@inbook{e54c98279ae14ba9b160948a9ba27021,
title = "Sexual Behaviour in Sexual Minority and Non-minority Youth in Ireland",
abstract = "Evidence from the international literature demonstrates that compared to their non-minority (heterosexual) peers, sexual minority young people disproportionately experience health inequalities, especially related to risk behaviours. However, these disparities have not yet been studied in Ireland. To address this gap, we explored risky sexual behaviours in 4339 young people aged 13–18, participating in the Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. We compared sexual initiation, sex before the age of 15, and condom and contraceptive pill use in sexual minority and non-minority youth. Sexual minority youth (in love with same- or both-gender partners) had significantly higher odds for risky sexual behaviours than their non-minority peers (in love with opposite-gender partners or never having been in love). The results can be interpreted in the frameworks of human rights, minority stress and stigma, and call for urgent revision of sexuality and relationships education and sexual health promotion programmes in Ireland.",
keywords = "Adolescence, Adolescent, Adolescent sexual health, Age at first sexual intercourse, Bisexual, Gay, HBSC, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children, LGBT, Lesbian, Love, Romantic love, Sexual debut, Sexual initiation, Sexual minority youth",
author = "Andr{\'a}s K{\"o}lt{\H o} and \{Nic Gabhainn\}, Saoirse",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-36550-8\_11",
language = "English",
series = "Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "193--214",
booktitle = "Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences",
}
