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DOCN M9620221
TI Different HIV risk profiles in samples of college students and homeless
persons.
DT 9602
AU Rickert EJ; Rickert DL; Department of Psychology, University of Alabama
at Birmingham; 35294, USA.
SO Psychol Rep. 1995 Jun;76(3 Pt 2):1123-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96011009
AB A cross-sectional survey examined demographic characteristics,
self-reported sexual behaviors, and knowledge of AIDS in samples of 106
homeless persons and 260 college students. As expected, the two samples
differed with respect to age, gender, race, and education. Respondents
in both samples possessed moderate knowledge of HIV infection and AIDS
and reported they considered their personal risk of HIV infection low.
Both samples acknowledged frequent use of alcohol with sexual activity,
active and passive oral sex, and lax use of condoms. A discriminant
analysis indicated that a greater percentage of college students were
sexually active than of the homeless sample and that the homeless group
had a higher proportion of individuals who were either homosexual or
bisexual, who had sexual contact with multiple partners or who had
visited a prostitute, who had sexually transmitted diseases, and who had
injected drugs. Although the risk profiles differed, each group reported
high-risk behaviors and perceptions of low personal risk of HIV
infection.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/
PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Adolescence Adult Bisexuality/PSYCHOLOGY
Female Homeless Persons/*PSYCHOLOGY Homosexuality/PSYCHOLOGY Human
HIV Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION
*Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Male Students/*PSYCHOLOGY Support,
Non-U.S. Gov't JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).