Validity of self-reported sexual behaviors in adolescent women using biomarker outcomes
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A self-administered questionnaire asking high-risk adolescent women about their sexual behaviors may be capable of eliciting truthful answers. Researchers compared the questionnaire responses of 255 urban adolescent women before and after treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to the findings of vaginal cultures. Women who reported no sexual intercourse during the three months of the study were found to have no infection at the end of the study, while a third of those who said they had vaginal intercourse became reinfected with an STD. Women did not provide false sexual activity information for this questionnaire.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1997
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Sex under the influence: a diary self-report study of substance use and sexual behavior among adolescent women
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Using drugs or alcohol does not seem to change established patterns of condom use among female teenagers. Diaries detailing intercourse experiences, drugs or alcohol use before intercourse, and condom use were kept for an average of 9.2 weeks by 82 females aged 16 to 19 years. Participants who initially reported routine condom use recorded using condoms in their diaries even if using drugs before intercourse or if the event was with a new partner. There was no substance abuse reported before 73% of the intercourse events. Twenty-two of the participants reported using drugs or alcohol before a total of 93 intercourse events.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1997
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Cervical human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid persists throughout pregnancy and decreases in the postpartum period
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Papillomavirus infection may persist throughout pregnancy and beyond. Infection by certain types of papillomavirus may increase the risk of cervical cancer. In a study of 232 women who were tested for papillomavirus during their first trimester of pregnancy, 31% tested positive at that time and 36% tested positive in their third trimester. This indicates that pregnancy might activate the virus. Four to 12 weeks after delivery, only 26% of the women tested positive.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1999
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