Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 372-378 , April 2010

Gender and the Effects of an Economic Empowerment Program on Attitudes Toward Sexual Risk-Taking Among AIDS-Orphaned Adolescent Youth in Uganda

  • Fred M. Ssewamala, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Fred M. Ssewamala, Ph.D., Columbia University, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10025.
    • ,
  • Leyla Ismayilova, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Mary McKay, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Sperber, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, New York, New York
    • ,
  • William Bannon Jr., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Stacey Alicea, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

Received 29 December 2008 ,Accepted 31 August 2009.

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 The SUUBI-project was funded by a grant from the National Institute of Health (R21 MH076475-01).

PII: S1054-139X(09)00339-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.08.010

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 372-378 , April 2010

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