Abigail A. Donaldson|Laura Lindberg|Jonathan M. Ellen|Arik V. Marcell
Receipt of Sexual Health Information From Parents, Teachers, and Healthcare Providers by Sexually Experienced U.S. Adolescents
Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|Brown University|Providence College|Guttmacher Institute|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University
objectiveto describe extent sexually experienced adolescents united states receive sexual health information shi multiple three sources parents teachers healthcare providersdesigndescriptive analysissetting20062010 national survey family growthparticipantsheterosexually experienced unmarriednoncohabiting females n 875 males n 1026 ages 1519 yearsmain outcome measuresselfreported receipt birth control sexually transmitted infectionhuman immunodeficiency virus stihiv condom information parents teachers healthcare providersresultsparent teacher shi sources reported 55 43 sexually experienced female male adolescents respectively birth control information 59 66 respectively stihiv information sexually experienced adolescents reporting parent teacher sources onethird also reported healthcare provider source birth control information onequarter females onethird males reported healthcare provider source stihiv information respectively sexually experienced adolescents reporting shi either parent teacher sources one ten reported healthcare providers source birth control information similar proportion reporting healthcare providers source stihiv information shi receipt found vary gender females males reporting birth control information receipt parents teachers one six males reporting birth control condom information receipt either sourceconclusionsstudy findings highlight gaps sexual health information receipt parents teachers healthcare providers among sexually experienced adolescents well gender differences across information sources