School suspension predicts trichomoniasis five years later in a matched sample.
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Rosenbaum, Janet EKeyword
Adolescent healthEmerging adulthood
Propensity scores
Sexually transmitted diseases
Trichomoniasis
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BMC public healthDate Published
2020-01-20Publication Volume
20Publication Issue
1Publication Begin page
88
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Young adults who were suspended from school during adolescence are more likely than matched non-suspended youth to be arrested, on probation, or not graduate from high school, which are STI risk factors. This study evaluates whether suspension is a marker for STI risk among young adults who avoid subsequent negative effects.This study evaluated whether suspension predicts a positive test for chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis in a urine sample using matched sampling in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent and Adult Health (Add Health), and evaluated potential mediators between suspension and STI status using causal mediation analysis. We used Mahalanobis and exact matched sampling within propensity score calipers to compare 381 youth suspended for the first time in a 1-year period with 980 non-suspended youth. The suspended and non-suspended youth were similar on 67 pre-suspension variables. We evaluated STI outcomes 5 years after suspension.
Before matching, suspended youth were more likely to test positive for trichomoniasis and gonorrhea, but not chlamydia, than non-suspended youth. Suspended youth were more likely to test positive for trichomoniasis 5 years after suspension than matched non-suspended youth (OR = 2.87 (1.40, 5.99)). Below-median household income before suspension explained 9% of the suspension-trichomoniasis association (p = 0.02), but criminal justice involvement and educational attainment were not statistically significantly mediators.
School suspension is a marker for STI risk. Punishing adolescents for initial deviance may cause them to associate with riskier sexual networks even if they graduate high school and avoid criminal justice system involvement. Suspension may compound disadvantages for youth from below-median-income families, who have fewer resources for recovering from setbacks.
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Rosenbaum JE. School suspension predicts trichomoniasis five years later in a matched sample. BMC Public Health. 2020 Jan 20;20(1):88. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-8197-8. PMID: 31959144; PMCID: PMC6971893.DOI
10.1186/s12889-020-8197-8ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/s12889-020-8197-8
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