The Information-Motivation-Behavioural skills model (Fisher & Fisher, 1992) was used to
predict condom use among adolescents residing in a court-ordered inpatient substance …

Historically, the HIV epidemic has largely been viewed as a function adolescent's behavior,
most notably, their risky sexual and drug use behaviors. This individualistic perspective has …

Education remains the effective way of preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Drawing on a
study of AIDS education in Uganda, data showed an exclusive curriculum characterised by …

Understanding human behavior is a daunting challenge. The noted mathematician Sir Isaac
Newton once remarked that he could predict the motion of heavenly bodies but not the …

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic is a biomedical phenomenon given the
viral etiology of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, the HIV …

Adolescence has traditionally been conceptualized as a period of transition between
childhood and adulthood. While adolescence is less studied and less understood than other …

Young people's reproductive health is a growing policy and research concern, both because
of high levels of disease and unwanted pregnancy in this group, and because of a desire to …

Conclusions: Both positive and negative identities can predict sexual risk-taking net of other
known correlates. This suggests that by focusing on the patterning of social influences from …

The first cases of what would later be known as AIDS were first identified in the United States
in June of 1981 (CDC, 1981). Since this recognition of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United …

In many settings, condoms are well-known and widely available, yet premarital first
intercourse is frequently unprotected. This detailed ethnographic study explores this …