Sexual orientation, sexual abuse, and HIV-risk behaviors among adolescents in the Pacific Northwest.

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Sexual orientation, sexual abuse, and HIV-risk behaviors among adolescents in the Pacific Northwest. Abstract Text:

Elizabeth Saewyc,Carol Skay,Kimberly Richens,Elizabeth Reis,Colleen Poon,Aileen Murphy,

OBJECTIVES: We explored HIV risk behaviors, sexual orientation, and sexual abuse among 5 school-based cohorts in Seattle, Wash (SEA95 and SEA99:N=7477 and N=6590), and British Columbia (BC92, BC98, and BC03 [weighted]: N=239975, N=281576, and N=265132). METHODS: An HIV risk scale of 7 items assessed risky sexual behaviors and injection drug use. Self-identified sexual orientation included heterosexual, bisexual, gay/lesbian, and, in British Columbia only, mostly heterosexual. Analyses of covariance were conducted separately by gender and were adjusted for age and sexual abuse when comparing means. RESULTS: Gay/lesbian and bisexual adolescents had higher mean age-adjusted risk scores compared with heterosexual and mostly heterosexual adolescents. After we controlled for sexual abuse history, mean scores were 2 to 4 times higher among abused students than among nonabused students in each sexual orientation group. Age/abuse-adjusted models better explained the variance in risk scores (R(2)=0.10-0.31), but sexual orientation remained an independent predictor. CONCLUSION: Sexual minority adolescents who attended school reported higher HIV risk behaviors, and higher prevalence of sexual victimization may partially explain these risks.

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E Saewyc,C Skay,K Richens,E Reis,C Poon,A Murphy,

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Sexual orientation, sexual abuse, and HIV-risk behaviors among adolescents in the Pacific Northwest. Journal Published:

PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov

Journal: American journal of public health

VOLUME: 96

Page Numbers: 1104-10

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ISSN: 0090-0036

DAY: 2

MONTH: 05

YEAR: 2006

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AFFILIATION: RN, PHN, University of British Columbia School of Nursing, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada. saewyc@interchange.ubc.ca

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