Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx
HIV knowledge lower among sexually inexperienced youth
Published in AIDS Weekly and Law, March 30th, 2006
"We compared knowledge, attitudes, and demographic characteristics of 630 sexually experienced and 422 inexperienced inner-city adolescents aged 14-17 years.
"Sexual experience was associated with indicators of risk previously reported in the literature: male gender, older age, single-family home, smoking, drinking, and poorer academic performance," scientists in the United States report.
According to E.J. Silver and colleagues at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, "We found lower HIV knowledge in sexually...
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Source: AIDS Weekly and Law (2006-03-30)
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