Sexual risk among Colombian adolescents: knowledge, attitudes, normative beliefs, perceived control, intention, and sexual behavior

• Main Authors: Alexandra Morales (Author), Pablo Vallejo-Medina (Author), Daniella Abello-Luque (Author), Alejandro Saavedra-Roa (Author), Paola García-Roncallo (Author), Mayra Gomez-Lugo (Author), Eileen García-Montaño (Author), Laurent Marchal-Bertrand (Author), Janivys Niebles-Charris (Author), Diana Pérez-Pedraza (Author), José Pedro Espada (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Colombia has one of the highest rates of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and pregnancies - both of which are influenced by lack of condom use -, among adolescent population in Latin America; however, the mechanisms underlying the inconsistent use of condoms in this populat...