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A Call to Develop Evidence-based Interventions to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections in Juvenile...

A Call to Develop Evidence-based Interventions to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections in Juvenile...

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A Call to Develop Evidence-based Interventions to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections in Juvenile Justice Populations

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Full title

A Call to Develop Evidence-based Interventions to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections in Juvenile Justice Populations

Publisher

United States: Johns Hopkins University Press

Journal title

Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 2016-05, Vol.27 (2), p.34-44

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: Johns Hopkins University Press

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk, are a significant health issue for young women (ages 16–21), especially African Americans with a juvenile justice history. Studies have found that 44% of young African American women have had at least one STI compared to 24.1% for all young women. The rate of...

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Full title

A Call to Develop Evidence-based Interventions to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections in Juvenile Justice Populations

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1786525148

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1786525148

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ISSN

1049-2089,1548-6869

E-ISSN

1548-6869

DOI

10.1353/hpu.2016.0057

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