Prevalence and correlates of HIV testing among sexually active African American adolescents in 4 US cities

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 584-591

  Swenson, Rebecca R ^a,f   Rizzo, Christie J ^a   Brown, Larry K ^a   Payne, Nanetta ^a   Diclemente, Ralph J ^b   Salazar, Laura F ^b   Vanable, Peter A ^c   Carey, Michael P ^c   Valois, Robert F ^d   Romer, Daniel ^e   Hennessy, Michael ^e  

^a Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f Bradley Hasbro ChildrensResearch Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TESTING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349326026     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181b4704c     Document Type: Article

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