caa a22 4500 606231668 CHVBK 20210128101221.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-014-0431-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-014-0431-y Individual, Partner, and Partnership Level Correlates of Anal Sex Among Youth in Baltimore City [Elektronische Daten] [Luciana Hebert, Pamela Lilleston, Jacky Jennings, Susan Sherman] Anal sex is an efficient mode of STI transmission and studies indicate that anal sex is common among heterosexuals, including adolescents. We examined the association between individual, partner, and sexual partnership-level characteristics with anal sex among a household survey of 263 individuals aged 15-24years in Baltimore City, Maryland. We used weighted multiple logistic regression to examine correlates of anal sex in a heterosexual partnership by gender. Twenty-nine percent of males and 15% of females reported anal sex in a partnership in the past 6months. For males, anal sex was associated with having two or more partners in the past 3months (AOR=13.93, 95% CI 3.87-50.12), having been tested for HIV (AOR=0.30, 95% CI 0.12-0.72), and oral sex with a partner (AOR=8.79, 95% CI 1.94-39.78). For females, anal sex was associated with reporting having a main partner (AOR=6.74, 95% CI 1.74-23.65), partner meeting place (AOR=3.03, 95% CI 1.04-8.82), partner history of STI (AOR=0.20, 95% CI 0.05-0.85), and oral sex with a partner (AOR=8.47, 95% CI 1.08-66.25). Anal sex was associated with inconsistent condom use for both males (OR=5.77, 95% CI 1.68-19.79) and females (OR=5.16, 95% CI 1.46-18.30). We conclude that anal sex is a prevalent risk behavior among heterosexual youth and is associated with a range of factors at the individual and partnership levels. These findings provide support for comprehensive sex education that includes information about anal sex; findings from this study can inform public health campaigns targeting youth at risk for STIs. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Anal sex nationallicence Adolescent nationallicence Sexual partners nationallicence HIV/STI risk nationallicence Heterosexual nationallicence Hebert Luciana Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of Chicago, 1225 E. 60th Street, Rm 122, 60637, Chicago, IL, USA aut Lilleston Pamela Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA aut Jennings Jacky Department of Pediatrics, Center for Child and Community Health Research (CCHR), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA aut Sherman Susan Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/3(2015-04-01), 619-629 0004-0002 44:3<619 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0431-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0431-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hebert Luciana Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of Chicago, 1225 E. 60th Street, Rm 122, 60637, Chicago, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lilleston Pamela Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jennings Jacky Department of Pediatrics, Center for Child and Community Health Research (CCHR), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sherman Susan Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/3(2015-04-01), 619-629 0004-0002 44:3<619 2015 44 10508