AEGiS-07IAC: Survey of sexually transmitted diseases as HIV risk factors in incarcerated adolescents.

7th International AIDS Conference


Florence, Italy — June 16-21, 1991

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Survey of sexually transmitted diseases as HIV risk factors in incarcerated adolescents.

Int Conf AIDS 1991 Jun 16-21; 7:447 (abstract no. W.D.4238)
Buscroft S, Baker CJ, Morris R, Re O, Zeljkovic S, Perez M; County of Los Angeles/Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, CA USA

OBJECTIVE: To survey the history of sexually transmitted diseases (STDS) in detained minors as an indicator of high risk sexual activity, to assist in the implementation of AIDS risk reduction programs.

METHODS: Minors in Los Angeles Juvenile Halls who received AIDS counseling were interviewed by Health Educators using a standard questionnaire in 1990.

RESULTS: Two hundred forty-eight males (17% of sexually active males) and 86 females (36.4% of sexually active females) reported previous STDS. The percentage of the population by race having an STD follows: Caucasian males 12%, females 37%; Black males 25%, females 33%; Hispanic males 12%, females 32%. A history of gonorrhea (G.C.) was found in 215 minors (11.3%) of which 78% were male and 55% were black. Nineteen percent of females reported G.C. Seventy-five minors had 2 and 26 had 3 previous STDS. Other STDS were rarer: Chlamydia 19, Syphilis 26, Genital Herpes 9; Condyloma 11, Trichomonas 11, Pediculosis 34 and Hepatitis 22 cases. Previous pregnancy was disclosed by 80 (34%) females and a current pregnancy by 21 (5%). One hundred twenty males (8.2%) reported their female partners were pregnant.

CONCLUSIONS: STDS and pregnancies are common in incarcerated juveniles. This provides strong evidence that incarcerated minors continue to engage in risky sexual behavior. Education is still needed to change these behaviors.

Keywords: AEGIS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Adolescent Behavior, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Blacks, Coitus, Whites, Questionnaires, Counseling, Adolescent, Los Angeles, Human, Male, Female, Adolescence, Pregnancy, ICA7KWDaegis,sexuallytransmitteddiseases,adolescentbehavior,acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome,syphilis,gonorrhea,blacks,coitus,whites,questionnaires,counseling,adolescent,losangeles,human,male,female,adolescence,pregnancy,ica7
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