Correlates of African American college students' condom use to prevent pregnancy, STDs, or both outcomes.

摘要: BACKGROUND: The purpose of the current study was to compare African American college students who reported condom use for pregnancy prevention only, disease and both STD (i.e., dual prevention) in terms their AIDS-related health beliefs, conventional sexual behavior, unconventional behavior. It hypothesized that dual-prevention adolescents would express more protective attitudes behaviors than single-prevention individuals. METHOD: sample consisted 171 American, undergraduate, single, heterosexual, sexually active with at least one partner past six months used condoms. A self-report questionnaire administered-including items related demographic background information, activity, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs about HIV/AIDS, participants groups 10-30 university classroom settings. RESULTS: main between-group differences were comparisons pregnancy-prevention-only users users. Participants condoms prevent only less likely be female, perceived themselves susceptible fewer barriers use, vaginal sex partners. CONCLUSIONS: Intervention programs must address relation between adolescents' susceptibility HIV/AIDS unintended pregnancy, as well views involvement monogamous relationships. Integrated services may allow discussions similarities issues relevant versus prevention.