Applying Ecodevelopmental Theory and the Theory of Reasoned Action to Understand HIV Risk Behaviors Among Hispanic Adolescents
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An empirical test of ecodevelopmental theory in predicting HIV risk behaviors among Hispanic youth.
Ecodevelopmental theory is a theoretical framework used to explain the interplay among risk and protective processes associated with HIV risk behaviors among adolescents. Although ecodevelopmentally based interventions have been found to be efficacious in preventing HIV risk behaviors among Hispanic youth, this theory has not yet been directly empirically tested through a basic research study i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hispanic Health Care International
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1540-4153
DOI: 10.1891/1540-4153.10.1.42