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A Propective Sudy of the Onset of Sexual Behavior and Sexual Risk in Youth Perinatally Infected with HIV
(Routledge, 2011-07-28)
Perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV+) youth are surviving into adolescence and young adulthood. Understanding the sexual development of PHIV+ youth is vital to providing them with developmentally appropriate HIV-prevention ...
Psychological distress, Substance Use and HIV/STI Risk Behaviors Among Youth
(Springer, 2010)
Psychological distress has been inconsistently associated with sexual risk behavior in youth, suggesting additional factors, such as substance use, may explain this relationship. The mediating or moderating role of substance ...
Individual and Neighborhood Correlates of HIV Testing Among African American Youth Transitioning from Adolescence into Young Adulthood
(Guilford Press, 2010)
Disparities in HIV testing rates exist among socially disadvantaged communities. Using a longitudinal sample of urban African American youth followed from adolescence into young adulthood (n = 396; 51% female), we examined ...