Attitudes toward Sexuality and Sexual Behaviors of Asian-American Adolescents. Implications for Risk of HIV Infection. An Occasional Paper.

Autor/in	Chan, Connie S.
Institution	Massachusetts Univ., Boston. Inst. for Asian American Studies.
Titel	Attitudes toward Sexuality and Sexual Behaviors of Asian-American Adolescents. Implications for Risk of HIV Infection. An Occasional Paper.
Quelle	(1997), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Adolescents; Asian American Students; Asian Americans; Behavior Patterns; Cambodians; Cultural Differences; Ethnic Groups; Health Education; High School Students; High Schools; Immigrants; Knowledge Level; Risk; Sexuality; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Student Attitudes; Urban Youth; Massachusetts (Boston) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Asian immigrant; United States; Student; Students; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Kambodschanisch; Kultureller Unterschied; Ethnie; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Wissensbasis; Risiko; Sexualität; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Schülerverhalten; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt
Abstract	There has been a widespread perception that Asian Americans are at lower risk for HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases than the population as a whole. This report assesses the knowledge of Asian American adolescents about AIDS and their sexual behaviors and explores whether there is a difference between a Cambodian group (half the sample) and an "other Asian" group. Questionnaires were distributed to 96 adolescents in the Boston and Revere (Massachusetts) areas in 1994, and 80 completed them. Previously published studies of the knowledge and attitudes of Asian American adolescents have indicated that they were less knowledgeable about AIDS and less apt to discuss sex and sexuality than their White, African American, and Hispanic counterparts, but this study suggests that this may no longer be the case. These students were found to be aware of AIDS, willing to discuss it, and more willing to translate their knowledge into protective behaviors. However, only 46% reported using condoms during oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse. The Cambodian adolescents differed from their other Asian counterparts only in reporting more sexual activity, a finding that may reflect cultural differences. The majority of students in both groups were first-generation immigrants who would be expected to adhere more closely to cultural expectations than would more "Americanized" adolescents. (Contains 5 tables and 14 references.) (SLD)
Anmerkungen	Institute for Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393; fax: 617-287-5656; e-mail: asian am@umbsky.cc.umb.edu
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