Intimate partner violence and other partner-related factors: Correlates of sexually transmissible infections and risky sexual behaviours among young adult African American women

Sexual Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-30

  Seth, Puja ^a,b,d   Raiford, Jerris L ^a,b   Robinson, Lashun S ^a   Wingood, Gina M ^a,b   Diclemente, Ralph J ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Sex; Sexually transmissible infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149172909     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH08075     Document Type: Article

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