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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on February 8, 2006
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2006 31(9):869-873; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsj102
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Introduction to the Special Section on Families, Youth, and HIV: Family-Based Intervention Studies

Geri R. Donenberg, PhD1, Roberta Paikoff, PhD1 and Willo Pequegnat, PhD2

1 University of Illinois at Chicago and 2 National Institute of Mental Health

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Geri R. Donenberg, Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 West Roosevelt Road, Room 155 (MC747), Chicago, Illinois 60608. E-mail: gdonenberg@psych.uic.edu.

Received November 27, 2005; revision received January 4, 2006; accepted January 9, 2006

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Every year, a new generation at-risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) emerges, posing unique challenges for prevention and intervention. Young people are now at the center of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic; 25% of STIs reported annually occur among youth, and around half of the people who acquire HIV become infected before they turn 25. AIDS is currently the leading cause of death in 15- to 24-year olds (National Center for Health Statistics, 2005Go). Most young people acquire HIV through unprotected sexual activity, and, thus, reducing adolescent sexual risk taking has become a national and international public health priority. Substance use also confers increased risk of exposure to HIV by impairing sexual decision-making and leading to inaccurate condom use. Unfortunately, rates of adolescent sexual behavior and substance use remain high. National surveys indicate that 60.7% of males and 62.3% of females report having . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Family-Based HIV Prevention
 
Instrumental Characteristics
Affective Parenting Behavior
Parental Attitudes About Sex
Parent–Teen Communication

   Articles in the Special Section
 

   The Next Generation of Family-Based HIV Prevention Programs
 

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