Similarities in sexual activity and condom use among friends within groups before and after a risk-reduction intervention

Youth and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 431-449

  Fang, Xiaoyi ^a   Stanton, Bonita ^b   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Feigelman, Susan ^b   Baldwin, Robert ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; EDUCATIONAL TECHNICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY PLANNING; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUVENILE; KNOWLEDGE SOURCES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PEER GROUP; PEER GROUPS; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POVERTY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR--CHANGES; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDIES; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; BLACKS; COMMUNICATION; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; EDUCATIONAL TECHNICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE SOURCES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PEER GROUPS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR--CHANGES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEX EDUCATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NORTH AMERICA; PEER GROUP; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POVERTY; RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0032089381     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118x98029004002     Document Type: Article

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