Brief Report: Sexual Debut Among 14- to 17-year-old Sexual Minority Males: A Preliminary Investigation of Early HIV Risk and Sexual Health Needs.

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes : JAIDS
Kimberly M NelsonMichael P Carey

Abstract

Adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM) are disproportionately at risk of HIV. This study documents the sexual debut behaviors of ASMM, tests whether sexual debut and sexual behavior differed by race/ethnicity, and explores the association between early anal sex debut and engaging in condomless anal sex. Sexually active ASMM (N = 118; ages 14-17) in the United States completed an online sexual health survey. We used Fisher exact tests to explore differences by race/ethnicity in sexual debut characteristics and hypothesized relationships between sexual debut and risk behavior. The average age of sexual debut with a male partner was 14 years (SD = 2.4). Approximately one-third (31%) reported anal sex at their sexual debut, with non-Latino black/African American ASMM more likely to report anal sex at debut (63%) compared with non-Latino white (28%), Latino (21%), or mixed race/other identified youth (19%; χ = 12.1, P = 0.01). All participants (100%) who reported an anal sex debut before the age of 14 years reported engaging in condomless anal sex in their lifetime, compared to 60% of those who reported an anal sex debut when they were 14 years old or older (χ = 5.6, P = 0.03). Participants wanted information about how to safely an...Continue Reading

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