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DOCN M94A2243
TI Reframing the concept of HIV risk in Puerto Rican youth by using social
network data.
DT 9412
AU Alegria M; Vera M; School of Public Health, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):349 (abstract no. PD0002). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370332
AB OBJECTIVE: Our aim is to establish the association between the HIV
risk-related behaviors of the youth and those of his/her personal
network in an effort to reframe the concept of HIV-risk. METHOD:
Interviews were conducted with 117 youth aged 12-15, residing in low
income neighborhoods. An area probability sample was used to select
initial node respondents. A link-tracing network sampling technique was
used to select additional associates of the youth. Descriptive
statistics and odds ratios were used to achieve our aims. RESULTS:
Findings show that youth associate with friends who share similar sexual
and drug use behaviors. Approximately one third of the youth (12-15)
interviewed in the initial node reported being sexually active without
any condom use. Of the ones sexually active, more than seventy percent
had social networks with similar sexual practices. Youth who reported no
drug use evidenced a network of friends of almost exclusive non-drug
users (93.5%). Only 9.6% of the 12-15 youth were engaged in illicit drug
use. However 29% of this group hold ties in their networks to drug
users. CONCLUSION: Personal networks appear to influence adolescent's
access to HIV-risk related practices. Structural aspects of the youth's
social network should be included in the conceptualization of their
HIV-risk.
DE Adolescence *Behavior Child Health Education Human HIV
Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL *Interpersonal Relations Poverty
Areas Puerto Rico Risk Factors Sex Behavior Substance Abuse MEETING
ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).