Document 0384
 DOCN  M9550384
 TI    Using the health belief model to predict safer sex intentions of
       incarcerated youth.
 DT    9505
 AU    Lux KM; Petosa R; Department of Health Promotion and Education, Ohio
       State; University, Columbus 43210.
 SO    Health Educ Q. 1994 Winter;21(4):487-97. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95146352
 AB    The purpose of this study was to test constructs of an enhanced version
       of the health belief model (HBM) in predicting juvenile delinquents'
       safer sex intentions. An accessible sample (n = 452) of incarcerated
       youth between the ages of 13-18 years from a midwestern state were
       subjects. HBM constructs were measured with an instrument tested for
       face, content, and construct validity as well as internal reliability.
       HBM constructs accounted for 28% of the variance in safer sex
       intentions. The results of this study support the use of the HBM in
       understanding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behavior in this
       population. The implications of these results for theory-based HIV
       prevention among incarcerated youth are presented.
 DE    Adolescence  *Attitude to Health  Data Collection  Female  Health
       Education  Human  HIV Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL  Juvenile
       Delinquency/*PSYCHOLOGY  Male  *Models, Psychological
       Prisoners/*PSYCHOLOGY  Regression Analysis  Sampling Studies  *Sex
       Behavior  Statistics, Nonparametric  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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