Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Among Adolescents

Women and AIDS in the United States: Epidemiology, natural history, and mediating mechanisms.

“…The cumulative risk of HIV exposure increases as the number of unsafe activities increases. Vermund et al (1989) suggested that adolescents most likely to be at risk for HIV infection include “disenfranchised” youths such as runaways, incarcerated youths, IDUs, and prostitutes. Younger age at first intercourse, multiple sex partners, and history of STDs also place adolescents at increased risk (Hein, 1989; Vermund et al, 1989).…”

Public Policy Implications of HIV/AIDS in Adolescents

“…From an epidemiological standpoint, the pattern of HIV infection in adolescents differs from that of HIV infection in children or adults. 2 In addition, adolescents are in a stage of social, physical, and psychological development which requires unique program and treatment strategies.…”

Risk factors for aids among adolescents

“…Geography also has implications for the comparative importance of different transmission routes. In some large intercity areas, pamcularly large inner cities, IV drug use is the major cause of AIDS among adolescents (Drucker, 1986;Vermund, Hein, Gayle, Cary, Thomas, and Drucker, 1989). In these areas, adolescents are at increased risk of unknowingly having sex with IV drug users.…”