Condom Use: Slippage, Breakage, and Steps for Proper Use among Adolescents in Alternative School Settings

Autor/inn/en	Coyle, Karin K.; Franks, Heather M.; Glassman, Jill R.; Stanoff, Nicole M.
Titel	Condom Use: Slippage, Breakage, and Steps for Proper Use among Adolescents in Alternative School Settings
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 82 (2012) 8, S.345-352 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/j.1746-1561.2012.00708.x
Schlagwörter	Health Behavior; Prevention; Adolescents; Nontraditional Education; Health Promotion; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Pregnancy; Knowledge Level; High School Students; Sexuality; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Substance Abuse; Psychological Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Schwangerschaft; Wissensbasis; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Sexualität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum
Abstract	Background: School-based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted infection (STI), and pregnancy prevention programs often focus on consistent and correct condom use. Research on adolescents' experience using condoms, including condom slippage/breakage, is limited. This exploratory study examines proper condom use and the occurrence of condom slippage/breakage among alternative school youth. Methods: Data are from an HIV/STI prevention trial for youth in continuation school settings (N = 776). Analyses included separate hierarchical logistic regression analyses to explore the relationship between potential correlates and each outcome variable. Results: Students' use of steps for proper condom use varied--73.8% put on the condom before sexual contact, 71.1% squeezed air from the tip, and 92.0% unrolled the condom fully. Notably, 28.5% reported condom slippage/breakage. Results from the regression analyses showed that 4 sets of variables (demographic, substance use, sexual risk behaviors, and condom psychosocial factors) were associated with putting on a condom before sexual contact; none of the variable sets were associated with the other 2 condom steps measured. For slippage/breakage, the demographic and sexual risk behaviors were significant correlates; steps for proper condom use approached statistical significance (p = 0.058). Conclusions: This study extends the limited research on how adolescents use condoms, and highlights important targets for prevention interventions. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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