Prevalence, correlates, and efficacy of selective avoidance as a sexually transmitted disease prevention strategy among African American adolescent females

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-65

  DiClemente, Ralph J ^a,b,e   Wingood, Gina M ^b   Crosby, Richard A ^c,d   Salazar, Laura F ^b   Rose, Eve ^b   Sales, Jessica McDermott ^b   Caliendo, Angela M ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNICATION; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38149064376     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2007.5     Document Type: Article

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