Associations between Parent–Child Communication on Sexual Health and Drug Use and Use of Drugs during Sex among Urban Black Youth

Donte T. Boyd, Ijeoma Opara, Camille R. Quinn, Bernadine Waller, S. Raquel Ramos and Dustin T. Duncan
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Donte T. Boyd: College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Ijeoma Opara: Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Camille R. Quinn: College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Bernadine Waller: School of Social Work, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530, USA
S. Raquel Ramos: Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY 10010, USA
Dustin T. Duncan: Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: Black youth and their families living in urban settings may experience unique stressors that contribute to underlying issues due to the environmental context. Such factors may exacerbate and promote drug use and engagement in risky sexual behaviors, unknowingly. Little is known about how family factors, peer pressure, condom use, and other related factors are associated with substance use and engaging in sexual behaviors while on drugs among urban African American youth aged 12–22 (N = 638). We used regression models to examine associations between parental bonding, parent–adolescent sexual health communication, condom use, peer pressure on substance use, and having sex while on drugs. Multivariate results indicated that parental bonding was statistically significant and associated with drug use (OR: 1.36, 95%CI: 1.36). Our study highlights that parental bonding plays a critical role in youth using drugs while living in urban environments.

Keywords: drug use; protective mechanisms; Black youth; parenting; sex (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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