Developed by Robert Connell, the theory of gender and power is a social structural theory
based on existing philosophical writings of sexual inequality and gender and power imbalance…

The sexually transmitted infection (STI) epidemic among adolescents in the USA is inextricably
tied to individual, psychosocial and cultural phenomena. Reconceptualizing the epidemic …

Objective: To examine associations between parent-adolescent communication about sex-related
topics and the sex-related communication and practices of African American …

… Based on epidemiological data describing the high prevalence of sexual and drug-related
risk behaviors (DiClemente, 1990a), adolescents have emerged as a risk group for Human …

… proposed in 40 and called r. The latter ranges in the domain r ∈ [−1,1], with r = 1 indicating
the … Both the observed value r and its z-score signal that we are globally overestimating the …

… , & Moore, 1997) or abusive (Wingood & DiClemente, 1997), and when women are in
committed relationships (Wingood & DiClemente, 1988; R. Fullilove et al., 1990; Peterson et al., …

Context. Contemporary threats to adolescents' health are primarily the consequence of risk
behaviors and their related adverse outcomes. Identifying factors associated with adolescents…

Objectives: This study examines the association between African American adolescent females'
body image and their sexual health. Methods: African American adolescent females (n = …

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step ahead of the pack. A panoply of insightful and promising new approaches is presented …

Objective. —To evaluate the efficacy of a community-based social skills human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) prevention intervention to enhance consistent condom use. Design. —A …