TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual Communication and Sexual Behavior Among Young Adult Heterosexual Latinos
AU - Alvarez, Carmen
AU - Bauermeister, José A.
AU - Villarruel, Antonia M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.
PY - 2014/11/1
Y1 - 2014/11/1
N2 - We examined verbal sexual health communication, pleasure discussions, and physical sexual communication in relation to condom use by young adult, heterosexual Latinos (ages 18-30years). Participants (. N=220, 51% female) were recruited in a Midwestern state. Verbal sexual health communication was positively associated with consistent condom use among men (odds ratio [. OR]=2.66, p<.05) and women (. OR=3.12, p<.05). For men, pleasure discussions were negatively associated with consistent condom use (. OR=0.21, p<.05). For women, verbal sexual health communication was positively associated with condom use at last sex (. OR=2.75, p<.05), whereas physical sexual communication was negatively associated with condom use at last sex (. OR=.29, p<.05). Various aspects of sexual communication may be important in HIV-prevention programs with young Latinos. Physical sexual communication and pleasure discussions, in particular, warrant further exploration given negative relationships with condom use.
AB - We examined verbal sexual health communication, pleasure discussions, and physical sexual communication in relation to condom use by young adult, heterosexual Latinos (ages 18-30years). Participants (. N=220, 51% female) were recruited in a Midwestern state. Verbal sexual health communication was positively associated with consistent condom use among men (odds ratio [. OR]=2.66, p<.05) and women (. OR=3.12, p<.05). For men, pleasure discussions were negatively associated with consistent condom use (. OR=0.21, p<.05). For women, verbal sexual health communication was positively associated with condom use at last sex (. OR=2.75, p<.05), whereas physical sexual communication was negatively associated with condom use at last sex (. OR=.29, p<.05). Various aspects of sexual communication may be important in HIV-prevention programs with young Latinos. Physical sexual communication and pleasure discussions, in particular, warrant further exploration given negative relationships with condom use.
KW - AIDS
KW - HIV
KW - Latinos
KW - Sexual behavior
KW - Sexual communication
KW - Young adults
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jana.2014.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jana.2014.06.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 25305027
AN - SCOPUS:84908699267
SN - 1055-3290
VL - 25
SP - 577
EP - 588
JO - Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
JF - Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
IS - 6
ER -