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Mothers: The Major Force in Preventing HIV/STD Risk Behaviors

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The focus of this chapter is on mothers serving as protective factors against high-risk sexual behaviors for their adolescents. We present information about the scope of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among adolescents in the United States, followed by a discussion of the role of mothers and the impact of mothers’ influence on their adolescents’ high-risk sexual behaviors. We then present several innovative HIV-risk reduction interventions designed to include mothers as key agents in the fight against HIV in the adolescent population.

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  1. Department of Health Systems Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Barbara Dancy

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Dancy, B., DiIorio, C. (2012). Mothers: The Major Force in Preventing HIV/STD Risk Behaviors. In: Pequegnat, W., Bell, C. (eds) Family and HIV/AIDS. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0439-2_5

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