Association of adolescent obesity with risky sexual behaviors : Results from Mississippi YRBS, 2013-2015

The purpose of this study is to investigate if obesity is related to sexual risk-taking behaviors which may increase risk for sexually transmitted infections among Mississippi high school students. Black adolescents were more likely to have sexual intercourse and more likely to use condom than white adolescents (p=0.0314 and p<0.0001, respectively). Male adolescents were more likely to have sexual intercourse and more likely to use condom than female adolescents (p=0.0335 and p=0.0099, respectively). While higher grades were more likely to have sexual intercourse than lower grades, there was no difference in condom use among grades. There was an association between sexual intercourse and obesity after controlling for gender, race, and grade (OR=1.218, p=0.0392). While there was an association between sexual intercourse and obesity among male adolescents (OR=1.433, p=0.0429), there was no relationship among other categories (Females: OR=0.965, p=0.871; Blacks: OR=1.306, p=0.0766; Whites: OR=1.072, p=0.7212). Educators and policymakers in Mississippi may need to increase educational interventions designed to increase condom use toward white students in Mississippi.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

International journal of advanced research in science, engineering and technology - 5(2018), 9 vom: 24. Sept., Seite 6743-6747

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lott, LaTonya [VerfasserIn]
Sung, Jung Hye [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jae Eun [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Adolescent obesity
Condom use
Journal Article
Risky sexual behaviors
YRBS

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 01.10.2020

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300773293