI prevention opportunity for this vulnerable population.