Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 600-602, June 2010

Community Violence and Health Risk Factors Among Adolescents on Chicago's Southside: Does Gender Matter?

  • Dexter R. Voisin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dexter R. Voisin, Ph.D., School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
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  • Torsten B. Neilands, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, California

Received 27 June 2009; accepted 23 November 2009. published online 28 January 2010.

Abstract 

We assessed community violence, school engagement, negative peer influences, mental health problems, and human immunodeficiency virus risk among 563 black adolescents. Boys reported higher rates of community violence exposures and gang involvement, while girls reported higher mental health distress. In the presence of multiple risk factors, negative peer norms were the strongest correlate of human immunodeficiency virus risk behaviors.

Keywords: Community violence, School engagement, Psychological problems, HIV risks

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00637-5

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.11.213

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 600-602, June 2010

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