Psychometric Confirmation of the Sexual Health Survey as a Useful Tool for College Health Professionals.

Objective: To conduct a confirmatory factor analysis on the 17-item Sexual Health Survey (SHS), a comprehensive instrument designed to be used with college students.

Participants: College students (N = 515) aged 18 to 26 years enrolled at a Midwest public university October 2009.

Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis with maximum likelihood estimation was performed to test the stability of the constructs.

Young women's education and behavioural risk trajectories: clarifying their association with unintended-pregnancy resolution.

In the USA, most pregnancies occurring to teenage women are unplanned, making both the decisions regarding their resolution and the consequences of those decisions important topics of inquiry. Substantial debate surrounds the potential consequences for young women of either carrying an unintended pregnancy to term or voluntarily terminating it. The present study utilises data from The US National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health prospectively to examine the predictors of pregnancy resolution decisions in terms of young women's educational goals and their engagement in risk behaviours.