title: Monitoring knowledge among family, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual partnership characteristics of African American adolescent females.
abstract: Among 284 African American girls aged 14 to 17 years, frequent family monitoring knowledge was associated with a reduced likelihood of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and having a casual sex partner but was not associated with other partnership characteristics. Family monitoring may offer an additional STI prevention opportunity for this vulnerable population.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; and †Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Riley J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: Andrea L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Swartzendruber
authors.forename: Eve
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: Ralph J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: DiClemente
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016487:Parenting; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D035862:Vulnerable Populations