title: Assessment of first sexual intercourse in young women with a history of childhood sexual abuse.
abstract: Women reporting childhood sexual abuse (CSA) that involved actual or attempted penetration may not identify this as their first sexual intercourse. Data were drawn from a population-based, prospective cohort study spanning adolescence to adulthood. CSA prior to age 16 and age of first sexual intercourse with a male were assessed retrospectively. More than half of women reporting CSA in the form of actual or penetrative abuse reported an age of first sexual intercourse at or beyond 16 years. Direct questioning about CSA is needed to accurately ascertain sexual history.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia. elya.moore@gmail.com
authors.forename: Elya E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Yasmin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jayasinghe
authors.forename: Craig A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Olsson
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Romaniuk
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sasongko
authors.forename: George C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Patton
authors.forename: Suzanne M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Garland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003075:Coitus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014739:Victoria / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult