Sexual risk behavior, alcohol use, and social media use among secondary school students in informal settlements in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1661-1674

  Kaufman, Z A ^a,b   Braunschweig, E N ^a   Feeney, J ^c   Dringus, S ^a   Weiss, H ^a   Delany Moretlwe, S ^b   Ross, D A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; HIV; Social media; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906306613     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0816-x     Document Type: Article

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