기사
Adolescents' Sexually Transmitted Disease Protective Attitudes Predict Sexually Transmitted Disease Acquisition in Early Adulthood /
- 개인저자
- Crosby, Richard A. ;, Danner, Fred
- 수록페이지
- 310-313 p.
- 발행일자
- 2008.06.11
- 출판사
- American School Health Association
초록
[영문]Estimates suggest that about 48% of nearly 19 million cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) occurring annually in the United States are acquired by persons aged 15-24 years. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that adolescents' attitudes about protecting themselves from STDs predict their laboratory-confirmed prevalence of STDs in early adulthood.