Urban African-American and Hispanic adolescents and young adults: who do they talk to about AIDS and condoms? What are they learning?
This paper reports on the first qualitative part of a study designed to investigate factors related to the use of condoms among African-American and Hispanic adolescents and young adults in Detroit. This paper describes who young, urban, African-American and Hispanic persons talk to about AIDS and condoms and what they are learning. The paper provides data on attitudes and beliefs about AIDS and condoms that are needed for further research and for prevention programs.
Department of Population Planning and International Health, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D003275:Contraceptive Devices, Male; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D010379:Peer Group; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population