HIV Related Risk Behaviors: A Comparitive Study of Urban, Suburban, and Rural U.S. Adolescents

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dc.contributor.advisorSingh, Karan
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBae, Sejong
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSoto Mas, Francise
dc.creatorPatil, Godavari D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:36:25Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:36:25Z
dc.date.issued2006-08-01
dc.date.submitted2013-05-16T13:24:07-07:00
dc.description.abstractGodavari D. Patil, HIV Related Risk Behaviors: A Comparative Study of Urban, Suburban, and Rural U.S. Adolescents. Masters of Public Health (Biostatistics), August 2006, 120 pp., 29 tables, References, 209 titles. This explorative study YRBS 2003 data provides the prevalence of HIV-related risky sexual behaviors and predictors of such behaviors across gender, race/ethnicity, and metro status (N=15, 214) during 2003. Overall, more urban male adolescents engaged in health-compromising behaviors. A significant association was found between gender, race/ethnicity, and metro status and sexual behaviors and associated risk behaviors such as alcohol, drug use, and mental health indicators. These associated risk behaviors were not only associated among themselves and with sexual behaviors variables but also turned out to be responsible predictor variables for HIV related sexual risk behaviors. Minority groups especially black adolescents were at higher risk of contracting HIV infection as having multiple sexual partners was highest (8 fold) among black adolescents compared to mixed & other race, and Hispanic adolescents. Suburban adolescents were nearly two times more likely that rural and urban adolescents to having multiple partners. Results indicated that younger the age more the involvement in sexual and other risky behaviors.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29455
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectBehavior and Behavior Mechanisms
dc.subjectGender and Sexuality
dc.subjectInequality and Stratification
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectPlace and Environment
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectSubstance Abuse and Addiction
dc.subjectVirus Diseases
dc.subjectrisky sexual behavior
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectminority groups
dc.subjectmetro status
dc.titleHIV Related Risk Behaviors: A Comparitive Study of Urban, Suburban, and Rural U.S. Adolescents
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.disciplineBiostatistics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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