       Document 0221
 DOCN  M9620221
 TI    Different HIV risk profiles in samples of college students and homeless
       persons.
 DT    9602
 AU    Rickert EJ; Rickert DL; Department of Psychology, University of Alabama
       at Birmingham; 35294, USA.
 SO    Psychol Rep. 1995 Jun;76(3 Pt 2):1123-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96011009
 AB    A cross-sectional survey examined demographic characteristics,
       self-reported sexual behaviors, and knowledge of AIDS in samples of 106
       homeless persons and 260 college students. As expected, the two samples
       differed with respect to age, gender, race, and education. Respondents
       in both samples possessed moderate knowledge of HIV infection and AIDS
       and reported they considered their personal risk of HIV infection low.
       Both samples acknowledged frequent use of alcohol with sexual activity,
       active and passive oral sex, and lax use of condoms. A discriminant
       analysis indicated that a greater percentage of college students were
       sexually active than of the homeless sample and that the homeless group
       had a higher proportion of individuals who were either homosexual or
       bisexual, who had sexual contact with multiple partners or who had
       visited a prostitute, who had sexually transmitted diseases, and who had
       injected drugs. Although the risk profiles differed, each group reported
       high-risk behaviors and perceptions of low personal risk of HIV
       infection.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Adolescence  Adult  Bisexuality/PSYCHOLOGY
       Female  Homeless Persons/*PSYCHOLOGY  Homosexuality/PSYCHOLOGY  Human
       HIV Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION
       *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male  Students/*PSYCHOLOGY  Support,
       Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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