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Risk And Protection For Hiv/Aids In Hispanic, Black, And White Adolescents, T. Robin Bartlett, Raymond Buck, Mona Shattell

Mona Shattell

African Americans and Hispanics are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS in the US. HIV infection is often acquired during adolescence, a time when risky sexual behaviors are at their peak. This study explored relationships among selected risk factors, protective factors, and risky sexual behaviors among African American, Hispanic, and white adolescents, from a sample of adolescents from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. African Americans and Hispanics were more likely to have sexual intercourse without the use of birth control than whites. African Americans were more likely to have sexual behavior with multiple sexual partners than either Hispanics or whites. …