Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 6 , Pages 573.e1-573.e6 , June 2007

Relationship of STD-Related Shame and Stigma to Female Adolescents’ Condom-Protected Intercourse

Presented, in part, at the Society of Adolescent Medicine Annual Meeting, March 22, 2006, Boston, MA.

  • Jessica M. Sales, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Jessica M. Sales, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1520 Clifton Rd, NE, Room 132, Atlanta, GA 30322.
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  • Ralph J. DiClemente, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Center for AIDS Research, Social and Behavioral Science Program, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Eve S. Rose, M.S.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Gina M. Wingood, Sc.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Center for AIDS Research, Social and Behavioral Science Program, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Jonathan D. Klein, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
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  • Elizabeth R. Woods, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 12 June 2006 ,Accepted 17 January 2007.

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PII: S1054-139X(07)00019-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.01.007

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 40, Issue 6 , Pages 573.e1-573.e6 , June 2007

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