Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15597
Full metadata record
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorPettifor, Audrey Een
dc.contributor.authorLevandowski, Brooke Aen
dc.contributor.authorMacPhail, Catherineen
dc.contributor.authorMiller, William Cen
dc.contributor.authorTabor, Joyceen
dc.contributor.authorFord, Carolen
dc.contributor.authorStein, Cheryl Ren
dc.contributor.authorRees, Helenen
dc.contributor.authorCohen, Myronen
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-04T12:13:00Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Adolescent Health, 49(3), p. 237-243en
dc.identifier.issn1879-1972en
dc.identifier.issn1054-139Xen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15597-
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To compare the sexual behaviors of young people in South Africa (SA) and the United States (US) with the aim to better understand the potential role of sexual behavior in HIV transmission in these two countries that have strikingly different HIV epidemics. Methods: Nationally representative, population-based surveys of young people aged 18-24 years from SA (n = 7,548) and the US (n = 13,451) were used for the present study. Results: The prevalence of HIV was 10.2% in SA and <1% in the US. Young women and men in the US reported an earlier age of first sex than those in SA (mean age of coital debut for women: US [16.5], SA [17.4]; for men: US [16.4], SA [16.7]). The median number of lifetime partners is higher in the US than in SA: women: US (4), SA (2); men: US (4), SA (3). The use of condom at last sex is reported to be lower in the US than in SA: women: US (36.1%), SA (45.4%); men: US (48%), SA (58%). On average, young women in SA report greater age differences with their sex partners than young women in the US. Conclusion: Young people in the US report riskier sexual behaviors than young people in SA, despite the much higher prevalence of HIV infection in SA. Factors above and beyond sexual behavior likely play a key role in the ongoing transmission of HIV in South African youth, and thus should be urgently uncovered to develop maximally effective prevention strategies.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherElsevier Incen
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Adolescent Healthen
dc.titleA Tale of Two Countries: Rethinking Sexual Risk for HIV Among Young People in South Africa and the United Statesen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.10.002en
dcterms.accessRightsGreenen
dc.subject.keywordsEpidemiologyen
local.contributor.firstnameAudrey Een
local.contributor.firstnameBrooke Aen
local.contributor.firstnameCatherineen
local.contributor.firstnameWilliam Cen
local.contributor.firstnameJoyceen
local.contributor.firstnameCarolen
local.contributor.firstnameCheryl Ren
local.contributor.firstnameHelenen
local.contributor.firstnameMyronen
local.subject.for2008111706 Epidemiologyen
local.subject.seo2008920401 Behaviour and Healthen
local.subject.seo2008920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008920413 Social Structure and Healthen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Rural Medicineen
local.profile.emailcmacphai@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20140801-171147en
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.format.startpage237en
local.format.endpage243en
local.url.openhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3159866en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume49en
local.identifier.issue3en
local.title.subtitleRethinking Sexual Risk for HIV Among Young People in South Africa and the United Statesen
local.access.fulltextYesen
local.contributor.lastnamePettiforen
local.contributor.lastnameLevandowskien
local.contributor.lastnameMacPhailen
local.contributor.lastnameMilleren
local.contributor.lastnameTaboren
local.contributor.lastnameForden
local.contributor.lastnameSteinen
local.contributor.lastnameReesen
local.contributor.lastnameCohenen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:cmacphaien
local.profile.orcid0000-0002-0614-0157en
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.identifier.unepublicationidune:15833en
local.identifier.handlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15597en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleA Tale of Two Countriesen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorPettifor, Audrey Een
local.search.authorLevandowski, Brooke Aen
local.search.authorMacPhail, Catherineen
local.search.authorMiller, William Cen
local.search.authorTabor, Joyceen
local.search.authorFord, Carolen
local.search.authorStein, Cheryl Ren
local.search.authorRees, Helenen
local.search.authorCohen, Myronen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2011en
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
Files in This Item:
2 files
File Description SizeFormat 
Show simple item record

SCOPUSTM   
Citations

30
checked on Aug 17, 2024

Page view(s)

1,156
checked on Apr 28, 2024
Google Media

Google ScholarTM

Check

Altmetric


Items in Research UNE are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.