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ERIC Number: EJ789289
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Apr
Pages: 15
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1277
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Comprehensively Assessing Cognitive and Behavioral Risks for HIV Infection among Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Paniagua, Freddy A.; O'Boyle, Michael
Educational Gerontology, v34 n4 p267-281 Apr 2008
A comprehensive survey of HIV/AIDS with middle-aged and older adults should include six domains (e.g., factual knowledge regarding the acquisition and transmission of HIV, traditionally-accepted behavioral risks for HIV infection). A sample of 23 women (54.8%) and 19 men (45.2%), ranging in age from 51 to 85 were surveyed across such domains. Although the majority of participants (92.2%) reported a good understanding of factual knowledge, strongly agreed with both their intention to engage in nonrisky sexual behaviors and their sense of internal self-control behaviors, they also reported high-risk behaviors (e.g., sexual intercourse without condoms). (Contains 6 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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