Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among young people in secure state care and their non-incarcerated peers – a qualitative, descriptive and comparative study

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View related articles View Crossmark dataSexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among young people in secure state care and their non-incarcerated peersa qualitative, descriptive and comparative study Sexuell och reproduktiv hälsa och rättigheter (SRHR) hos unga i statlig tvångsvård och unga i ett nationellt urvalen kvalitativ, deskriptivt och jämförande studie

Identification of young people at risk of sexual ill health : implementing a new tool in youth clinics

“…Although the transgendered group was small, their marked vulnerability in Study II confirm previous studies of transgendered people being particularly at risk [129]. Other disproportionally burdened groups that require extra attention are very young visitors and/or visitors with experience of living in a foster family or institution, because they represent vulnerable and disproportionally burdened groups [96,97].…”

“…The interrelationship, and often similar risk factors, of the different manifestations of sexual ill health implies that some groups of youth are disproportionally burdened. Examples of groups identified in the literature as particularly disadvantaged are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth [89][90][91][92], ethnic minorities [92,93], women [2,24,26,29], young people without higher education [94] and young people in out-ofhome care [95][96][97].…”

“…The first items provide background information about the visitor (age, gender and sexual orientation) that can affect the estimation of the remaining questions [39, 61,129]. One item concerning living arrangements was included based on sexual health risks among youth in the care of the state [96]. Three items concern alcohol and drug use: behaviours with a complex but wellestablished association with sexual risk-taking and ill health [39, 60,96,[130][131][132].…”

“…One item concerning living arrangements was included based on sexual health risks among youth in the care of the state [96]. Three items concern alcohol and drug use: behaviours with a complex but wellestablished association with sexual risk-taking and ill health [39, 60,96,[130][131][132]. Inclusion was further motivated by convenience for the youth clinic staff, who are already advised to ask about alcohol and drug use.…”

“…Counting an individual SEXIT score is not part of the process when using SEXIT for a clinical assessment, but for analytical purposes, the variables were compiled in an index and the number of risk factors was calculated to present an estimate of the total risk of sexual ill health for every respondent. Items 1-4 (age, gender, sexual orientation and living arrangements) were not included because they demonstrate groups with a statistical overrepresentation in risk assessments rather than individual risk exposure [39, 61,89,96,129].…”