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Trieu, Sang Leng; Shenoy, Divya; Lui, Camillia K.; Hayes, Catherine – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Community college students engage in more risky sexual behavior compared to their four-year counterparts, yet have access to fewer reproductive health services. The study's purpose was to examine whether California Community College student health centers' participation in Family PACT, a state publicly-funded family planning program,…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Sexuality, Access to Health Care, Birth
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Rasberry, Catherine N.; Morris, Elana; Lesesne, Catherine A.; Kroupa, Elizabeth; Topete, Pablo; Carver, Lisa H.; Robin, Leah – Journal of School Nursing, 2015
Black and Latino young men who have sex with men (YMSM) are at disproportionate risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV. This study informs school-centered strategies for connecting YMSM to health services by describing their willingness, perceived safety, and experiences in talking to school staff about sexual health.…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Questionnaires
Moolenaar, Ronald L., Ed. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012
The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" ("MMWR") Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Data presented by the Notifiable Disease Data Team and 122 Cities Mortality Data Team in the weekly "MMWR" are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC by state health departments. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Animals, Communicable Diseases
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Herrman, Judith W.; Solano, Paul; Stotz, Lauren; McDuffie, Mary Joan – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2013
This research clarifies the public support of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in terms of acceptance, content, timing, and effectiveness as it may inform practice in the United States. The historical context of public opinion, as well as a summary of the efficacy of abstinence only education (AOE) versus CSE in the scientific literature,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Public Opinion, Sexuality, Sex Education
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Nemoto, Tooru; Iwamoto, Mariko; Kamitani, Emiko; Morris, Anne; Sakata, Maria – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2011
Access to culturally competent HIV/AIDS and substance abuse treatment and prevention services is limited for Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs). Based on the intake data for a community outreach project in the San Francisco Bay Area (N = 1,349), HIV risk behaviors were described among the targeted API risk groups. The self-reported HIV prevalence…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Substance Abuse, Pacific Islanders, Outreach Programs
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Trieu, Sang Leng; Bratton, Sally; Marshak, Helen Hopp – Journal of American College Health, 2011
Objective: To explore the sexual and reproductive health behaviors of students from 13 community college campuses in California. Participants: Heterosexual college students, ages 18 to 24, who have had sexual intercourse (N = 4,487). Methods: The American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) survey was…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Two Year College Students, Family Planning, Contraception
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Organista, Kurt C.; Ehrlich, Samantha F. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2008
This article reports on predictors of condom use with casual female sex partners on the part of Latino migrant day laborers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Results come from a secondary analysis of data from a cross-sectional survey using convenience sampling to interview 290 sexually active adult, male, migrant Latino day laborers. Regression…
Descriptors: Spouses, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Laborers, Foreign Countries
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1990
Developed by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges in response to legislative mandate, this report provides a brief epidemiological background on the Human Immune Deficiency Virus epidemic, a summary of actions taken by the Board of Governors and the Chancellor's Office, results of a survey of the colleges regarding…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Community Colleges, Contraception
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Nemoto, Tooru; Iwamoto, Mariko; Oh, Hyun Joo; Wong, Serena; Nguyen, Hongmai – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2005
This study investigates cognitive, cultural, and contextual factors that influence HIV-related risk behaviors among Asian women who engage in sex work at massage parlors in San Francisco. Focus groups and qualitative interviews were conducted for Vietnamese and Thai masseuses and massage parlor owners/managers. Economic pressure as well as…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Intervention, Females, Focus Groups