Ecodevelopmental HIV prevention programs for Hispanic adolescents.
The purpose of this article is to illustrate how an ecodevelopmental perspective on risk and protection can be applied to the study and prevention of unsafe sexual behavior in Hispanic immigrant adolescents. Special attention is given to culturally based ecodevelopmental risk and protective processes that may influence unsafe sexual behavior among Hispanic adolescents. Principles for designing prevention programs to offset these risks are offered on the basis of an ecodevelopmental HIV prevention program that has been developed and is currently being tested.
Pantin
Hilda
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Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA. hpantin@med.miami.edu.
Schwartz
Seth J
SJ
Sullivan
Summer
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Prado
Guillermo
G
Szapocznik
José
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D016730:Program Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*