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. 2003 Oct;2(7):1-8.

Understanding HIV/AIDS: Psychosocial and Psychiatric Issues in Youths

Geri R Donenberg  1 , Maryland Pao  2
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Understanding HIV/AIDS: Psychosocial and Psychiatric Issues in Youths

Geri R Donenberg et al. Contemp Psychiatry (Hagerstown Md). 2003 Oct.
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Over the past two decades, the incidence of HIV infection among female adults and adolescents has steadily grown. Women now comprise approximately 50% of adults living with the disease worldwide. (Source: www.cdc.gov/hiv/graphics/trends.htm.)
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Figure 2
Donenberg’s social-personal framework to explain HIV-risk behavior.The model draws from diverse literature on HIV-risk, developmental psychopathology, family functioning, substance abuse, health behavior, and multisystemic theories of child behavior., ,
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