Open AccessThe Male Sexual Partners of Adult Versus Teen Women With Sexually Transmitted Infections
Author(s) -
Andrea Ries Thurman,
Alan E.C. Holden,
Rochelle N. Shain,
Sondra T. Perdue
Publication year - 2009
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.0b013e3181b2c68d
Subject(s) - medicine , young adult , sex partners , demography , intervention (counseling) , sexual behavior , sexually active , gynecology , gerontology , population , condom , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , environmental health , sociology , syphilis
We compared the male sexual partners of teen girls of age 15 to 19 years, currently infected with a sexually transmitted infection (STI) versus the male partners of adult women of age 20 to 41 years, with an STI to determine risk factors in these high-risk sexual dyads related to the male partner.