To determine access to and use of sexual health care
services among adolescents and young adults with and without a history of
sexual coercion, and to examine whether a history of sexual coercion was a
barrier to using sexual health care services.
Main outcome measures :Participants’
sexual histories, sexual coercion histories, current psychological functioning,
and perceptions and use of health care services.
A history of sexual coercion was reported by 29.6% of
participants; more female participants reported a history of sexual coercion
than male participants did, and female participants reported more related
distress than male participants did. Those with a history of sexual coercion
reported more sexual health–related visits than those without a history of
sexual coercion did. Among participants with and without sexual coercion
histories, there were no differences in difficulty accessing care, perceived
quality of care, or rates of unmet health needs. Among those who reported a
history of sexual coercion, the odds of having a sexual health–related visit
increased for those who had had a routine checkup in the previous year (odds
ratio = 8.29) and those who believed it was not difficult to access care (odds
ratio = 1.74).
Having a history of sexual coercion was not a barrier to the
use of health care services among adolescents and young adults. In fact, rates
of health care service use were higher among those with a history of sexual
coercion than those without such a history.
Full article at: http://goo.gl/qHRLPB
By:
Lucia F. O’Sullivan, PhD
Professor in the
Department of Psychology and Canada Research Chair in Adolescents’ Sexual
Health Behaviour at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.
E. Sandra Byers, PhD
Professor in the
Department of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick.
Lori A. Brotto, PhD
Associate
Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of
British Columbia in Vancouver.
Physician at the
Student Health Centre and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the
University of New Brunswick.
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