Identifying Adolescent Patients at Risk for Sexually Transmitted Infections: Development of a Brief Sexual Health Screening Survey.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
This study examined the association between survey responses to health behaviors, personality/psychosocial factors, and self-reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to create a brief survey to identify youth at risk for contracting STIs. Participants included 200 racially diverse 14- to 18-year-old patients from a pediatric primary care clinic. Two sexual behavior variables and one peer norm variable were used to differentiate subgroups of individuals at risk of contracting a STI based on reported history of STIs using probability (decision tree) analyses. These items, as well as sexual orientation and having ever had oral sex, were used to create a brief sexual health screening (BSHS) survey. Each point increase in total BSHS score was associated with exponential growth in the percentage of sexually active adolescents reporting STIs. Findings suggest that the BSHS could serve as a useful tool for clinicians to quickly and accurately detect sexual risk among adolescent patients.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Victor, EC; Chung, R; Thompson, RJ
Published Date
- August 2015
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 54 / 9
Start / End Page
- 878 - 887
PubMed ID
- 25527529
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1938-2707
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1177/0009922814563273
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States