HIV/AIDS
Research from Canada, the South Africa and the United States in HIV/AIDS provides new insights
Published in AIDS Weekly, October 2nd, 2006
Study 1: Sexual orientation is an independent predictor of HIV sexual risk behavior among adolescents.
According to recent research published in the American Journal of Public Health, "We explored HIV risk behaviors, sexual orientation, and sexual abuse among 5 school-based cohorts in Seattle, Wash (SEA95 and SEA99: N=7477 and N=6590), and British Columbia (BC92, BC98, and BC03 [weighted]: N=239975, N=281576, and N=265132).
"An HIV risk scale of 7 items assessed risky sexual behaviors and injection drug use. Self-identified...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-10-02)
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