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United Press International - November 12, 2007
Lead author Marina Tolou-Shamst at the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center, in Providence, R.I., assessed the sexual behavior, substance use and HIV testing behaviors of 1,222 sexually active adolescents, ages 15 to 21, in Providence, Miami and Atlanta over a three-month period.
The study, published in the December issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, found half of all study subjects had a history of HIV testing, and of those, one-third got tested within three months -- even without having gone through a specific HIV testing intervention.
"Given that a history of HIV testing appears to be a major motivator for adolescents to get tested in the future, a widespread HIV testing approach could help control the spread of this disease among our nation's at-risk youth," senior author Dr. Larry K. Brown, M.D., of the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center, said in a statement.
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