African-American Youth and AIDS High-Risk Behavior: The Social Context and Barriers to Prevention.

Bowser, Benjamin P.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ417631

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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African-American Youth and AIDS High-Risk Behavior: The Social Context and Barriers to Prevention.

Bowser, Benjamin P.; And Others

Youth and Society, v22 n1 p54-66 Sep 1990

Uses an ethnographic study of the largest African-American community in San Francisco and a survey of Black adolescent crack users to describe how drug addiction and accompanying increased sexual activity increase the risk of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Discusses social barriers to AIDS prevention. (FMW)

Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Black Community, Black Youth, Community Problems, Crack, Drug Abuse, Ethnography, Health Promotion, Sex Education, Surveys, Urban Areas, Urban Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California (San Francisco)

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