Different HIV risk profiles in samples of college students and homeless persons
| Autor: | Donna L. Rickert, Edward J. Rickert |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Adult
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Multiple Partners Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology Sample (statistics) HIV Infections Hiv risk Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Homosexuality Students General Psychology media_common Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome business.industry 05 social sciences 050301 education medicine.disease Frequent use Sexual behavior Ill-Housed Persons Bisexuality Female business 0503 education Sexual contact Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychological reports. 76(3 Pt 2) |
| ISSN: | 0033-2941 |
| Popis: | A cross-sectional survey examined demographic characteristics, self-reported sexual behaviors, and knowledge of AIDS in samples of 106 homeless persons and 260 college students. As expected, the two samples differed with respect to age, gender, race, and education. Respondents in both samples possessed moderate knowledge of HIV infection and AIDS and reported they considered their personal risk of HIV infection low. Both samples acknowledged frequent use of alcohol with sexual activity, active and passive oral sex, and lax use of condoms. A discriminant analysis indicated that a greater percentage of college students were sexually active than of the homeless sample and that the homeless group had a higher proportion of individuals who were either homosexual or bisexual, who had sexual contact with multiple partners or who had visited a prostitute, who had sexually transmitted diseases, and who had injected drugs. Although the risk profiles differed, each group reported high-risk behaviors and perceptions of low personal risk of HIV infection. |
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