HIV-related behaviors among black students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) versus white students attending a traditionally white institution (TWI)

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1050-1057

  Hou, Su I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV); Internet; Traditionally white institution (TWI)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450159291     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802626196     Document Type: Article

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