Sanders Bill, Lankenau Stephen E, Jackson-Bloom Jennifer
School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics, California State University Los Angeles.
J Equity Health. 2009 Nov 1;2(1):61-71.
Gang youth are at an increased likelihood of participating in unsafe sexual behaviors and at an elevated risk of exposure to sexually transmitted infection (STIs), including HIV. This manuscript presents quantitative and qualitative data on sexual behaviors among a sample of predominately heterosexual, male gang youth aged 16 to 25 years interviewed in Los Angeles between 2006 and 2007 (n = 60). In particular, sexual identity, initiation and frequency of sex, and number of sexual partners; use of condoms, children, and other pregnancies; group sex; and STIs and sex with drug users. We argue that gang youth are a particular public health concern, due to their heightened risky sexual activity, and that behavioral interventions targeting gang youth need to include a component on reducing sexual risks and promoting safe sexual health.
帮派青年参与不安全性行为的可能性增加,感染包括艾滋病毒在内的性传播感染(STIs)的风险也更高。本手稿呈现了2006年至2007年在洛杉矶采访的60名年龄在16至25岁之间、以异性恋为主的男性帮派青年样本的性行为定量和定性数据。特别是性取向、首次性行为及性行为频率、性伴侣数量;避孕套的使用、生育子女及其他怀孕情况;群交;以及性传播感染和与吸毒者发生性行为的情况。我们认为,由于帮派青年高风险的性活动,他们是一个特殊的公共卫生问题,针对帮派青年的行为干预需要包括降低性风险和促进安全性健康的内容。