College Graduation Reduces Vulnerability to STIs/HIV among African-American Young Adult Women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Painter, Julia E ^a,b   Wingood, Gina M ^b,c   DiClemente, Ralph J ^a,b,c   DePadilla, Lara M ^b   Simpson Robinson, LaShun ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CATHEXIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860379901     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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