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Three Cases of HIV Transmission to Infants Through Food Pre-Chewed by HIV-Positive Caregivers (February 5, 2008)
In 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
One-to-One Interventions to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections and Under the Age of 18 Conceptions: A Systematic Review of the Economic Evaluations (December 27, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study Casts Doubt on Abstinence-Only Programs (April 16, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Finds Few Scientific Fans (February 16, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
World's Teens Aren't Having Sex at Younger Age, Study Finds (November 8, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
North American Teens More Approving of Premarital Sex Than in 1940s (October 7, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Parents' Disapproval of Sex May Cut Teenage Girls' STD Risk (July 13, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Value Placed on Intimacy Leads Boys to Have Sex Sooner, Girls Later, Study Says (April 26, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV-Infected Georgia Teens Largely Unaware of Sexual Risk, Study Finds (April 21, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Correlation of Sexual Activity/Substance Abuse and Team Sport Participation Among Adolescents Nationwide (October 3, 2003)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Family Connectedness and Sexual Risk-Taking Among Urban Youth Attending Alternative High Schools (September 19, 2003)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Canada: Teens Know Less About Sex Risks (September 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Truth About Adolescent Sexuality (Fall 2003)
A detailed fact sheet reviewing available research on sexual behavior of U.S. teens.
To read PDF, click here
From Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Study Says STD Risk Higher for Young Working Women (August 1, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study Examines Computer-Assisted Sexual Health Counseling (July 24, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Condom Availability Programs and Their Effect on Student Sexual Behavior and Condom Use (July 3, 2003)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
North Carolina: Some Teenage Girls Now Seeking Casual, No-Strings-Attached Sex (June 23, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Trust Is Key to Effective HIV Prevention for Youths (June 20, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kids' Risk of HIV After Accidental Exposure Is Low (June 4, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study Suggests Teen Sex Linked to Depression, Suicide Tries (June 4, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Condoms in Schools Don't Increase Teen Sex (May 29, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kaiser Family Foundation, NCPTP Studies "Paint Portrait" of Youth Sexual Activity, Attitudes (May 20, 2003)
Among their findings: About 10 percent of respondents think it's "not a big deal" to occasionally have sex without a condom.
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Programs Reduce High-Risk Sexual Behavior in Teens (May 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Long-Term Influence of Sexual Norms and Attitudes on the Onset of Sexual Intercourse Among Urban Minority Youth (May 2, 2003)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Global Youth Project Tailors Prevention Messages to Different Social and Political Contexts (April 29, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Florida: Hard Lessons: Schools Open Up on HIV/AIDS (April 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Over Fears of Litigation, Virginia County Cancels Student Sex Survey (April 24, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Do Differences in Relationship and Partner Attributes Explain Disparities in Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Young White and Black Women? (April 4, 2003)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Interventions to Reduce Sexual Risk for HIV in Adolescents, 1985-2000 (April 2003)
A summary of studies that tested the efficacy of HIV prevention programs for teens.
In Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Morning-After Pill Curbs Pregnancy, Not Condom Use (March 21, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2003 National School-Based Youth Risk Behavior Survey (PDF) (2003)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sex, Research and Community: A Conference Report (January/February 2003)
A recap of the November 2002 conference in Manhattan.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Boston HIV Outreach Program Successful in Reaching Urban Youths (December 5, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
More Unsupervised Teen Time Means More Sex, STDs (December 4, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mothers' Influence on Teenage Sexual Behavior: Connections That Promote Postponing Sexual Intercourse (November 22, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
The Role of Self-Efficacy and Relationship Quality in Partner Notification by Adolescents With Sexually Transmitted Infections (November 2002)
The more confident the youth, the more likely he or she is to tell a partner about an STD infection.
In Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Denver: Sex 101 -- College Students Increasingly Casual About Bedfellows, Just as Casual About Condoms (October 30, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Survey: Sex Often Part of Casual Teen Relationships (October 30, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Factors Associated With HIV Testing Among HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative High-Risk Adolescents: The REACH Study (October 25, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Is the Lack of Sexual Assertiveness Among Adolescent and Young Adult Women a Cause for Concern? (October 11, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
More U.S. Teens Saying They're Virgins (September 27, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students -- United States, 1991-2001 (September 27, 2002)
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Survey: More Than Half of Wisconsin Girls Don't Want Birth Control if Parents Must Be Told (August 14, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study Examines Effects of Social Development Program on Risky Sexual Behavior (July 21, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Effects of a Brief, Theory-Based STD-Prevention Program for Female College Students (May 10, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Girls More Comfortable About Setting Sexual Boundaries, Study Finds (April 26, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
School-Based Program Found More Effective Than Peer-Based Program in Lowering Teens' HIV Risk (April 23, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
In Their Own Right: Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of American Men (March 14, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Early Sexual Initiation and Subsequent Sex-Related Risks Among Urban Minority Youth: The Reach for Health Study (March 1, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
AIDS-Related Risk Among Adolescent Males Who Have Sex With Males, Females, or Both: Evidence From a Statewide Survey (February 15, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Psychosocial and Behavioral Correlates of Refusing Unwanted Sex Among African-American Adolescent Females (February 1, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Differences in Teenage Pregnancy Rates Among Five Developed Countries: The Role of Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use (January 18, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Differences in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among College Students (January 4, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Evaluation of Social Marketing Campaign to Promote HIV Testing Among Youth (October 19, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Hatred in the Hallways: Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students in U.S. Schools (October 19, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Long-Term Effects of a Middle School- and High School-Based Human Immunodeficiency Virus Sexual Risk Prevention Intervention (October 2001)
In Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
New Study Examines Adolescents' Partners and Condom Use (August 31, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Health Risk Behaviors Among Homeless Teens (August 17, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
UCLA Study Shows AIDS-Intervention Programs Curb Risky Sex and Drug Use by HIV-Positive Youth (July 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Common Misconceptions About Condom Use (June 29, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Teen Girls Disclose Their Reasons for Having or Not Having Sexual Intercourse (June 1, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
African-American and Latina Mothers and Daughters Speak About Sexuality (May 18, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Physician Attitudes, Beliefs, and Chlamydia Screening Practices (May 4, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Researchers Look at Three Bacterial STDs Among Youth (May 4, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Teen Women Choose Female-Controlled Methods for STD Prevention (March 23, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Teachers' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward HIV/AIDS Education (February 23, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Changes in Sexuality Education From 1988-1999 (October 13, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
New Study Examines Sexuality Education in America (October 13, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Youth and HIV/AIDS 2000: A New American Agenda (October 2000)
In Youth and HIV/AIDS 2000: A New American Agenda, from White House Press Office
Using Research and Community Collaboration to Develop a Family-Based HIV-Prevention Program (September 15, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Publishes School Health Education Profiles (September 1, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Analysis of Risk Behavior Change Following HIV Diagnosis (July 7, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Benefits and Barriers of Early Detection of HIV Infection Among Adolescents (July 7, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
1999 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results Released (June 23, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Positive Health Outcomes and Declines in Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Teens (June 23, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
The Impact of Parent-Teen Communication on Adolescent Sexual Behavior (May 26, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
An HIV/AIDS Peer-Prevention Education Program in the Rural South (March 31, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Study Examines the Relationship Between Substance Abuse and Sexual Activity (January 7, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Cluster of HIV-Positive Young Women -- New York, 1997-1998 (May 28, 1999)
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Programs That Work for Reducing Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents (April 30, 1999)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Young Women Have Higher HIV Risk When First Sexual Partner Is Older (November 14, 1997)
In SHOP Talk, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

HIV Prevention Research: African-American Teens

HIV/STD Risk Reduction Interventions for African American and Latino Adolescent Girls at an Adolescent Medicine Clinic (May 26, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV JournalView: HIV on Campus (August 2004)
Analysis of a report published in MMWR on HIV transmission among young, black men who have sex with men in North Carolina.
From The Body PRO
Value of Consistent Condom Use: A Study of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention Among African American Adolescent Females (June 5, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sex, Pregnancy, and Contraception-Related Motivators and Barriers Among Latino and African-American Adolescents (July 5, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Psychosocial and Behavioral Correlates of Refusing Unwanted Sex Among African-American Adolescent Females (February 1, 2002)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
African-American and Latina Mothers and Daughters Speak About Sexuality (May 18, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Effective Intervention Is Possible in the Inner City (August 1996)
Transmission rates can be reduced, even among the indigent, homeless, and socially marginalized.
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital

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