“It's a touchy subject”: Latino adolescent sexual risk behaviors in the school context

Adverse sexual health outcomes remain disproportionately high for Latino adolescents. To examine sexual risk behaviors in Latino adolescents, we conducted in-depth interviews with 18 Latino parents and 13 school staff members and carried out 1 year of fieldwork in the school and community. “It'...

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Published inApplied nursing research Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 231 - 238
Main Authors Larson, Kim, Sandelowski, Margarete, McQuiston, Chris
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2012
W.B. Saunders Company/JNL
Subjects
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescents
Adult
Female
Fieldwork
Health status
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic or Latino
Humans
Latin American people
Male
North Carolina
Parents
Risk factors
Safe sexual practices
Schools
Sexual Behavior
Teenagers
North Carolina
United States > US
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Summary:Adverse sexual health outcomes remain disproportionately high for Latino adolescents. To examine sexual risk behaviors in Latino adolescents, we conducted in-depth interviews with 18 Latino parents and 13 school staff members and carried out 1 year of fieldwork in the school and community. “It's a touchy subject [sex] here” exemplified the reluctance of addressing sexual risk behaviors. Community- and systems-level strategies are recommended.
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ISSN:0897-1897
1532-8201
DOI:10.1016/j.apnr.2011.04.001