Lacoursiere Terri, Fontenot Holly B
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Boston, MA, USA.
Nurs Womens Health. 2012 Oct-Nov;16(5):411-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2012.01764.x.
This article reviews three recent studies investigating the impact of running away on adolescent females' sexual health. There are between 500,000 and 2.8 million runaway and homeless youth in the U.S. at any point in time, and adolescent females are at increased risk as compared to males. All three studies analyzed data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and each examined a different health risk related to runaways including sexual debut, sexual assault and pregnancy. These studies show how health risks are persistent even after adolescents return home to their primary residence.
本文回顾了三项近期的研究，这些研究调查了离家出走对青春期女性性健康的影响。在美国，任何时候都有50万至280万离家出走和无家可归的青少年，与男性相比，青春期女性面临的风险更高。所有三项研究都分析了《青少年健康全国纵向研究》的数据，每项研究都考察了与离家出走相关的不同健康风险，包括首次性行为、性侵犯和怀孕。这些研究表明，即使青少年回到他们的主要居住地后，健康风险仍然存在。
