HIV and Adolescent Girls

"The article presents an analysis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviours and testing rates in adolescent girls. There are around eleven million cases worldwide with HIV infection, and the number of adolescents are the fastest growing group of persons newly diagnosed with HIV. The most recent epidemiological data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that 89% of all recent adolescent heterosexually acquired HIV infections through girls. The data also points out that the prevalence and incidence of HIV is disproportionately higher in Blacks than in Whites."

Morrison-Beedy, D., Nelson, L.E., Volpe, E. HIV Risk Behaviors and Testing Rates in Adolescent Girls: Evidence to Guide Clinical Practice. Pediatric Nursing, Nov/Dec2005, Vol. 31 Issue 6, p508.