title: Racial and/or Ethnic Differences in Formal Sex Education and Sex Education by Parents among Young Women in the United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We sought to investigate the associations between race and/or ethnicity and young women's formal sex education and sex education by parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative sample of 1768 women aged 15-24 years who participated in the 2011-2013 National Survey of Family Growth.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assessed 6 main outcomes: participants' report of: (1) any formal sex education; (2) formal contraceptive education; (3) formal sexually transmitted infection (STI) education; (4) any sex education by parents; (5) contraceptive education by parents; and (6) STI education by parents. The primary independent variable was self-reported race and/or ethnicity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nearly all of participants (95%) reported any formal sex education, 68% reported formal contraceptive education, and 92% reported formal STI education. Seventy-five percent of participants reported not having any sex education by parents and only 61% and 56% reported contraceptive and STI education by parents, respectively. US-born Hispanic women were more likely than white women to report STI education by parents (adjusted odds ratio = 1.87; 95% confidence interval, 1.17-2.99). No other significant racial and/or ethnic differences in sex education were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are few racial and/or ethnic differences in formal sex education and sex education by parents among young women.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Rachel H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Vanderberg
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Amy H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Farkas
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Gina S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Sucato
authors.affiliation: Craig Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Aletha Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Akers
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Center for Health Equity, Research, and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: borrerosp@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Sonya B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Borrero
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003267:Contraception; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016017:Odds Ratio; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Contraception; Disparities; Parents; Race; Sex education