TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Sexual risk behavior among frontier adolescents: profiles of pregnancy risk and protection
JO  - Health behavior and policy review
A1  - Secor-Turner, Molly
A1  - Griese, Emily
A1  - Baete, Denyelle
A1  - Kenyon, DenYelle Baete
A1  - Randall, Brandy A.
SP  - 144
EP  - 153
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To develop profiles of sexual risk behavior among rural adolescents by examining multiple risk and protective factors. <br><br>METHODS: Data are from the Rural Adolescent Health Survey conducted with 14-19 year-olds (N = 322) in frontier counties of a Midwestern state. Logistic regression was used to create separate probability profiles comparing the likelihood of engaging in sexual risk behaviors given combinations of risk and protective factors. <br><br>RESULTS: The likelihood of each sexual risk behavior decreased with the presence of protective factors and was sustained even in the presence of salient risk factors. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Findings demonstrate the dramatic risk reduction that can occur by mitigating risk factors and increasing protective factors.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2326-4403
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.2.2.6
ID  - ref1
ER  -