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Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care
Volume 9, 2014 - Issue 2
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The influence of social determinants on sexual risk among out-of-school African American female adolescents

Felicia A. BrowneDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA;Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions Research Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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Wendee M. WechsbergSubstance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions Research Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA;Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Vanessa M. WhiteSchool of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Rachel Middlesteadt EllersonSubstance Abuse Treatment Evaluations and Interventions Research Program, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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Jerris L. RaifordDivision of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
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Monique G. CarryDivision of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
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Jeffrey H. HerbstDivision of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA
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Pages 139-150 | Received 07 Mar 2013, Accepted 04 Aug 2013, Published online: 06 Sep 2013

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Felicia A. Browne, Courtney Peasant Bonner, Tracy L. Kline, Erin N. Cox, Margaret W. Gichane & Wendee M. Wechsberg. (2023) Alcohol, drug use, and sexual risk among young African American women in North Carolina: is educational attainment protective?. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies 18:2, pages 149-155.
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Belinda F. Hernandez, Melissa F. Peskin, Christine M. Markham, Jean Burr, Timothy Roberts & Susan Tortolero Emery. (2018) The Context of Sexual Decisions and Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Factors Related to Sexual Initiation Among Female Military-Dependent Youth. The Journal of Sex Research 55:1, pages 73-83.
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Wendee M. Wechsberg, Felicia A. Browne, William A. Zule, Scott P. Novak, Irene A. Doherty, Tracy L. Kline, Monique G. Carry, Jerris L. Raiford & Jeffrey H. Herbst. (2017) Efficacy of the Young Women's CoOp: An HIV Risk-Reduction Intervention for Substance-Using African-American Female Adolescents in the South. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse 26:3, pages 205-218.
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Wendee M Wechsberg, Irene A Doherty, Felicia A Browne, Tracy L Kline, Monique G Carry, Jerris L Raiford & Jeffrey H Herbst. (2015) Gang membership and marijuana use among African American female adolescents in North Carolina. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation 6, pages 141-150.
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Chukwunomso E. Osakwe, Isa van der Drift, Claudia A. Opper, William A. Zule, Felicia A. Browne & Wendee M. Wechsberg. (2023) Condom Use at Last Sex and Sexual Negotiation Among Young African American Women in North Carolina: Context or Personal Agency. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
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Gracie Brownell. 2023. Changing the Stigma of Mental Health Among African Americans. Changing the Stigma of Mental Health Among African Americans 252 282 .
Sarah B. Maness, Erika L. Thompson & Yu Lu. (2022) Associations Between Social Determinants of Health and Adolescent Contraceptive Use. Family & Community Health 45:2, pages 91-102.
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Tanya Cohn & Carmen V. Harrison. (2022) A Systematic Review Exploring Racial Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Black Women. Nursing for Women's Health 26:2, pages 128-142.
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Patricia Logan-Greene, Erin W. Bascug, Ralph J. DiClemente & Dexter R. Voisin. (2021) Heterogeneity of Sexual Risk Profiles Among Juvenile Justice-Involved African American Girls. Child & Youth Care Forum 50:4, pages 653-677.
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Irene A. Doherty, F. A. Browne & W. M. Wechsberg. (2020) Think Inside the Box: the Heterogeneity of “in Risk” Among “at Risk” Female African American Adolescents in North Carolina. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 7:6, pages 1150-1159.
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Devin E. Banks, Devon J. Hensel & Tamika C. B. Zapolski. (2020) Integrating Individual and Contextual Factors to Explain Disparities in HIV/STI Among Heterosexual African American Youth: A Contemporary Literature Review and Social Ecological Model. Archives of Sexual Behavior 49:6, pages 1939-1964.
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Felicia A. Browne, Wendee M. Wechsberg, Paul N. Kizakevich, William A. Zule, Courtney P. Bonner, Ashton N. Madison, Brittni N. Howard & Leslie B. Turner. (2018) mHealth versus face-to-face: study protocol for a randomized trial to test a gender-focused intervention for young African American women at risk for HIV in North Carolina. BMC Public Health 18:1.
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Enrique Rodriguez Pouget. (2017) Social determinants of adult sex ratios and racial/ethnic disparities in transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in the USA. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372:1729, pages 20160323.
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Robin Petering. (2016) Sexual risk, substance use, mental health, and trauma experiences of gang‐involved homeless youth ☆ . Journal of Adolescence 48:1, pages 73-81.
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Melanie A. Gold, Golfo K. Tzilos, L.A.R. Stein, Bradley J. Anderson, Michael D. Stein, Christopher M. Ryan, Allan Zuckoff & Carlo DiClemente. (2016) A Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Computer-assisted Motivational Intervention with Didactic Educational Counseling to Reduce Unprotected Sex in Female Adolescents. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 29:1, pages 26-32.
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