Nicole R Tuitt1, Nancy L Asdigian2, Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell3, Alicia Mousseau4, Alia Al-Tayyib5, Carol E Kaufman6. 1. School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, 2150 Shattuck, Suite 601, Berkeley, CA, 94704-1365, USA; Prevention Research Center-Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Berkeley, CA, USA. Electronic address: ntuitt@prev.org. 2. Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 13001 E. 17th Place, Mail Stop B119, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. Electronic address: Nancy.asdigian@cuanschutz.edu. 3. Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 13001 E. 17th Place, Mail Stop B119, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. Electronic address: Nancy.Whitesell@cuanschutz.edu. 4. National Native Youth Trauma Center, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, 028 McGill Hall, Missoula, MT, 59812, USA. 5. Denver Public Health, 605 Bannock St, Denver, CO, 80204, USA. 6. Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 13001 E. 17th Place, Mail Stop B119, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. Electronic address: Carol.Kaufman@cuanschutz.edu.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Sexual health disparities are leading causes of morbidity among youth of color in the United States. We conducted a scoping review of the literature on precursors to sexual risk-taking among young adolescents of color (ages 10-14) to assess precedents of sexual experience and their utility as measurable proximal constructs and behaviors gauging sexual risk and sexual risk prevention efforts. METHODS: This study was conducted using the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. We searched for quantitative studies that assessed the relationships between precursors and subsequent sexual behaviors, incorporated youth of color, and specified young adolescents as the study sample. All articles were in English, however we explored both U.S. and International databases. RESULTS: The database search yielded 11 studies published between 2000 and 2017. Most literature focused on youth in urban settings, and on Black and Latinx youth, while only two addressed the special circumstances of American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Sex expectancies outcomes for youth of color were likely to predict sexual risk taking and self-efficacy about sex was related to abstinence. CONCLUSIONS: Etiologic studies that seek to understand precursors to sexual risk taking among youth of color are limited and this paucity truncates the ability to develop sexual risk prevention programs for the age group in which prevention is most needed. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
INTRODUCTION: Sexual health disparities are leading causes of morbidity among youth of color in the United States. We conducted a scoping review of the literature on precursors to sexual risk-taking among young adolescents of color (ages 10-14) to assess precedents of sexual experience and their utility as measurable proximal constructs and behaviors gauging sexual risk and sexual risk prevention efforts. METHODS: This study was conducted using the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. We searched for quantitative studies that assessed the relationships between precursors and subsequent sexual behaviors, incorporated youth of color, and specified young adolescents as the study sample. All articles were in English, however we explored both U.S. and International databases. RESULTS: The database search yielded 11 studies published between 2000 and 2017. Most literature focused on youth in urban settings, and on Black and Latinx youth, while only two addressed the special circumstances of American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Sex expectancies outcomes for youth of color were likely to predict sexual risk taking and self-efficacy about sex was related to abstinence. CONCLUSIONS: Etiologic studies that seek to understand precursors to sexual risk taking among youth of color are limited and this paucity truncates the ability to develop sexual risk prevention programs for the age group in which prevention is most needed. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Keywords:
Risk prevention; Sexual risk-taking; Young adolescents
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