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Publication Date: 2007
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HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Sexual Activity: An Examination of Racial Differences in a College Sample
Davis, Cindy; Sloan, Melissa; MacMaster, Samuel; Kilbourne, Barbara
Health & Social Work, v32 n3 p211-218 2007
The threat of HIV/AIDS to African American's health has become the focus of much concern. This study investigated the potential differences between African Americans' and white college students' current and future sexual behaviors and safer sex behaviors with HIV/AIDS awareness, condom use self-efficacy, and safer sex attitudes. A convenience sample of 156 college students from three public universities was used. Of those who were sexually active, more African American than white respondents reported they used condoms frequently, and more African Americans indicated they would use condoms regularly in the future. No racial differences were found in intentions for future casual sex, condom use self-efficacy, or attitudes toward safer sex practices. Although the results suggest that for this sample African American college students appear to have internalized safer sex messages to a greater degree, both groups reported a lack of consistent safe-sex practices, which may put them at risk of HIV/AIDS.
Descriptors: African Americans, Universities, Racial Differences, Disease Control, College Students, White Students, Self Efficacy, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Behavior, Contraception
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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