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General Reports
 

General Population

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Sexual Network Structure Among a Household Sample of Urban African American Adolescents
in an Endemic Sexually Transmitted Infection Setting.
Fichtenberg CM, Muth SQ, Brown B,et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2008 Sep 24.
Abstract 

Unprotected sex among African-American adolescents: a three-year study.
Li X, Stanton B, Feigelman S, Galbraith J.
J Natl Med Assoc 2002 Sep;94(9):789-96
 Abstract 
 
        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Employment during adolescence and emerging adulthood: does working Increase
African American youth’s sex risk behaviors?
J.A. Bauermeister, M. Zimmerman, Y. Xue, C. Caldwell
(16IAC)
 Abstract
 
Young Men Who Have Sex With Men

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Unrecognized HIV infection, risk behaviors, and perceptions of risk among young
black men who have sex with men--six U.S. cities,1994-1998.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2002 Aug 23;51(33):733-6
Paper

"Let us go into the house of the Lord": participation in African American churches
among young African American men who have sex with men.
Woodyard JL, Peterson JL, Stokes JP.
J Pastoral Care 2000 Winter;54(4):451-60
 Abstract
 

  
Girls

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Co-occurrence of intoxication during sex and sexually transmissible infections among young
African American women: does partner intoxication matter?
Crosby RA, Diclemente RJ, Wingood GM, et al 
Sex Health. 2008 Sep;5(3):285-9.
Abstract
 
Self-concept and adolescents' refusal of unprotected sex: a test of mediating mechanisms among
African American girls.
Salazar LF, DiClemente RJ, Wingood GM, et al
Prev Sci. 2004 Sep;5(3):137-49.
 Abstract

Predictors of risky sexual behavior in african american adolescent girls: implications
for prevention interventions.
Bachanas PJ, Morris MK, Lewis-Gess JK, et al.
J Pediatr Psychol 2002 Sep;27(6):519-30
 Abstract

Risk-taking behaviors in early adolescent minority women: implications for research
and practice.
Doswell WM, Braxter B.
 Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 2002 Jul-Aug;31(4):454-61
 Abstract 

Human immunodeficiency virus-related risk behavior among African-American females.
Cornelius LJ, Okundaye JN, Manning MC.
J Natl Med Assoc 2000 Apr;92(4):183-95
 Abstract 

 
Drug Use
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Patterns of initiation of sex and drug-related activities among urban low-income African-American adolescents.
Li X, Stanton B, Cottrell L, et al.
J Adolesc Health 2001 Jan;28(1):46-54
 Abstract

Self-report stability of adolescent substance use: are there differences for gender,
ethnicity and age?
Shillington AM, Clapp JD.
Drug Alcohol Depend 2000 Jul 1;60(1):19-27
 Abstract

The role of acculturation in the substance abuse behavior of African-American and
Latino adolescents: advances, issues, and recommendations.
De La Rosa M, Vega R, Radisch MA.
J Psychoactive Drugs 2000 Jan-Mar;32(1):33-42
 Abstract

  
Alcohol
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Co-occurrence of intoxication during sex and sexually transmissible infections among
young African American women:
does partner intoxication matter?
Crosby RA, Diclemente RJ, Wingood GM, et al 
Sex Health. 2008 Sep;5(3):285-9.
Abstract		  
Reducing High-Risk Behavior
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Teen Club: a nursing intervention for reducing risk-taking behavior and improving
well-being in female African American adolescents.
Tuttle J, Bidwell-Cerone S, Campbell-Heider N, et al.
J Pediatr Health Care 2000 May-Jun;14(3):103-8
 Abstract  		 

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Adult identity mentoring: reducing sexual risk in African-American seventh grade students
L.F. Clark, K.S. Miller, S. Nagy, et al
 (16IAC)
 Abstract

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