Efficacy of sexually transmitted disease/human immunodeficiency virus sexual risk-reduction intervention for African American adolescent females seeking sexual health services: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1112-1121

  DiClemente, Ralph J ^a,b   Wingood, Gina M ^a,b,c   Rose, Eve S ^a,b   Sales, Jessica M ^a,b   Lang, Delia L ^a,b   Caliendo, Angela M ^b   Hardin, James W ^d   Crosby, Richard A ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549163772     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.205     Document Type: Article

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