The development of an intervention program implementing safer sex for adolescent females

目前的研究是作为实施青春期女性安全性行为干预计划的一部分而设计的。这项研究探索了与男性伴侣的关系与年轻女性中安全或危险的性行为相关的方式。研究样本包括17名年龄在17岁到25岁之间的未婚女性，她们来自妇产科诊所。参与是自愿和匿名的。我们就参与者的性保护策略和与男性伴侣的关系提出了开放式问题。约谈持续了大约15至30分钟，在此期间，参与者的答复被逐字记录下来。在数据收集开始之前，兵库护理艺术与科学学院的机构审查委员会批准了保护人体受试者的程序。结果表明，大多数女性报告只使用避孕套，并对使用避孕套10%的失败率感到焦虑。此外，受试者报告说，在没有避孕套的性行为方面，他们更有可能在这种情况下中断性行为，而不是拒绝性行为。关于性传播疾病保护策略，参与者还报告说，他们试图克制与他们不太了解的人发生性关系。几乎所有的女性都认为自己没有感染性病的风险，并提到她们非常了解自己的伴侣，尽管她们彼此没有讨论过性病。许多人表示相信他们的伴侣没有风险，因为他没有表现出性传播疾病的症状。此外，参与者报告称，性交有助于更多地了解他们的伴侣，并建立更亲密、更亲密的关系。总而言之，研究参与者确定的一些性保护策略效果不佳，使年轻女性容易感染性病。

The current study was designed as part of the development of an intervention program implementing safer sex for adolescent females. This study explored the ways in which relationships with male partners were associated with safe or risky sexual practices among young women. The study sample included 17 unmarried women, aged 17 to 25 years, recruited from the obstetric & gynecologic clinic. Participation was voluntary and anonymous. We asked open-ended questions regarding participants' sexual protective strategies and relationships with their male partners. The interview lasted approximately 15 to 30 minutes, during which responses of participants were recorded verbatim. Procedures for the protection of human subjects were approved by the institutional review board at the College of Nursing Art and Science, Hyogo before data collection began. The results indicated that the majority of women reported using only condoms, and experienced anxiety regarding the 10% failure rate associated with condom use. Moreover, subjects reported that, regarding sex without condoms, they were more likely to interrupt intercourse in this situation rather than refuse to have sex. Concerning sexually transmitted disease protective strategies, participants also reported trying to refrain from having sex with people they did not know very well. Nearly all of the women rated themselves to be at no risk for STDs and mentioned that they knew their partner very well even though they had not discussed STDs with each other. Many expressed the belief that their partner was at no risk because he did not show symptoms of STDs. Furthermore, participants reported that sexual intercourse lead to knowing more about their partner and establishing a more intimate and closer relationship. In conclusion, some of the sexual protective strategies identified by study participants were less than effective and leave young women vulnerable to infection with STDs.