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Factors associated with self-reported first sexual intercourse in Scottish adolescents
BACKGROUND: There is continuing concern about high pregnancy rates and increasing numbers of sexually transmitted infections being detected in Scottish adolescents. Consistent evidence about factors associated with risky sexual behaviours, including early first sexual intercourse, may help to identi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2666752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19298653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-42 |
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author | Penfold, Suzanne C van Teijlingen, Edwin R Tucker, Janet S |
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description | BACKGROUND: There is continuing concern about high pregnancy rates and increasing numbers of sexually transmitted infections being detected in Scottish adolescents. Consistent evidence about factors associated with risky sexual behaviours, including early first sexual intercourse, may help to identify adolescents at risk and help improve interventions. This study aimed to provide detailed analysis of the evidence of the associations between individual factors and early sexual intercourse using cross-sectional questionnaire data from 4,379 Scottish adolescents who participated in a sexual health intervention evaluation. FINDINGS: Multivariate secondary analysis showed that aspects of family and school life such as decreasing parental monitoring (OR 1.45, 95% CI 1.24–1.70) and decreasing enjoyment of school (OR 2.55, 95% CI 2.15–3.03) were associated with reporting previous sexual intercourse. Furthermore, females were more likely to report previous sexual intercourse than males (OR 1.48, 95% CI 1.14–1.91). Several factors commonly used to inform sexual health intervention design, such as socioeconomic status, self-esteem and religion, were not independently associated. CONCLUSION: These results contribute to the evidence base for the association of several factors with early initiation of sexual activity. The findings suggest that interventions aiming to delay first intercourse may need to consider targeting aspects of individuals' connection to their school and family. Furthermore, the results do not support the need to consider socio-economic background, religion or self-esteem of the individuals in intervention design. |
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spelling | pubmed-26667522009-04-08 Factors associated with self-reported first sexual intercourse in Scottish adolescents Penfold, Suzanne C van Teijlingen, Edwin R Tucker, Janet S BMC Res Notes Short Report BACKGROUND: There is continuing concern about high pregnancy rates and increasing numbers of sexually transmitted infections being detected in Scottish adolescents. Consistent evidence about factors associated with risky sexual behaviours, including early first sexual intercourse, may help to identify adolescents at risk and help improve interventions. This study aimed to provide detailed analysis of the evidence of the associations between individual factors and early sexual intercourse using cross-sectional questionnaire data from 4,379 Scottish adolescents who participated in a sexual health intervention evaluation. FINDINGS: Multivariate secondary analysis showed that aspects of family and school life such as decreasing parental monitoring (OR 1.45, 95% CI 1.24–1.70) and decreasing enjoyment of school (OR 2.55, 95% CI 2.15–3.03) were associated with reporting previous sexual intercourse. Furthermore, females were more likely to report previous sexual intercourse than males (OR 1.48, 95% CI 1.14–1.91). Several factors commonly used to inform sexual health intervention design, such as socioeconomic status, self-esteem and religion, were not independently associated. CONCLUSION: These results contribute to the evidence base for the association of several factors with early initiation of sexual activity. The findings suggest that interventions aiming to delay first intercourse may need to consider targeting aspects of individuals' connection to their school and family. Furthermore, the results do not support the need to consider socio-economic background, religion or self-esteem of the individuals in intervention design. BioMed Central 2009-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC2666752/ /pubmed/19298653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-42 Text en Copyright © 2009 Penfold et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Report Penfold, Suzanne C van Teijlingen, Edwin R Tucker, Janet S Factors associated with self-reported first sexual intercourse in Scottish adolescents |
title | Factors associated with self-reported first sexual intercourse in Scottish adolescents |
title_full | Factors associated with self-reported first sexual intercourse in Scottish adolescents |
title_fullStr | Factors associated with self-reported first sexual intercourse in Scottish adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with self-reported first sexual intercourse in Scottish adolescents |
title_short | Factors associated with self-reported first sexual intercourse in Scottish adolescents |
title_sort | factors associated with self-reported first sexual intercourse in scottish adolescents |
topic | Short Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2666752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19298653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-42 |
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