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¶ … postpartum adolescents and STI or STD incidence.
Kershaw, T. et al. (2011). The Skinny on Sexual Risk: The Effects of BMI on STI Incidence. AIDS and Behavior, 15. 7 Oct 2011; 1527-38.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and STI incidence and risk for adolescents.
The design of this research article is investigative experimental study. It uses both qualitative and quantitative data to decipher meaning from the results.
Participants
704 young mothers (ages 14-25).
These women and girls were recruited from obstetrics clinics in two hospitals in New Haven, CT and Atlanta, GA. Of the 1047 participants, 72% completed the 6-month evaluation. Participants were interviewed 4 times. Baseline interviews occurred in the second trimester
Variables
The independent variables in this case were the conditions of the particpants i.e.: postpartum, certain BMI standards, age etc. The dependent variable was the infection rate of STIs or STDs
Level of Measurement
The data collected was both ordinal and nominal because of the use of both qualitative and quantitative data.
Sample
The sample is related only to the point where they share the same baseline categories previously mentioned.
Sampling Technique
The sampling technique used in this research was selected sampling due to the specfic needs of the participants.
Statistical Tests
The BMI groups variables were analyzed using ANOVA for continuous variables and chi-square analyses for categorical variables.
Results or Findings
The BMI group demonstrated that 39% of participants were normal weight, 31% were overweight and 40% were obese. On other comparisons, Tukey HSD post-test analyses showed that obese participants had more stress, depression and conflict, and less self-esteem and social support than normal weight and overweight women and Conclusions
Results from this study showed that BMI significantly related to STI incidence and sexual risk. Overweight women were at increased risk for STI incidence compared to normal weight women and obese women. However, being obese was protective for STIs, with obese women significantly less likely to have an incident STI compared to normal weight and overweight women.
Critique
The article could have used a larger and more diverse population to sample from.
There could be many reasons for this occurrence such as lack of funds or interest in a generally marginalized population. Many adolescent mothers are often dismissed as damaged goods in society and this trend may have carried over into the scientific research realm as well. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2011 a total of 329,797 babies were born to adolescent women aged 15-19. This is
Postpartum Sexually Transmitted Disease Refining Our Understanding of the Population at Risk Yale University, UMI Dissertations, 2011, 1505365. The researchers developed a study to assess STD incidence during and after pregnancy and to determine risk factors associated with postpartum STD infections among mothers in their teens and early 20s. For this analysis, they included 848 women who were less than 24 weeks pregnant, ages 14 to 25. A total of
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