Understanding Perceived Risks and Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents and Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Publication/Presentation Date
5-1-2023
Abstract
PURPOSE: We sought to describe the relationship between COVID-19 risk perception and sexual behaviors among urban adolescents and young adults (AYA).
METHODS: Data were collected from 159 urban AYAs on COVID-19 risk perception, COVID-19 infections and deaths, romantic relationships, and sexual behavior during the stay-at-home order using a telephone survey.
RESULTS: Seventy-nine percent of the study participants engaged in sexual intercourse during the stay-at-home order. Only 38% of these used condoms during their last sexual encounter. Experiencing COVID-19 positivity within their social circle was not related to COVID-19 testing. Concern for COVID-19 infection or experiencing a COVID-19 diagnosis or death in one's social circles was not associated with sexual intercourse or condom use.
DISCUSSION: Urban AYA remained at risk for sexually transmitted infections, and COVID-19, given high baseline community rates of sexually transmitted infections and COVID-19, low condom use, and low COVID-19 risk perception at the time of the survey.
Volume
72
Issue
5
First Page
815
Last Page
818
ISSN
1879-1972
Published In/Presented At
Trent, M., Perin, J., Yusuf, H., Agwu, A., Barfield, A., Spatafore, L., Coleman, J. S., & Matson, P. (2023). Understanding Perceived Risks and Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents and Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 72(5), 815–818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.11.249
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
36669959
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article