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Carol Goodenow, PhD, Julie Netherland, MSW and Laura Szalacha, EdD

Carol Goodenow is with the Massachusetts Department of Education, Malden. Julie Netherland is with the Boston Medical Center, Boston, Mass. Laura Szalacha is with the Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. This paper represents the work of the individual authors; institutional affiliations are listed for informational purposes only.

Correspondence: Requests fr reprints should be sent to Carol Goodenow, PhD, Massachusetts Department of Education, 350 Main St, Malden, MA 02148 (e-mail: cgoodenow{at}doe.mass.edu).

Objectives. This study examined the prevalence of AIDS-related risk behaviors among adolescent males with female, male, and both-sex sexual partners and explored factors related to these behaviors.

Methods. Three waves of a population-based survey provided data on male high school students: 3065 with only female sexual partners, 94 with only male partners, and 108 with both. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine AIDS-related outcomes.

Results. Youths with any same-sex experience reported less school AIDS education. Bisexual experience predicted multiple sexual partners, unprotected intercourse, sexually transmitted disease, and injection drug use. School AIDS education and condom instruction predicted less AIDS-related risk.

Conclusions. Bisexually active adolescent males report especially high levels of AIDS risk behavior. School-based AIDS prevention should address the needs of all sexually active youths.

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