Evaluation of a generic brief acculturation scale in a sample of male enlisted naval personnel.

This study examined the reliability and validity of the 3-item Generic Brief Acculturation Scale (GBAS). The GBAS was administered as a part of a larger Navy Health Behavior Survey of male enlisted personnel deployed on aircraft carriers. Analyses are reported here for the subsample for whom English was a second language (n = 529, 15% of original sample).

Measuring the condom use self-efficacy of deployed, enlisted male U.S. Naval personnel.

This article summarizes the development and psychometric analysis of a condom use self-efficacy measure for deployed, enlisted male U.S. Naval personnel.

Condom use by male, enlisted, deployed navy personnel with multiple partners.

Study Question: Condom use by male enlisted personnel deployed on an aircraft carrier in spring 2002 who reported having casual sex partners in foreign ports and (1) only a steady partner, (2) only casual sex partners, or (3) both steady and casual sex partners in the home port.

Study Design: Cross-sectional survey, with analysis of the subsample reporting multiple partners (n = 378).

Results: Sexual behavior was less frequent and condom use was higher in foreign ports (p < 0.