HIV prevention and African American youth: Examination of individual-level behaviour is not the only answer

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 731-742

  Lightfoot, Marguerita A ^a   Milburn, Norweeta G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American youth; Contextual factors; HIV; Sexual risk; USA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949131868     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050903078824     Document Type: Article

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