Sexual Health Protection, Culture and Community

Editor’s Foreword George P. Cernada

Sexual Health Protection, Culture and Community: Contributions of Anthropology to Community Health Education Approaches: An Introduction M. Idalí Torres and Margaret R. Weeks

Empowerment Rhetoric, Sexual Negotiation, and Latinas’ AIDS Risk: Research Implications for Prevention Health Education Vincent E. Gil

Learning about Sexual Meaning and Decision-Making from Urban Adolescents Jean J. Schensul

Focused Female Condom Education and Trial: Comparison of Young African American and Puerto Rican Women’s Assessments M. Idalí Torres, Robert Tuthill, Sarah Lyon-Callo, C. Mercedes-Hernández, and Paul Epkind

HIV/AIDS Risk to Women Travelers in Thailand: Comparison of Japanese and Western Populations Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn, Julie Pulerwitz, and Richard A. Cash

HIV-Related Behaviors among Recently Immigrated and Undocumented Latinas Gloria Romero, Gail E. Wyatt, Dorothy Chin, and Christina Rodriguez

Much More Than HIV! The Reality of Life on the Streets for Drug-Using Sex Workers in Inner City Hartford Nancy Romero-Daza, Margaret Weeks, and Merrill Singer

Cultural Factors Affecting the Negotiation of First Sexual Intercourse among Latina Adolescent Mothers Pamela I. Erickson

Community-Based Sexual Risk Prevention Program for Sri Lankan Youth: Influencing Sexual-Risk Decision Making Bonnie K. Nastasi, Jean J. Schensul, M. W. Amarasiri De Silva, Kristen Varjas, K. Tudor Silva, Priyani Ratnayake, and Stephen L. Schensul