Bartlett Robin, Buck Raymond, Shattell Mona M
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 27412-6170, USA.
J Natl Black Nurses Assoc. 2008 Jul;19(1):19-25.
African-Americans and Hispanics are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS in the United States. HIV infection is often acquired during adolescence, a time when risky sexual behaviors are at their peak. This study explored relationships among selected risk factors, protective factors, and risky sexual behaviors among African-American, Hispanic, and White adolescents, from a sample of adolescents from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. African-Americans and Hispanics were more likely to have sexual intercourse without the use of birth control than were Whites. African-Americans were more likely to have sexual behavior with multiple sexual partners than either Hispanics or Whites were, and African-Americans had higher self-esteem than did Hispanics and Whites. In order to develop culturally sensitive, effective interventions to prevent HIV/AIDS in adolescents, racial differences in risk and protective factors must be examined.
在美国，非裔美国人和西班牙裔受艾滋病毒/艾滋病的影响尤为严重。艾滋病毒感染通常在青春期获得，而这一时期危险的性行为最为高发。本研究从青少年健康全国纵向研究的青少年样本中，探讨了非裔美国、西班牙裔和白人青少年中选定的风险因素、保护因素与危险的性行为之间的关系。与白人相比，非裔美国人和西班牙裔更有可能在不采取避孕措施的情况下发生性行为。非裔美国人比西班牙裔或白人更有可能与多个性伴侣发生性行为，并且非裔美国人的自尊水平高于西班牙裔和白人。为了制定对文化敏感、有效的干预措施来预防青少年感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病，必须研究风险和保护因素中的种族差异。
