Implications of Racial and Gender Differences in Patterns of Adolescent Risk Behavior for HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Author: Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Denise Hallfors, Daniel J. Bauer, Bonita Iritani, Martha W. Waller, Hyunsan Cho Publisher: The Allan Guttmacher Institute Publication: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Vol. 36, No. 6 Document Date:                  November/December 2004 Category: Sexuality > AIDS Related Categories: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Sexual Activity Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Substance Use/Abuse Sexuality > Sexually Transmitted Diseases   This article examines race and gender variations in adolescent risk-taking behaviour and explores the possibility of a connection between a population's risky behaviour and rate of sexually transmitted disease infection. Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link