Prevalence of child and adult sexual abuse and risk taking practices among HIV serodiscordant african-american couples

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1032-1044

  El Bassel, Nabila ^a   Wingood, Gina ^b   Wyatt, Gail E ^c   Jemmott, John B ^b   Pequegnat, Willo ^d   Landis, J Richard ^b   Bellamy, Scarlett ^a   Gilbert, Louisa ^a   Remien, Robert H ^a   Witte, Susan ^b   Wu, Elwin ^b   DiClemente, Ralph ^b   Myers, Hector ^b   Jemmott, Loretta Sweet ^b   Metzger, David ^b   Ballard, Shawn ^b   Brown, Trina ^b   Greene, Quincy ^b   Helker, Christopher ^b   Robinson, Nancy ^b   Allen Taylor, Lynne ^b   Appleby, Dina ^b   Crowley, Evelyn ^b   Ankoma, Angela ^b   Ashton, Deidre ^e   Goddard, Dawn A ^f   Daniel, Tamu ^b   Henderson, Tina ^b   Rivkin, Inna ^a   Green, Cynthia M ^b   Brently, Jeffery ^c   Cheraquit, Rebecca D ^b   Gray, Deborah ^c   Hakim, Linda ^b   Sarfo, Bright ^b   Saunders, Kijana ^c   Simmons, Dawn ^b   Wilson, Keisha ^b   Braxton, Nikia D ^a   Conner, Anita ^c   Gibson, Jevon ^b   Harmon, Alvin ^e   Latham, Teaniese ^f   Pennick Walters, Tiffany ^b   Rucker, Kenneth ^a   Steinback, Shammara ^b   Williams, Phillip ^b   Williams, Richard ^e   Williams, Shauni ^b   Chancy, Kevin ^b   Levels, Frank ^b   Thomas, Nathaniel ^e   Bennett, Reginald ^a   Bryson, Shirley ^b   Curtis, Salema ^a   Jones, Michelle ^a   Jones, Phyllis ^a   Moore, Malachi ^a   Patterson, Charles ^a   Penn, Marcia ^b   Samuel, Alicia ^b   Shine, Randy ^b   Stevenson, Ralph ^c   Tate, Robert ^f   Taylor, Michael ^b   Wroton, Charlotte ^d   Griffith, Derryck ^a   Johnson, Pearl ^b   Matthews, Lisa ^b   Mendoza, Rhonda ^c   Winkle, Allan ^e   Daugherty, Jill ^e   Er, Deja ^b   Felix, Linda ^b   Hailemeskal, Meklit ^b   Howard, Toya ^b   Hoyte, Tamika ^d   Smith, Jamie ^b   Smith, Lisa ^a   DeMorst, Les ^a   Regan, Rotrease ^a   Rogers, Elsa ^a   Carter, Karen ^b   Collier, Calvin ^d   Croom, Mikia ^b   Samuel, Dionna ^e   Sosa, Joseph ^f   Taylor, Brian ^b   Bryan, Tamara S ^b   Robinson Simpson, LaShun ^b   Camp, Christina ^a   Loeb, Tamra ^c   Williams, John ^b   Gueits, Lynette ^d   Bayer, Cynthia ^b   Caliendo, Angela ^b   Freeman, Shalonda ^b   Ingersoll, Jessica ^f   Maslankowski, Lisa ^a   McGee Smith, Debra ^a   Moorer, Patrice ^c   Mott, Michelle ^b   Woodard, Bennie ^b   Bannerman, Claudette ^b   Blake, Warren ^d   Bratts, Tiffany ^b   Copeland, Olivia ^c   De Jesus Sosa, Daisy ^e   Faly, Adefunke ^b   Hsu, Janet ^f   Williams, Karen ^e   Combs, Sonya ^a   MacDonald, Mathew ^a   Roy, Lolita ^b   White, Dalena ^b   Woods, Pandora ^b   Wyatt, Crystal ^e   more..

^a DSW (PI)   (United States)

^b MPH ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e MSSW MPH   (United States)

^f MSSW   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult sexual abuse; African American couples; Child sexual abuse; HIV; Serodiscordant; Sexual re victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPE; RISK REDUCTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952118193     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9700-5     Document Type: Article

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