Skip to main content
PMC home page
Journal of the National Medical Association logoLink to Journal of the National Medical Association
. 1992 Oct;84(10):864–868.

Sexual behaviors of African-American male college students and the risk of HIV infection.

R L Johnson 1, W Douglas 1, A Nelson 1
PMCID: PMC2571799  PMID: 1404462

Abstract

A survey of the rates of sexually transmitted diseases and protective sexual behaviors among a population of African-American male college students demonstrates that although monogamy, avoidance of casual sexual activity, and the avoidance of the use of drugs and alcohol during sexual activity tends to decrease the risk of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus, consistent condom use is the only sexually related behavior that is significantly protective.

Full text

PDF
868

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Buehler J. W., Devine O. J., Berkelman R. L., Chevarley F. M. Impact of the human immunodeficiency virus epidemic on mortality trends in young men, United States. Am J Public Health. 1990 Sep;80(9):1080–1086. doi: 10.2105/ajph.80.9.1080. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Friedman S. R., Sotheran J. L., Abdul-Quader A., Primm B. J., Des Jarlais D. C., Kleinman P., Maugé C., Goldsmith D. S., el-Sadr W., Maslansky R. The AIDS epidemic among blacks and Hispanics. Milbank Q. 1987;65 (Suppl 2):455–499. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Goodman E., Cohall A. T. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and adolescents: knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors in a New York City adolescent minority population. Pediatrics. 1989 Jul;84(1):36–42. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Hingson R., Strunin L., Craven D. E., Mofenson L., Mangione T., Berlin B., Amaro H., Lamb G. A. Survey of AIDS knowledge and behavior changes among Massachusetts adults. Prev Med. 1989 Nov;18(6):806–816. doi: 10.1016/0091-7435(89)90016-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Holmes K. K., Karon J. M., Kreiss J. The increasing frequency of heterosexually acquired AIDS in the United States, 1983-88. Am J Public Health. 1990 Jul;80(7):858–863. doi: 10.2105/ajph.80.7.858. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Katzman E. M., Mulholland M., Sutherland E. College students and AIDS: a preliminary survey of knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. J Am Coll Health. 1988 Nov;37(3):127–130. doi: 10.1080/07448481.1988.9939054. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Keller S. E., Bartlett J. A., Schleifer S. J., Johnson R. L., Pinner E., Delaney B. HIV-relevant sexual behavior among a healthy inner-city heterosexual adolescent population in an endemic area of HIV. J Adolesc Health. 1991 Jan;12(1):44–48. doi: 10.1016/0197-0070(91)90040-s. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Quinn T. C. The epidemiology of the human immunodeficiency virus. Ann Emerg Med. 1990 Mar;19(3):225–232. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)82035-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Selik R. M., Castro K. G., Pappaioanou M. Racial/ethnic differences in the risk of AIDS in the United States. Am J Public Health. 1988 Dec;78(12):1539–1545. doi: 10.2105/ajph.78.12.1539. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Skurnick J. H., Johnson R. L., Quinones M. A., Foster J. D., Louria D. B. New Jersey high school students' knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding AIDS. AIDS Educ Prev. 1991 Spring;3(1):21–30. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Thomas S. B., Gilliam A. G., Iwrey C. G. Knowledge about AIDS and reported risk behaviors among black college students. J Am Coll Health. 1989 Sep;38(2):61–66. doi: 10.1080/07448481.1989.9938417. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of the National Medical Association are provided here courtesy of National Medical Association

RESOURCES