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Behavior
Study data from University of Miami update knowledge of behavior
June 7th, 2008
"Hispanic adolescents have been shown to have high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and HIV and substance abuse has been linked to risky sexual behaviors. The literature indicates that good parent-adolescent communication about sexual risk and safe sexual behaviors may help protect youth, yet little is known about this type of communication in Hispanic families," scientists in the United States report. "This article reports data on adolescent and parent factors associated with communication about moral and birth control talk between 108 Hispanic substance abusing adolescents and their parents. Results indicate that Hispanic parents who had older...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-06-07)
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