Acculturation and sexual risk behaviors among latina adolescents transitioning to young adulthood

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-427

  Lee, Jieha ^a   Hahm, Hyeouk Chris ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Add Health; HIV; Latina adolescents; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health; Sexual risk behaviors; STD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951091777     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-009-9495-8     Document Type: Article

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