Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior

Demographics Help Explain Hispanic Sexual Behavior/Gender Roles

Published in AIDS Weekly Plus, November 13th, 1995

Demographic variables such as acculturation, age, education and marital status play a key role in explaining sexual behavior and gender roles among Hispanics, and must be considered when developing educational programs designed to control sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) for this group.

These findings were presented by Fabio Sabogal, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researcher, November 1, 1995, at the American Public Health Association annual meeting in San Diego, California.

"Hispanics have demographic and cultural characteristics that are different from non-Hispanic whites," says Fabio Sabogal, Ph.D., associate professor in the...

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