Gender ideologies, socioeconomic opportunities, and HIV/STI-related vulnerability among female, African-American adolescents

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 717-726

  Kerrigan, Deanna ^a   Andrinopoulos, Katherine ^a   Chung, Shang En ^b   Glass, Barbara ^b   Ellen, Jonathan ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gender; HIV STI; Partner concurrency; Sexual behavior; Socioeconomic opportunity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56149107776     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-008-9292-9     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Gupta GR. Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS: The What, the Why and the How. Plenary Address at the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. Washington, DC: International Center for Research on Women; 2000.
2. Pleck JH, O'Donnell LN. Gender attitudes and health risk behaviors in urban African American and Latino early adolescents. Matern Child Health J. 2001;5(4):265-272.
3. O'Sullivan LF, Hoffman S, Harrison A, Dolezal C. Men, multiple sexual partners, and young adults' sexual relationships: understanding the role of gender in the study of risk. J Urban Health. 2006;83(4):695-708. (Pubitemid 44337031)
4. Santana MC, Raj A, Decker MR, La Marche A, Silverman JG. Masculine gender roles associated with increased sexual risk and intimate partner violence perpetration among young adult men. J Urban Health. 2006;83(4):575-585. (Pubitemid 44337022)
5. Pulerwitz J, Barker G, Segundo M, Nascimento M. Promoting More Gender-equitable Norms and Behaviors among Young Men as an HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategy. Horizons Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council; 2006.
6. Barker G. Dying to be Men: Youth, Masculinity and Social Exclusion. New York, NY: Routledge; 2005.
7. Whitehead T. Urban, low-income African-American men, HIV/AIDS, and gender identity. Med Anthropol Q. 1997;11(4):411-447. (Pubitemid 126435089)
8. Kerrigan D, Andrinopoulos K, Johnson R, Parham P, Thomas T, Ellen JM. Staying strong: gender ideologies among African-American adolescents and the implications for HIV/STI prevention. J Sex Res. 2007;44(2):172-180.
9. Andrinopoulos K, Kerrigan D, Ellen JM. Understanding sex partner selection from the perspective of inner-city black adolescents. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2006;38(3):132-138. (Pubitemid 44708102)
10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Youth risk behavior surveillance-United States, 2005. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2006;55(5):1-108.
11. Lenoir C. "Love yourself first" the development and perceived effectiveness of concurrency prevention messages [dissertation]. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University; 2006.
12. Sobo EJ. Choosing Unsafe Sex: AIDS-Risk Denial among Disadvantaged Women. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press; 1995.
13. Society for Adolescent Medicine. Position paper. HIV infection and AIDS in adolescents: an update of the position of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. J Adolesc Health. 2006;38:88-91.
14. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, by race/ethnicity, 2000-2004. HIV/AIDS Surveill. 2006;12(1):1-36.
15. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Racial/ethnic disparities in diagnoses of HIV/ AIDS-33 states, 2001-2004. MMWR Weekly. 2006;55(05):121-125.
16. Forhan S. Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Bacterial Vaginosis among Female Adolescents in the United States: Data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2004. Paper presented at: National STD Prevention Conference; March 10-13, 2008; Chicago, Illinois.
17. City of Baltimore. Baltimore Census-2000. http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/ government/planning/census/index.php. Accessed May 1, 2008.
18. Baltimore Neighborhood Indicator Alliance. 2004. Baltimore's Vital Signs. http://www.ubalt.edu/bnia/indicators/index.html. Accessed May 1, 2008.
19. Baltimore City Data Alliance. Community Profiles-March, 2007. http://www.baltimorekidsdata.org. Accessed May 1, 2008.
20. Rosenberg MD, Gurvey JE, Adler N, Dunlop MB, Ellen JM. Concurrent sex partners and risk for sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents. Sex Transm Dis. 1999;26 (4):208-212. (Pubitemid 29174423)
21. Jennings J, Glass B, ParhamP, Adler N, Ellen J. Sex partner concurrency, geographic context, and adolescent sexually transmitted infections. Sex Transm Dis. 2004;31:733-739. (Pubitemid 39557421)
22. Lenoir CD, Adler NE, Borzekowski DL, Tschann JM, Ellen JM. What you don't know can hurt you: perceptions of sex-partner concurrency and partner-reported behavior. J Adolesc Health. 2006;38(3):179-185. (Pubitemid 43247506)
23. Murnen S, Byrne D. Hyperfemininity: measurement and initial validation of the construct. J Sex Res. 1991;28:479-489.
24. Short J, Rivera R, Tennyson R. Perceived opportunities, gang membership, and delinquency. Am Sociol Rev. 1965;30:56-57.
25. Smith C, Noll J, Becker-Bryant J. The effect of social context on gender self-concept. Sex Roles. 1999;40:499-512.
26. Stryker S. Symbolic Interactionism: A Social Structural Version. Caldwell, NJ: Blackburn; 2002.