Predictors of reported condom use in central Harlem youth as conceptualized by the Health Belief Model
Journal of Adolescent HealthPublished 1 November 1997Open access
Danielle Laraque, D. McLean, Pamela Brown‐Peterside, David Ashton, Bruce J. Diamond
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Gender and the modifying effects of parental and partner support of the use of protection strongly influence the reported use of condoms by adolescents, and these factors (in addition to psychosocial factors such as depression) may be important in planning interventions to increase condom use by sexually active teens.
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The data on this urban, predominantly African-American sample of adolescents suggest the importance of the influences on specific motivations to use protection--that is, the wish to avoid pregnancy, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and sexually transmitted diseases, although the mechanisms are still unclear. In addition, gender and the modifying effects of parental and partner support of the use of protection strongly influence the reported use of condoms by adolescents. These factors (in addition to psychosocial factors such as depression) may be important in planning interventions to increase condom use by sexually active teens.
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