Developed by Robert Connell, the theory of gender and power is a social structural theory
based on existing philosophical writings of sexual inequality and gender and power …

The concept of unintended pregnancy has been essential to demographers in seeking to
understand fertility, to public health practitioners in preventing unwanted childbearing and to …

ContextAfrican American adolescent girls are at high risk for human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) infection, but interventions specifically designed for this population have not reduced …

We examined the partner influences and gender‐related correlates of noncondom use
among African American women. The prevalence of noncondom use was 45.3%. Women …

Objective Behavioral intervention programs to reduce adolescent sexual risk behaviors have
shown statistically significant reductions in the short-term; however, longer-term follow-up …

Objective. Despite studies indicating that a significant proportion of adolescents are having
oral sex, the focus of most empirical studies and intervention efforts concerning adolescent …

The sexually transmitted infection (STI) epidemic among adolescents in the USA is
inextricably tied to individual, psychosocial and cultural phenomena. Reconceptualizing the …

Objectives. This study sought to describe condom use over time in new and established
adolescent relationships. Methods. The outcome variable was time (in days) until first …

PURPOSE: To investigate the extent to which need for intimacy in relationships and motives
for sex are capable of distinguishing between adolescents who always have protected sex …

The HIV epidemic among adolescents in the United States is inherently tied to individual,
psychosocial, and cultural phenomena. Expanding intervention development and …