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School-Based Interventions to Prevent Unprotected Sex and HIV among Adolescents

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Preventing AIDS

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At present, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remains a relatively uncommon diagnosis among adolescents; those between 13 and 19 years of age account for less than 1% of diagnosed cases of AIDS in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1993). Recent data indicate, however, that the rate of AIDS among adolescents has increased markedly over the course of the epidemic (Hein, 1992), with African-American adolescents disproportionately represented among AIDS cases (Bowler, Sheon, D’Angelo, & Vermund, 1993; DiClemente, 1992a; 1993).

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    Douglas Kirby

  2. School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, and Center for AIDS Research, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, 35249, USA

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  2. Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, USA

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Kirby, D., DiClemente, R.J. (1994). School-Based Interventions to Prevent Unprotected Sex and HIV among Adolescents. In: DiClemente, R.J., Peterson, J.L. (eds) Preventing AIDS. AIDS Prevention and Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1193-3_7

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