Download or read book The Determinants of HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors in First and Second Generation Mexican Puerto Rican and Cuban Adolescents written by Juan Peña and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Methods: The data for this study was obtained from the Add Health dataset. The sub sample used was representative of first and second generation Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban adolescents attending U.S. schools in the mid nineties. Logit regression models were used to analyze data. The four outcome variables included being sexual active, having had four or more lifetime sexual partners, condom use at most recent sexual intercourse, and drug or alcohol use at most recent sexual intercourse. Predictor variables included race, ethnicity, parental level of education, and family structure. Proxy measures for the acculturation patterns described in segmented assimilation theory were used that included four different combinations of language spoken at home (Spanish vs. English) and family bonds (Strong vs. Weak). Results: Puerto Rican adolescents were more likely to ever have had four or more lifetime sexual partners (OR = 3.102) and to have used a condom at most recent sexual intercourse (OR = 3.569) than the other Latino youth in the sample. Adolescents who were from two parent households were less likely to be sexually experienced (OR = 0.439) and to ever have had four or more lifetime time sexual partners (OR = 0.397) than those from single parent households. Results of acculturation patterns suggest that adolescents who speak English at home and who have disruptive family bonds have the highest predicted probability of being sexually active, 47.76%, and having four or more lifetime sexual partners, 18.24%. Inversely, adolescents who speak Spanish at home and have strong family bonds have the lowest predicted probability of being sexually active, 22.14%, and ever having had four or more lifetime sexual partners 3.87%. Discussion: The probability of HIV sexual risk vary in Latino youth by ethnicity, family structure, and acculturation patterns. HIV prevention efforts targeting Latino youth should strive to support single headed households, promote bicultural competencies, strengthen parent-adolescent relationships, improve supervision capability for Latino parents, and promote condom use in sexual active youth, especially Mexican and Cuban adolescents.
Download or read book The Determinants of HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors in Fisrt and Second Generation Mexican Puerto Rican and Cuban Adolescents written by Juan Peña and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Study of Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Hispanics written by Karla Artavia and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between sexual risk behaviors and factors such as gender, grade level, alcohol use, and HIV knowledge and testing among Hispanic high school students. A quantitative study in which secondary data were utilized from the 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The information collected was obtained for youth in Grades 9-12 who identified themselves as Hispanic-Latino. The sample size was approximately 3,555 Hispanic adolescents. The findings revealed a gender difference in that males tended to engage in more sexual risk behaviors than females. Alcohol use was an indicator for increased sexual risk behaviors. HIV knowledge did not reduce sexual risk behaviors or promote an increase in HIV testing. The findings may help in developing programs to address sexual risk behaviors and to promote a reduction in those behaviors.
Download or read book Predictors of High Risk Sexual Behaviors in Deported Male Mexican Migrants written by Elizabeth Ko Lampley and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deported Mexican migrants are a disadvantaged population with unique risk factors for HIV infection. Studies suggest that Mexican migrants frequently engage in sexual risk behaviors, such as unprotected sex and a high number of sexual partners. A previous study using similar methods and study population to those described in this paper found rates of HIV to be lower in Mexican migrants than the general United State's (US) population. However the relatively high prevalence of HIV risk behaviors among Mexican migrants could result in the rapid spread of HIV, once the virus is introduced into this population. In order to design and implement effective prevention efforts, the determinants of sexual risk behavior in this population must first be identified. The purpose of this paper is to assess the relative contribution to variance in sexual risk behaviors by individual and environmental factors selected on the basis of the Behavioral Ecological Model. Data were collected from a sample of deported Mexican migrants selected on the basis of a probability sampling design from August to November 2009. Analyses were conducted on 353 male participants who (1) had been in the US for at least 24 hours during the 12 months prior to the interview, and (2) reported having sex during that time in the US. Backwards step-wise multiple linear regression models were used to test the association for 20 independent variables that would account for the most variance in the high risk sexual behavior index with the most parsimonious model. The final model included eight independent variables: age, marital status, level of education, English speaking, self-reported level of HIV risk, sex while under the influence of illicit drugs in the last 12 months in the US, condom use social norms, and sex partner social norms. The model explained 14.4% of the variance in high risk sexual behavior. Findings suggest that self-reported level of HIV risk was the strongest predictor of high risk sexual behavior while in the US. Results were partially explained by the BEM, but additional research is necessary to explain a higher proportion of the variance in sexual risk behavior in order to design risk reduction interventions.
Download or read book Parenting Processes and Risky Sexual Behaviors in First and Second Generation Hispanic Immigrant Youth written by Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hispanic Sexual Behavior written by Hortensia Amaro and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender Differences in HIV Risk Behaviors Among Mexican American Adolescents written by Patricia Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Puerto Rican Adolescents Striving to Live a Normal Life with HIV A Grounded Theory written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACTAccording to the Puerto Rico Health Department as of January 2008, 258 cases of HIV, ages 10 -19 had been reported and 224 cases of AIDS, ages 13-19 (Puerto Rico Health Department, 2008). The purpose of this research was to describe the basic social processes of medication adherence in Puerto Rican youth who are HIV positive. Three research questions were proposed: 1) What are the basic social processes of medication adherence in Puerto Rican youth who are HIV- positive?; 2) What factors influence medication adherence (or nonadherence) among HIV- positive adolescents?; 3) What behaviors indicate that the HIV- positive adolescents adhere or do not adhere to their prescribed medications? The Autonomy Development of Adolescence by Steinberg provided the theoretical framework for this study. Grounded theory was used to study 13 Puerto Rican HIV-positive adolescents. Data collection included semi-structured, in-depth interviews, field notes, participant observation, and a demographic questionnaire. A substantive theory Striving to Live a Normal Life, with the core category of normal emerged from data analysis. Striving to Live a Normal Life explains how these Puerto Rican HIV-positive adolescents try to integrate their HIV status and treatment with their lives. These adolescents concentrate their lives on striving to live a normal life. A variety of ways is used to deal with HIV and has helped them visualize themselves as a normal adolescent with a normal life. Because they see themselves having a normal life, taking or not taking their medications for HIV is also seen as a normal part of their lives. This study suggests the beginning of understanding the concept and process of normalization in this population. These findings support the findings in a study done with HIV-positive adolescents from France in which the concept of normality was related to their lives. It also informs interventions to promote improved medication adherence among Puerto Rican youth who are HIV -positive.
Download or read book Hispanics and the Future of America written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hispanics and the Future of America presents details of the complex story of a population that varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. The papers in this volume draw on a wide variety of data sources to describe the contours of this population, from the perspectives of history, demography, geography, education, family, employment, economic well-being, health, and political engagement. They provide a rich source of information for researchers, policy makers, and others who want to better understand the fast-growing and diverse population that we call "Hispanic." The current period is a critical one for getting a better understanding of how Hispanics are being shaped by the U.S. experience. This will, in turn, affect the United States and the contours of the Hispanic future remain uncertain. The uncertainties include such issues as whether Hispanics, especially immigrants, improve their educational attainment and fluency in English and thereby improve their economic position; whether growing numbers of foreign-born Hispanics become citizens and achieve empowerment at the ballot box and through elected office; whether impending health problems are successfully averted; and whether Hispanics' geographic dispersal accelerates their spatial and social integration. The papers in this volume provide invaluable information to explore these issues.
Download or read book From Generation to Generation written by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-10-10 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigrant children and youth are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, and so their prospects bear heavily on the well-being of the country. However, relevant public policy is shaped less by informed discussion than by politicized contention over welfare reform and immigration limits. From Generation to Generation explores what we know about the development of white, black, Hispanic, and Asian children and youth from numerous countries of origin. Describing the status of immigrant children and youth as "severely understudied," the committee both draws on and supplements existing research to characterize the current status and outlook of immigrant children. The book discusses the many factorsâ€"family size, fluency in English, parent employment, acculturation, delivery of health and social services, and public policiesâ€"that shape the outlook for the lives of these children and youth. The committee makes recommendations for improved research and data collection designed to advance knowledge about these children and, as a result, their visibility in current policy debates.
Download or read book National Vital Statistics Reports written by National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This periodical publishes birth, death, marriage, and divorce provisional statistics for the United States.
Download or read book Sociological Abstracts written by Leo P. Chall and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Download or read book The Global HIV Epidemics among Sex Workers written by Deanna Kerrigan and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A global economic analysis of HIV infection amongst sex workers, finding that evidence based and rights affirming interventions are not implemented to the level that their efficacy warrants, and that doing so at scale would be cost effective and deliver significant returns on investment.
Download or read book Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior written by Ralph J. DiClemente and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescence is a developmental period of accelerating physical, psychological, social! cultural, and cognitive development, often characterized by confronting and surmounting a myriad of challenges and establishing a sense of self-identity and autonomy. It is also, unfortunately, a period fraught with many threats to the health and well-being of adoles cents and with substantial consequent impairment and disability. Many of the adverse health consequences experienced by adolescents are, to a large extent, the result of their risk behaviors. Many adolescents today, and perhaps an increasing number in the future, are at risk for death, disease, and other adverse health outcomes that are not primarily biomedical in origin. In general, there has been a marked change in the causes of morbidity and mortality among adolescents. Previously, infectious diseases accounted for a dispro portionate share of adolescent morbidity and mortality. At present, however, the over whelming toll of adolescent morbidity and mortality is the result of lifestyle practices.
Download or read book Health Issues in the Latino Community written by Marilyn Aguirre-Molina and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2001 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweeping in scope, this book identifies and offers an in-depth examination of the most critical health issues that affect Latino's health and health care within the United States.
