Rural and nonrural African American high school students and STD/HIV sexual-risk behaviors
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Published on: October 31, 2010
Robin R Milhausen1, Richard Crosby, William L Yarber
1Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, USA.
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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