Substance use as a mediator of the relationship between life stress and sexual risk among young transgender women

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-71

  Hotton, Anna L ^a   Garofalo, Robert ^b   Kuhns, Lisa M ^b   Johnson, Amy K ^b  

^a John H Stroger Hospital   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIFE STRESS; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873624315     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2013.25.1.62     Document Type: Article

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