Open AccessAdolescent Sexual Behavior and Emergency Department Use
Author(s) -
Julie K. Weisman,
Alyse Chase,
Gia M. Badolato,
Stephen J. Teach,
Maria Trent,
James M. Chamberlain,
Monika K. Goyal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pediatric emergency care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.449
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1535-1815
pISSN - 0749-5161
DOI - 10.1097/pec.0000000000001456
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , odds ratio , confidence interval , odds , reproductive health , family medicine , pediatrics , demography , psychiatry , population , logistic regression , environmental health , sociology
The objective of this study was to determine whether adolescents in emergency departments (EDs) who report engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors are less likely to identify a primary care provider (PCP) and more likely to access the ED than their sexually inexperienced peers.