title: "It's a touchy subject": Latino adolescent sexual risk behaviors in the school context.
abstract: Adverse sexual health outcomes remain disproportionately high for Latino adolescents. To examine sexual risk behaviors in Latino adolescents, we conducted in-depth interviews with 18 Latino parents and 13 school staff members and carried out 1 year of fieldwork in the school and community. "It's a touchy subject [sex] here" exemplified the reluctance of addressing sexual risk behaviors. Community- and systems-level strategies are recommended.
authors: East Carolina University College of Nursing, Greenville, NC 27858-4353, USA. larsonk@ecu.edu
authors: Kim
authors: K
authors: Larson
authors: Margarete
authors: M
authors: Sandelowski
authors: Chris
authors: C
authors: McQuiston
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009657:North Carolina; D012574:Schools; D012725:Sexual Behavior