Measurement of Safe Sex Behavior In Adolescents and Young Adults

DiIorio, Colleen; Parsons, Margaret A.; Lehr, Sally; Adame, Daniel D.; Carlone, J.

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“…The SSBQ (DiIorio, Parsons, Lehr, Adame, & Carlone, 1992) assertiveness subscale (α = .87), and avoidance of anal sex subscale (α = .78) and marginal reliability estimates for the risky behavior subscale (α = .58) suggesting that other factors excluded from this study may be important in determining safer sex behaviors for this sample of participants (see Table 4). …”

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confidence: 92%

“…These three items were dropped to form a 24-item SSBQ. Cronbach's alpha was .82 for the 27-item scale and .815 for the 24 item scale (DiIorio et al, 1992). Each item is rated on a 4-point scale ranging from 1 (never) to 4 (always) and interval levels of measurement.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The SSBQ is a 24-item questionnaire (DiIorio et al, 1992) and was used in this study to assess Bahamian men's behavior involving protection of himself against sexually transmitted diseases by using condoms during intercourse. All items on the scale are interval levels of measurement and are scored on a 4-point, Likert-type scale ranging from 1 never to 4 always.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Guided by the TPB, a descriptive, correlational design was used to gain an understanding of the factors (i.e., select demographic variables, masculine ideology, condom attitudes, and condom use self-efficacy) associated with safer sex behaviors among Bahamian men. A 108-itemed battery of questionnaires was used to measure the select demographics (i.e., age, income, education), independent and dependent variables of the study: the MRNS (Thompson & Pleck, 1986); the 9-item self control and 6-item perceived risk subscales of the CAS (Sacco et al, 1993); the 28 item CUSES (Brafford & Beck, 1991), and the 24-item SSBQ (DiIorio et al, 1992). A 15-item demographic questionnaire was developed by the researcher and was used to obtain descriptive demographic characteristics of each participant.…”

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“…Since the 1980s safe sex has been defined in the context of HIV transmission (Kippax et al 1992;DilOrio et al 1992) and more broadly as prevention of acquisition of STIs (DilOrio et al 1992;Warner et al 2006). Prior to this it was used in the context of avoidance of pregnancy (DilOrio et al 1992).…”

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A study of Chlamydia trachomatis: sexual risk behaviour, infection and prevention in the Australian Defence Force

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There is limited research in Australia focusing on C. trachomatis infection at a population level utilising systematic non-random recruitment methodologies. In addition, little is known in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) about the prevalence of C. trachomatis and of risk behaviours that may impact on sexual health. This study utilised an existing process in the ADF, the Annual Health Assessment, to source new information about C. trachomatis infection and about sexual risk and behaviour. The outcomes of this research may assist the ADF to maintain the health of personnel and consequently a high degree of operational preparedness, and may contribute to the understanding of C. trachomatis prevalence in Australia and across the world.The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of C. trachomatis infection and to identify potential high risk populations in the ADF with a view to discussing secondary prevention interventions for the control of C. trachomatis infection within the ADF.Seven hundred and thirty-three ADF personnel were recruited into the study over a 24 month period. Participants were asked to complete an 8 page comprehensive survey about sexual behaviour and to provide a urine sample to be tested for C. trachomatis. Ethics approval was received from both the Australian Defence Human Research EthicsCommittee and the University of Queensland Medical Research Ethics Committee.The study examined ADF personnel on deployment and on base in order to provide a comparison of populations across varying work environments. Similarly, this study examined ADF personnel who had recently taken a course of doxycycline for malaria prophylaxis as part of deployment and those who had not in order to assess whether the prophylactic use of antibiotics for other purposes may have had an effect on the acquisition of C. trachomatis. This study enrolled participants from the three services in the ADF, the army, navy and air force, across 10 sites in Australia and four deployments to obtain a wide cross section of the ADF population. The findings from this study provide a profile of ADF sexual health and sexual behaviour that is comparable to the Australian population and identifies, in some instances, greater levels of safe practice and lower levels of risk behaviour. Additionally, the ADF has a lower prevalence of C. trachomatis This study examined rates of attendance at health services for sexual health concerns.18.12% (age and gender adjusted) of participants indicated they attended a health service for a sexual health concern in the previous 12 months. Females were significantly more likely to attend a health service than males (26.45% vs 16.52%; p=0.005; OR 1.81 95% CI 1.19-2.76) for a sexual health matter. Participants were three times more likely to attend an ADF health service for testing and treatment of an STI than to attend a civilian health service (16.4% vs 5.61% p<0.0001). Those who engaged in some unsafe sex were significantly more likely to attend a health service for a sexual health matter ...

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We describe a self-generated coding form used in a study of HIV prevention practices of college students and provide information on the success rate of matching questionnaires over a 3-year period using the form. The data for this study were from a longitudinal study of HIV riskreduction practices of college students. In order to match questionnaires over the 3-year study period while maintaining anonymity, participants were asked to complete a self-generated identification form at each data collection point. In the second year of the project, we were able to successfully match 74.3% of the questionnaires to those returned during the first year using 6 to 8 of the code elements on the form, and in the third year, we were able to match 73% of questionnaires to those returned in the second year. Participants for whom questionnaires matched were more likely than participants with unmatched questionnaires to be white students enrolled as underclassmen.

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Measurement of Safe Sex Behavior In Adolescents and Young Adults

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Bahamian Men's Sexual Risks for HIV Infection

Bahamian Men's Sexual Risks for HIV Infection

A study of Chlamydia trachomatis: sexual risk behaviour, infection and prevention in the Australian Defence Force

An evaluation of a self‐generated identification code

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