Friday, May 2 / 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM   •   Maine

Session 167:
Adolescent and Youth Risk Behaviors and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chair: Karin Brewster, Florida State University
Discussant: Mara Decker, University of California, San Francisco

  1. Visits to Alcohol Outlets, Sexual Risk Behavior, and HSV-2 Infection among Female Adolescents in South AfricaMolly S. Rosenberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Annelies Van Rie, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Harsha Thirumurthy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Michael Emch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Audrey Pettifor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  2. Responses to Unintended Pregnancy among Urban Adolescents in Nairobi Slums: Results from a Formative StudyJoyce N. Mumah, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) ; Caroline Kabiru, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) ; Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) ; Carol K. Mukiira, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

  3. Partner Characteristics and HIV Acquisition among Youth in Rakai, UgandaYing Wei, Columbia University ; Sanyukta Mathur, Columbia University ; Xiaobo Zhong, Columbia University ; Zoe R. Edelstein, Columbia University ; Mariko Rasmussen, Columbia University ; Xiaoyu Song, Columbia University ; Maria Wawer, Johns Hopkins University ; Ronald H. Gray, Johns Hopkins University ; David Serwadda, Makerere University ; John Santelli, Columbia University

  4. The Rapid Change in Marginally Risky Sexual Behaviors among South African AdolescentsLloyd D. Grieger, Yale University

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