Rural and nonrural African American high school students and STD/HIV sexual-risk behaviors.
OBJECTIVE
To determine differences between African American adolescents on STD/HIV sexual-risk behaviors and precursors to these risk behaviors.


METHODS
Six hundred sixty-three rural and 3313 nonrural adolescents who completed the 1999 YRBS Survey were selected.


RESULTS
Rural females and males were more likely to report ever having coitus and not using a condom during last coitus. Rural females were also more likely to report early coistus, having 3 or more lifetime coital partners, and having more than 1 coital partner in the last 3 months.


CONCLUSIONS
African American rural adolescents, particularly females, may have greater risk for STD/HIV infection than do their nonrural counterparts.
Milhausen
Robin R
RR
Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, USA.
Crosby
Richard
R
Yarber
William L
WL
DiClemente
Ralph J
RJ
Wingood
Gina M
GM
Ding
Kele
K
D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012423:Rural Health; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000208:ethnology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D014504:Urban Health