HIV/AIDS

Research conducted at University of California has provided new information about HIV/AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, September 7th, 2009

"This study utilized data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to investigate youth risk trajectories for HIV and factors associated with different trajectories. The sample (N = 8,208) was 49.2% female, with a mean age of 14.31 (SD = 1.48)," scientists writing in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence report.

"A group-based trajectory model was applied, which identified four distinct trajectories for both males and females: (1) consistently higher sexual risk levels, increasing to early adulthood followed by some decrease (''high''); (2) a short period of increase to late teens, followed by a longer period of decrease (''decreased''); (3) an initially...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-09-07)

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