Images of sexual stereotypes in rap videos and the health of African American female adolescents

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1157-1164

  Peterson, Shani H ^a   Wingood, Gina M ^b,c   DiClemente, Ralph J ^b,c,d   Harrington, Kathy ^e   Davies, Susan ^f  

^a SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's Hospital   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MUSIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING; TELEVISION;

EID: 35348828033     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0429     Document Type: Article

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