HIV/AIDS

Findings from C. Mathews and co-researchers advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, February 16th, 2009

According to recent research from South Africa, "Early coital debut is a risk factor for HIV. In this paper we investigate the predictors of young adolescents' transition to first intercourse using a social cognition theoretical framework."

"The analyses reported here were based on a longitudinal study of 2360 students in the schools allocated to the control arm of a cluster-randomized controlled trial to investigate the effect of a school-based HIV prevention programme among Grade 8 students in Cape Town. Structural equation modelling was performed with Mplus version 3.11. Of the 1440 students who were virgins at baseline, 1144 remained virgins 15 months later and 296...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-02-16)

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