Recently added articles from Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health:
Puerto Rico has unique HIV profile.(FYI)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Patterns of HIV incidence in Puerto Rico are very different from those in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (1) In 2006, new infections were diagnosed at a rate of 45 per 100,000 individuals aged 13 and older in Puerto ...
Mothers may be out of sync with vaccination goals.(FYI)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Although a U.S. advisory committee has recommended that health care providers focus on 11-12-year-old gifts for vaccination against human papfllomavirus (HPV) infection, the message apparently has not made it to all mothers. In a national study of mothers of adolescent and young adult ...
Anal sex among young people.(FYI)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The experiences reported by a sample of 15-21-year-olds who participated in a trial of an HIV prevention program in three cities in 1998-2002 shed light on the predictors of heterosexual anal intercourse among young people. (1) All 1,348 participants had had unprotected vaginal or anal ...
Nonmarital births soar.(FYI)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... U.S. women had a record number of births out of wedlock in 2007--1.7 million, or 26% more than the number just five years earlier. (1) A report based on national vital statistics reveals that 40% of all births in 2007 were to unmarried women; in 1980, by contrast, the proportion was 18% ....
Consent procedures may discourage HIV testing.(FYI)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... After New York State introduced a streamlined informed consent procedure for HIV testing in June 2005, the number of people tested grew significantly. (1) Under the new procedure, a modified form, which is simpler and easier to read than the old one, allows individuals undergoing testing ...