Given this bias, and the current public concern over the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among the adoles cent population, a systematic in

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Risk and Protective Factors for Unprotected Intercourse among Rural African American Young Adults (2010) · doi

  OBJECTIVES: Despite increasing risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), few data are available concerning the factors associated with risky sexual behavior among African American young adults who do not attend college.

  Keywords: objectives despite increasing risk human immunodeficiency virus sexually transmitted infections stis available concerning factors associated
• Adolescent Male Sexuality and Heterosexual Masculinity: A Conceptual Model and Review (1988) · doi

  Given this bias, and the current public concern over the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among the adoles cent population, a systematic interpretation of adolescent male sexuality is warranted.

  Keywords: given bias current public concern spread sexually transmitted diseases stds acquired immune deficiency syndrome aids
• Black Adolescent Females: A Comparison of Early versus Late Coital Initiators (1994) · doi

  In recent years, a few studies have revealed a lower incidence of early coital behavior among black adolescent females from middle-income families and among those whose mothers had high educational attainment (Hogan & Kitagawa, 1985; Leigh, Weddle, & Loewen, 1988).

  Keywords: among recent years revealed lower incidence early coital behavior black adolescent females middle income families