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Article: Music an Effective Tool in HIV Prevention, Researcher Finds.(music promoting HIV prevention found to help sexually active teenagers)
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- AScribe Medicine News Service
- Article date:
- July 2, 2003
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Byline: University of Connecticut
STORRS, Conn., July 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Music is not only an important part of most adolescents' lives, it can also be a life-saving tool. Anthony Lemieux, a University of Connecticut researcher, says sexually active teens who listened to music promoting HIV prevention showed an increase in HIV preventive behavioral skills, such as talking to their partner about whether they should have sexual intercourse.
The increase in the sexually active students' behavioral skills was particularly noteworthy since the intervention did little to directly address these skills, Lemieux notes. Lemieux, a doctoral candidate in ...