Comparison of human immunodeficiency virus related knowledge, attitudes, intentions, and behaviors among sexually active and abstinent young adolescents
| Autor: | Larry K. Brown, Ralph J. DiClemente, Nancy Beausoleil |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Adolescent Office visits Sexual Behavior Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Human sexuality HIV Infections medicine.disease_cause Young adolescents Developmental psychology Sexually active Risk-Taking Sex Factors Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) medicine Prevalence Humans Health Education business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Health education Female Viral disease business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 13(2) |
| ISSN: | 1054-139X |
| Popis: | Although young sexually active adolescents are at greater risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition than their abstinent peers, little is known about their respective HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, and general risk behaviors. This study of middle school adolescents (n = 1379; mean age, 13.2 years) found that the sexually active boys, compared with their peers, were less knowledgeable about HIV, less fearful of HIV, less tolerant of people with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), riskier in non-HIV-related attitudes and had a greater history of other risk behavior. A similar, but less marked pattern, was found for girls. It is suggested that physicians counsel all adolescents about HIV and sexuality during office visits and that early adolescent sexuality should prompt special efforts in HIV education/ counseling. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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