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Comparative Study
. 2003 Jul-Aug;27(4):373-9.
doi: 10.5993/ajhb.27.4.9.

Rural and nonrural African American high school students and STD/HIV sexual-risk behaviors

Robin R Milhausen  1 , Richard Crosby, William L Yarber, Ralph J DiClemente, Gina M Wingood, Kele Ding
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Comparative Study

Rural and nonrural African American high school students and STD/HIV sexual-risk behaviors

Robin R Milhausen et al. Am J Health Behav. 2003 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Objective: To determine differences between African American adolescents on STD/HIV sexual-risk behaviors and precursors to these risk behaviors.

Methods: Six hundred sixty-three rural and 3313 nonrural adolescents who completed the 1999 YRBS Survey were selected.

Results: Rural females and males were more likely to report ever having coitus and not using a condom during last coitus. Rural females were also more likely to report early coistus, having 3 or more lifetime coital partners, and having more than 1 coital partner in the last 3 months.

Conclusions: African American rural adolescents, particularly females, may have greater risk for STD/HIV infection than do their nonrural counterparts.

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