Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA.
J Adolesc Health. 2013 Aug;53(2):235-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.03.017. Epub 2013 Jun 3.
To describe the extent to which sexually experienced adolescents in the United States receive sexual health information (SHI) from multiple of three sources: parents, teachers, and healthcare providers.
Descriptive analysis.
2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth.
Heterosexually experienced, unmarried/non-cohabiting females (n = 875) and males (n = 1,026) ages 15-19 years.
Self-reported receipt of birth control, sexually transmitted infection/human immunodeficiency virus (STI/HIV), and condom information from parents, teachers, and healthcare providers.
Parent and teacher SHI sources were reported by 55% and 43% of sexually experienced female and male adolescents, respectively, for birth control information; and by 59% and 66%, respectively, for STI/HIV information. For sexually experienced adolescents reporting both parent and teacher sources, about one-third also reported healthcare provider as a source of birth control information, and one-quarter of females and one-third of males reported a healthcare provider as a source of STI/HIV information, respectively. For sexually experienced adolescents reporting no SHI from either parent or teacher sources, only one in ten reported healthcare providers as a source of birth control information, with a similar proportion reporting healthcare providers as a source of STI/HIV information. SHI receipt was found to vary by gender with more females than males reporting birth control information receipt from parents and teachers, and about one in six males reporting no birth control or condom information receipt from either source.
Study findings highlight gaps in sexual health information receipt from parents, teachers, and healthcare providers among sexually experienced adolescents, as well as gender differences across information sources.
描述美国有过性经验的青少年从三种来源（父母、教师和医疗保健提供者）获得性健康信息（SHI）的程度。
描述性分析。
2006-2010 年全国家庭增长调查。
异性恋、未婚/非同居的女性（n=875）和男性（n=1026），年龄在 15-19 岁。
父母、教师和医疗保健提供者报告的避孕、性传播感染/人类免疫缺陷病毒（STI/HIV）和 condom 信息的接受情况。
父母和教师的 SHI 来源分别被 55%和 43%有过性经验的女性和男性青少年报告，用于避孕信息；分别为 59%和 66%，用于 STI/HIV 信息。对于报告父母和教师两种来源的有过性经验的青少年，约三分之一还报告医疗保健提供者是避孕信息的来源，四分之一的女性和三分之一的男性分别报告医疗保健提供者是 STI/HIV 信息的来源。对于没有从父母或教师那里获得任何 SHI 的有过性经验的青少年，只有十分之一的人报告医疗保健提供者是避孕信息的来源，类似比例的人报告医疗保健提供者是 STI/HIV 信息的来源。研究结果发现，性经验的青少年在获得性健康信息方面存在性别差异，即女性比男性更多地从父母和教师那里获得避孕信息，约六分之一的男性报告从任何来源都没有获得避孕或 condom 信息。
研究结果突出了有过性经验的青少年从父母、教师和医疗保健提供者那里获得性健康信息的差距，以及在信息来源方面的性别差异。
