Early Sexual Debut and Neighborhood Social Environment in Latinx Youth

To examine whether social aspects of the neighborhood environment are associated with early sexual initiation in a California agricultural community of predominantly Latinx adolescents. In a prospective cohort study of 599 eighth graders recruited from middle schools in Salinas, California (2015-201...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2022-03, Vol.149 (3), p.20-20
Main Authors: Minnis, Alexandra M, Browne, Erica N, Chavez, Marisol, McGlone, Linda, Raymond-Flesch, Marissa, Auerswald, Colette
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescent Health/Medicine
Adolescents
Age
Agrarian society
Contraception
Contraceptives
Discrimination
Female
Hispanic American teenagers
Hispanic American youth
Humans
Male
Motivation
Neighborhood
Neighborhoods
Neighbourhoods
Pediatrics
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Unplanned
Prospective Studies
Residence Characteristics
Schools
Sexual Behavior
Sexual health
Sexually transmitted diseases
Social aspects
Social Environment
Social factors
Social networks
Social organization
STD
Teen Pregnancy
Teenage sexual behavior
Teenage sexual behaviour
Teenagers
Variance analysis
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Summary:To examine whether social aspects of the neighborhood environment are associated with early sexual initiation in a California agricultural community of predominantly Latinx adolescents. In a prospective cohort study of 599 eighth graders recruited from middle schools in Salinas, California (2015-2019), participants completed five interviews over 2 years. Social environment measures included neighborhood social dynamics (neighborhood disorder, social cohesion, and social network gang exposure); experiences of discrimination; and school connectedness. We estimated associations between baseline social environment and early sexual initiation (
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2021-050861