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Sexual risk behaviors, AIDS knowledge, and beliefs about AIDS among runaways.

Author(s) -

Mary Jane RotheramBorus,

Cheryl Koopman

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.2.208

Subject(s) - condom , abstinence , medicine , sexual behavior , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , safer sex , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , family medicine , syphilis

Sexual risk behaviors, knowledge of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and beliefs about AIDS prevention were examined among 126 runaways. In the previous 3 months, 65 percent of youths had been sexually active. Among the sexually active runaways, males reported a median of 2.7 partners and females reported 1.3 partners, and only 18 percent reported consistent condom use. Runaways demonstrated moderately high AIDS knowledge and beliefs endorsing AIDS prevention. Condom use and abstinence were directly related to beliefs about preventing AIDS.

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