Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 5 , Pages 508-510, May 2009

Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Among Youth in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

  • Anu M. Gómez, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Ilene S. Speizer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Ilene S. Speizer, Ph.D., Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, 206 W. Franklin Street, CB 8120, Chapel Hill, NC 27516.
    • ,
  • Harry Beauvais, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Fondation pour la Santé Reproductrice et l'Education Familiale (FOSREF), Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Received 10 June 2008; accepted 24 September 2008. published online 11 November 2008.

Abstract 

We examine sexual violence and reproductive health outcomes among sexually experienced youth in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, using the Priorities for Local AIDS Control methodology to identify participants in locations where sexual partnerships are formed. Our findings indicated that sexual violence is common and is significantly associated with condom use, pregnancy experience, and recent sexually transmitted infection symptoms.

Keywords: Sexual violence, Condom use, Pregnancy, STI symptoms, Haiti

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00427-8

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.09.012

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 5 , Pages 508-510, May 2009

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